Field Museum Of Natural History

PROMOTING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF PARQUE NACIONAL CORDILLERA AZUL.

INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT INVERTEBRATE RESEARCH AT THE FIELD MUSEUM

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ATOL: PHYLOGENY ON THE HALF-SHELL -- ASSEMBLING THE BIVALVE TREE OF LIFE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AUTOMATED AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SYNTHESIS OF THE TREE OF LIFE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIGITIZATION TCN: INVERTEBASE: REACHING BACK TO SEE THE FUTURE: SPECIES-RICH INVERTEBRATE FAUNAS DOCUMENT CAUSES AND CONSEQUE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BOCP-IMPLEMENTATION: TESTING EVOLUTIONARY MODELS OF BIOTIC SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY FROM THE PERMO-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION AND CLIMATE CRISIS -THE PERMO-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION (PTME, CA. 251.9 MILLION YEARS AGO) WAS THE MOST CATASTROPHIC OF THE ?BIG FIVE? MASS EXTINCTIONS IN EARTH?S HISTORY. MASSIVE VOLCANIC EVENTS LIKELY TRIGGERED A RUNAWAY GREENHOUSE, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF ABOUT 85-90% OF SPECIES GLOBALLY. STUDIES OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS AGREE THAT MODERN SPECIES LOSS RIVALS THE PTME, MAKING IT A SIGNIFICANT AND UNDERUTILIZED ?DEEP TIME? STUDY SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE TO FUNCTIONAL BIODIVERSITY. WHILE PAST STUDIES HAVE FOCUSED ON THE EXTERNAL CAUSES OF THE EXTINCTION, THIS RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE ECOSYSTEM RECOVERY FROM THE PTME IN SOUTH AFRICA?S KAROO BASIN. AWARENESS OF WHICH SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS WERE MORE VULNERABLE OR RESILIENT TO CLIMATE WARMING IN THE PAST IS ESSENTIAL TO GUIDE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT BY PREDICTING LONG-TERM BIOTIC RESPONSES TO FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. THIS RESEARCH WILL COMPRISE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND PALEONTOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOUTH AFRICA?S MAIN KAROO BASIN. WE WILL ASSEMBLE A STRATIGRAPHIC DATABASE OF FOSSIL VERTEBRATE OCCURRENCES AND INVESTIGATE THE TIMING OF VERTEBRATE EXTINCTION AND RECOVERY RELATIVE TO THE GEOLOGIC TIMESCALE, AND WE WILL TEST WHETHER PULSED SHIFTS IN ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CORRELATE TO DISTINCT CLIMATE EVENTS (E.G., THE EARLY TRIASSIC HYPERTHERMAL). TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, WE WILL 1) SYNTHESIZE GEOCHRONOLOGIC AGE CONTROLS AND IDENTIFY THE PRECISE POSITION OF THE PERMO-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY IN THE KAROO BASIN; 2) IDENTIFY SHIFTS IN ECOMORPHOLOGICAL AND BODY SIZE DISPARITY WITHIN A NOVEL HIGH RESOLUTION STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; 3) ELUCIDATE THE INFLUENCE OF HIGHER-LEVEL FACTORS SUCH AS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ON VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY DURING THE EARLY TRIASSIC CLIMATE CRISIS; 4) EMPHASIZE PUBLIC OUTREACH THROUGH EDUCATIONAL THEATER IN LOCAL SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES (PUPPET PLANET), CAPACITY-BUILDING, PERMANENT ARCHIVING OF PHYSICAL SPECIMENS AND DIGITAL DATA FOR FUTURE STUDY (VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS, MUSEUM EXHIBIT UPGRADES), AND STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE USA AND SOUTH AFRICA. OUR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES WILL RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPACTS OF EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL INSTABILITY ON VERTEBRATE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AND SIZE EVOLUTION OVER TIME, WITH GREAT VALUE NOT ONLY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE PTME, BUT ALSO CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN OUR MODERN BIODIVERSITY CRISIS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MOBILIZING MILLIONS OF MARINE MOLLUSKS OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD

