NSF research supported

NSF-funded research supported by Genomic Resources

    Each year, scientists from all over the world borrow samples from the museum's Genomic Resources for their research, much of which is supported by grants from the U.S.  (NSF). Below are just some of the NSF-funded projects that have been supported by loans from Genomic Resources over the past decade.  Collectively they represent over $16.8M in NSF awards.
    NSF also funds improvements to the museum's collections through competitive grants awarded to curators; these are not included here.

ANT- Possible linkages between ecosystem measures and the demographics of a Weddell seal population ($220,376)

ANT- Use of a long-term data base and molecular genetic techniques to examine the behavioral ecology and dynamics of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) population ($510,005)

ARC- BE/CNH: Complex ecosystem interactions over multiple spatial and temporal scales: the biocomplexity of Sanak Island ($1,379,854)

ARC- Collaborative Research: RUI: The impacts of arctic and alpine refugia on genetic divergence in tundra flora ($627,097)

DEB- The Beringian Coevolution Project: Mammals and associated macro- and microparasites ($260,900)

DEB- Dissertation Research: Molecular and morphological perspectives on the dynamics of a post-glacial contact zone ($11,018)

DEB- Beringian Coevolution Project II ($542,690)

DEB- Megatransect population genetic survey of the Andes and the adaptive hemoglobin respiratory proteins of South American ducks ($349,558)

DEB- Collaborative Research: Systematics, biogeography, and ecogeographic variation in treeshrews (Mammalia, Scandentia) ($345,061)

DEB- Examining inter- and Intra-Continental Biogeographic Patterns and Processes in the Old World Using a Diverse Avian Subfamily as a Model System ($250,000)

DEB- Molecular and functional basis of agouti camouflage in Peromyscus populations ($308,000)

DEB- Collaborative Research: A complete species level phylogeny of the Carnivora ($533,124)

DEB- CAREER: The roles of ecology, behavior, and morphology in maintaining species boundaries-demonstrating evolutionary processes to high school students in Idaho ($515,896)

DEB- Genetic drift versus genetic draft in Holarctic ducks: How often does non-coding nuclear DNA violate selective neutrality? ($328,705)

DEB- Dissertation Research:Thrice through Beringia? Unraveling the evolution of North American pikas ($9,314)

DEB- Collaborative Research: Multilocus Comparative Phylogeography of Pine-Oak Woodland Birds in North America ($553,113)

DEB- Comparative phylogeography of Neotropical birds with cross-Andes distributions ($756,980)

DEB- Dissertation Research:A large-scale, multilocus, coalescent-based analysis of ecological zonation and population differentiation in Andean birds ($15,000)

DEB- Collaborative Research: A novel phylogenetic approach to the analysis of bat phylogenetics and morphological evolution ($351,447)

DEB- The effect of sociality on transmission and spread of a multi-host pathogen ($1,999,999)

DEB- Identifying the Utility of Species-Tree Approaches for Deep Radiations ($337,558)

DEB - EAGER: Using ultraconserved elements (UCEs) as genomic markers to study shallow levels of evolutionary divergence ($42,830)

DEB- Collaborative Research: SG: piRNA Dynamics in the Absence of Active Transposable Elements ($55,908)

DEB- Cityscape Genomics of Rats in New York City ($672,071)

DEB EB- Collaborative Research: Integrated Inventory of Biomes of the Arctic ($786,585)

DEB EB- Dissertation Research: The impact of ecological traits on the immunogenetic evolution of bats ($20,822)

 DEB- Collaborative Research:VertLife Terrestrial: A complete, global assembly of phylogenetic, trait, spatial and environment characteristics for a model clade ($356,938)

DEB- Phylogeny and rates of evolution of the Carnivora (Mammalia) ($185,000)

DEB- Biogeography of Malagasy carnivores ($76,000)

EF- EID: Ecological influences on rabies infections in bats ($1,520,000)

IOS- Collaborative Research - The Mechanistic Basis of Parallel Evolution: Functional Analysis of Hemoglobin Polymorphism in Andean Ducks ($786,372)

OPP-/ARC- Investigating Complex Human-Ecological Relationships Over Multidimensional Scales: the Sanak Islands Project ($388,082)

PLR- WALRUS - Walrus Adaptability and Long-term Responses; Using multi-proxy data to project Sustainability ($1,707,331)