PURSUIT: NEW DISCOVERIES OF EARLY CRETACEOUS FLORAS FROM NORTHWESTERN GONDWANA REVEAL A CRADLE OF PLANT DIVERSITY -TROPICAL FORESTS IN SOUTH AMERICA ARE AMONG THE MOST DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH. YET THEIR ORIGINS REMAIN ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE. THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES THE EARLY HISTORY OF TROPICAL FORESTS AND THE RISE OF FLOWERING PLANTS DURING THE EARLY CRETACEOUS, A CRITICAL PERIOD APPROXIMATELY 100?145 MILLION YEARS AGO. RESEARCHERS WILL EXAMINE FOSSIL PLANTS FROM COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR. THE DATA WILL REVEAL HOW THESE ANCIENT ECOSYSTEMS EVOLVED, HOW PLANT COMPOSITION CHANGED OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, HOW THEY COMPARE TO MODERN TROPICAL FORESTS, AND HOW THEY RESPONDED TO MAJOR GEOLOGICAL AND CLIMATIC EVENTS. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AND A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER. IT WILL ENHANCE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, FOSTERING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SCIENTISTS IN THE U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA. THE RESEARCHERS WILL PRODUCE BILINGUAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS INCLUDING MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND DIGITAL OUTREACH, SHARING THE STORY OF TROPICAL FORESTS WITH THE PUBLIC. THE PROJECT WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANT FOSSIL COLLECTIONS THAT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO FUTURE GEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH. THIS RESEARCH FOCUSES ON EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-PRESERVED EARLY CRETACEOUS PLANT FOSSILS FROM NORTHWESTERN SOUTH AMERICA, A REGION ONCE PART OF THE ANCIENT SUPERCONTINENT GONDWANA. FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE HOLLIN (APTIAN-ALBIAN) AND UNE (APTIAN-CENOMANIAN) FORMATIONS WILL FORM THE PRIMARY FOCUS. THESE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY EARLIER FLORAS FROM THE ABEJORRAL (BERRIASIAN) AND PAJA (HAUTERIVIAN-APTIAN) FORMATIONS TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR FLORISTIC CHANGE OVER TIME. FOSSIL DEPOSITS AT THESE SITES CONTAIN DIVERSE MATERIALS, INCLUDING MESOFOSSILS AND PERMINERALIZED SPECIMENS, OFFERING A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO RECONSTRUCT ANCIENT VEGETATION IN EXCEPTIONAL DETAIL. THE RESEARCH WILL RECONSTRUCT PAST VEGETATIONAL COMPOSITION AND EXPLORE PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NORTHWESTERN GONDWANA AND OTHER REGIONS DURING THIS PERIOD. THE FINDINGS WILL ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS DURING A PERIOD OF PROFOUND BIOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CHANGE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

REFRACTORY MINERALS - ARCHIVES FROM THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM

CSBR: NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS: EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIELD MUSEUM'S FOSSIL MAMMAL COLLECTION RANGE FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF NONMAMMALIAN SYNAPSIDS

THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORIGIN OF THE STARTING MATERIAL OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS AN ISSUE OF FUNDAMENTAL INTEREST IN PLANETARY SCIENCE. AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF PRESOLAR GRAINS (PSG) IN 1987 IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO STUDY SOLID SAMPLES OF STARS IN THE LABORATORY. THIS PROVIDED A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE ORIGIN AND COMPOSITION OF THE MATERIAL FROM WHICH THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORMED. WE PROPOSE TO USE ATOM-PROBE TOMOGRAPHY (APT) TO STUDY THE COMPOSITIONS OF PRESOLAR NANOGRAINS THAT ARE TOO SMALL TO STUDY WITH NANOSIMS. THE GOAL IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINS OF THESE UNDERSTUDIED SAMPLES INFORMATION NOT OBTAINABLE OTHERWISE (TASK 1). WE ALSO PROPOSE TO EXTEND THE SMALL NUMBER OF KNOWN PRESOLAR EXPOSURE AGES OF LARGE PRESOLAR SIC GRAINS. OUR APPROACH IS TO USE HE AND NE AND LI ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPROVED NUCLEAR RECOIL CORRECTIONS AND PRODUCTION RATES FOR COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES TO STUDY THE PRESOLAR CHRONOLOGY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM S STARTING MATERIAL (TASK 2). TASK 1: MUCH FRUITFUL EFFORT WAS DEVOTED TO THE ANALYSES OF PSG IN THE UM-SIZE RANGE TO DETERMINE STELLAR SOURCES AND TO GAIN UNPRECEDENTED INSIGHT INTO PROCESSES OPERATING WITHIN THOSE STARS. WHILE PSG IN THIS SIZE RANGE ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO ION PROBES THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE OF SMALLER PSG. THE SMALLEST SIZE FRACTION OF PRESOLAR CR-RICH SPINELS WAS DISCOVERED TO CARRY THE LARGEST ISOTOPIC ANOMALIES. THE SMALL FRACTION OF PRESOLAR NANODIAMONDS HAS NOT YET BEEN QUANTIFIED. EVEN WITH THE LATEST GENERATION OF THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION ION PROBE THE NANOSIMS SAMPLES SMALLER THAN 50-100 NM ARE DIFFICULT TO ANALYZE DUE TO LIMITATIONS IN SPATIAL RESOLUTION AND SENSITIVITY. TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WE DEVELOPED METHODS TO APPLY APT TO EXTRATERRESTRIAL SAMPLES. THE NEAR ATOMIC-RESOLUTION AND HIGH SENSITIVITY MAKES APT THE IDEAL TECHNIQUE TO ANALYZE THE ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF SAMPLES THAT ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE NANOSIMS (<50 NM). WE SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED APT OF METEORITIC NANODIAMONDS A LUNAR DUST GRAIN AN IRON METEORITE AND QUANTIFIED INSTRUMENTAL BIAS. WE CAN NOW RELIABLY ANALYZE WITH APT SMALL SAMPLES INCL. PRESOLAR NANOGRAINS THE GOAL OF OUR PROPOSED INVESTIGATION (TASK 1). COMPARED TO NANOSIMS THE TOMOGRAPHIC APPROACH OF APT PROVIDES AN UNDILUTED SAMPLE ANALYSIS WITHOUT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE UNDERLYING SUBSTRATE OR SURROUNDING MATRIX. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK IS TO PERFORM APT ON PRESOLAR NANO-OXIDES AND NANODIAMONDS TO OBTAIN ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPE DATA TO PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS INTO STELLAR ORIGINS FORMATION PROCESSES AND POSSIBLY ALTERATION IN THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM. TASK 2: THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TIME SPAN BETWEEN THE FORMATION OF PSG AND THEIR INCORPORATION INTO FORMING PLANETESIMALS IS STILL LIMITED. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MEASURED COSMOGENIC HE AND NE IN LARGE PRESOLAR SIC GRAINS APPLIED NUCLEAR RECOIL LOSS CORRECTIONS AND CALCULATED PRESOLAR COSMIC-RAY EXPOSURE AGES USING PRESOLAR PRODUCTION RATES OF COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES. SO FAR A TOTAL OF ONLY 40 PSG HAVE BEEN DATED. MOST GRAINS HAD PRESOLAR AGES<300 MA AND ONLY A FEW HAD HIGHER AGES UP TO ~2 GA. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRODUCTION RATES IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ELEMENTS IN THE CALCULATION OF PRESOLAR EXPOSURE AGES. SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION MORE REALISTIC PRODUCTION RATES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. FOR THE FIRST TIME THESE RATES USE THE GALACTIC COSMIC-RAY SPECTRUM AS OBSERVED OUTSIDE THE HELIOSPHERE BY VOYAGER. WE PROPOSE TO MEASURE PRESOLAR COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES OF HE NE AND LI IN LARGE PRESOLAR SIC. WE WILL USE OUR NEW DATA TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE DOMINANCE OF YOUNG PRESOLAR AGES IS A CONSEQUENCE OF A STARBURST EVENT AND TO EXPLORE THE PRESOLAR CHRONOLOGY OF THE STARTING MATERIAL OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. WHILE OUR METHOD HAS LARGE UNCERTAINTIES COMPARED TO RADIOMETRIC CHRONOMETERS IT IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY METHOD THAT PROVIDES AGES OF PSG THE OLDEST MATERIAL AVAILABLE FOR STUDY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

CNH: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COUPLED NATURAL HUMAN SYSTEMS IN THE CHICAGO WILDERNESS: EVALUATING THE BIODIVERSITY AND SOCIAL OUTCOMES OF DIFFERENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING SMALL: FUNCTIONAL TRADEOFFS IN THE VERTEBRAL BONE STRUCTURE OF DIMINUTIVE MAMMALS -THIS RESEARCH EXPLORES HOW BODY SIZE AFFECTS THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BONES IN VERY SMALL (MINIATURIZED) MAMMALS. MINIATURIZATION IS COMMON ACROSS ANIMAL GROUPS AND IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVOLUTION OF NEW FEATURES DESPITE THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY SMALL ANIMALS. THE EFFECTS OF MINIATURIZATION ON THE VERTEBRATE SKELETON ARE PARTICULARLY FUNDAMENTAL BECAUSE THE SKELETAL SYSTEM SUPPORTS ALL OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS, AND MUST WITHSTAND INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLIED FORCES WHILE STILL FACILITATING EFFICIENT BODY MOTION. IT REMAINS POORLY UNDERSTOOD HOW THE SKELETONS OF THE SMALLEST VERTEBRATE ANIMALS WITHSTAND AND TRANSMIT EVERYDAY FORCES. 3D IMAGING TECHNIQUES, COMPUTER MODELING, AND PHYSICAL TESTING ON MAMMALIAN BACKBONES (VERTEBRAE) WILL BE USED TO ASSESS HOW THE SKELETONS OF SEVERAL RELATED GROUPS OF SMALL MAMMALS (SHREWS, MOLES, HEDGEHOGS, AND SOLENODONS) HAVE EVOLVED TO FUNCTION AT SMALL SIZE. THE PROJECT IS TESTING WHETHER SMALLER BONES ARE STRONGER (MORE RESISTANT TO BREAKING) OR STIFFER (MORE RESISTANT TO BENDING), AND HOW INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BONE STRUCTURE WORK TOGETHER TO ALLOW VERY SMALL MAMMALS TO MOVE SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. PLANNED ACTIVITIES WILL PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW NATURAL SELECTION LEADS TO CHANGES IN THE SHAPES OF BONES, AND HOW BODY SIZE INFLUENCES THE WAY ANIMALS INTERACT WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES TRAINING OF SIX STUDENTS FROM A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION (BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY) IN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE FIELD MUSEUM WILL PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY AND IMPORTANCE OF SMALL MAMMALS, WHICH ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BUT ARE CRITICAL TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION. THIS RESEARCH LEVERAGES THE TAXONOMIC RICHNESS AND ECOLOGICAL AND BODY SIZE DIVERSITY OF THE MAMMALIAN CLADE EULIPOTYPHLA TO: 1) MEASURE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF TRABECULAR AND CORTICAL BONE TISSUES TO WHOLE-BONE PERFORMANCE IN THE EULIPOTYPHLAN LUMBAR SPINE; 2) QUANTIFY THE SELECTIVE PRESSURES TO MAXIMIZE BONE STRENGTH, STIFFNESS, OR BOTH IN VERY SMALL MAMMALS; AND 3) DETERMINE WHEN TRADEOFFS BETWEEN STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS OCCUR AS VERY SMALL MAMMALS ADOPT NOVEL ECOLOGIES. BY FOCUSING ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE OF TRABECULAR AND CORTICAL BONE IN THE AXIAL SKELETON, SPECIFICALLY THE LUMBAR SPINE, THIS RESEARCH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A SYSTEM THAT IS DEVELOPMENTALLY CONSTRAINED VIA HOX PATTERNING BUT ALSO MORPHOLOGICALLY PLASTIC AND HEAVILY INVOLVED IN QUADRUPEDAL LOCOMOTION. THE INTEGRATIVE APPROACH OF THIS STUDY SYNTHESIZES FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA) RESULTS WITH BODY SIZE, PHYLOGENETIC, ECOLOGICAL, AND MORPHOMETRIC DATA TO ASSESS MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL TRADEOFFS AND QUANTIFY SELECTIVE PRESSURES ON VERTEBRAL BONE. THE USE OF EULIPOTYPHLA FOR THIS CLADE-WIDE FUNCTIONAL STUDY IS NOVEL BUT APPROPRIATE, AS THE GROUP IS TAXONOMICALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE AND INCLUDES THE SMALLEST MAMMAL BY MASS (WEIGHING LESS THAN TWO GRAMS). THESE INVESTIGATIONS WILL YIELD NOVEL QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE ABOUT THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF, AND INTERACTION BETWEEN, TRABECULAR AND CORTICAL BONE UNDER STRESS, AND TEST LONG-STANDING HYPOTHESES ABOUT HOW SELECTION ACTS ON BONE MORPHOLOGY TO PRODUCE APPROPRIATELY STRONG, STIFF BONY STRUCTURES AT SMALL SIZES. IN ADDITION, EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH OUTCOMES INCLUDE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINING, A TREASURE HUNT ACTIVITY TO FIND SMALL MAMMALS AT THE FIELD MUSEUM, AND A LEARNING KIT FOR THE FIELD MUSEUM TO SUPPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING STANDARDS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE: DOCUMENTING THE OCCURRENCE THROUGH SPACE & TIME OF AQUATIC NON-INDIGENOUS FISH, MOLLUSKS, ALGAE, & PLANTS THREATENIN

ATM - ASSEMBLING A TAXONOMIC MONOGRAPH: THE LICHEN FAMILY GRAPHIDACEAE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EVOLVING THE MAMMALIAN FORELIMB: MODELING MUSCULOSKELETAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE FORERUNNERS OF MAMMALS

PEET: THE DIPLOPODA: SYSTEMATICS RESEARCH, TRAINING AND TOOLS

DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BUILDING A GLOBAL CONSORTIUM OF BRYOPHYTES AND LICHENS: KEYSTONES OF CRYPTOBIOTIC COMMUNITIES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GENOMICS OF SPECIATION AND EVOLUTION OF ECOLOGICAL TRAITS IN A GEOGRAPHIC RADIATION OF ISLAND KINGFISHERS

PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND EVOLUTION OF SKULL MECHANISMS IN PERCIFORM CORAL REEF FISHES

PHYLOGENY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND DIVERSIFICATION IN PEDICULARIS (OROBANCHACEAE)

FIRST KINGS OF EUROPE: THE EMERGENCE OF HIERARCHY IN THE PREHISTORIC BALKANS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BOCP-IMPLEMENTATION: QUANTIFYING THE RESPONSE OF BIODIVERSE FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS TO ABRUPT AND PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE -COASTAL FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS ARE WELL-KNOWN FOR BEING BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE AND THEY PROVIDE IMPORTANT SERVICES TO HUMANS WORLDWIDE. WITH CONTINUED GLOBAL WARMING, THESE COASTAL SYSTEMS ARE AT RISK OF UNDERGOING DRAMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH RISING SEAS. FUTURE SEA-LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS SUGGEST EITHER A GRADUAL OR A RAPID UPLAND MIGRATION OF MARINE WATERS, YET THE RESPONSE OF FRESHWATER SYSTEMS TO THESE NOVEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IS UNKNOWN. ESTABLISHING AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ECOSYSTEMS RESPOND TO MARINE WATER INUNDATION IS DIFFICULT TO CONSTRAIN USING ONLY MODERN OBSERVATIONS. THE LOW-LYING FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM IN EASTERN GUATEMALA, WHICH IS MADE UP OF TWO INTERCONNECTED LAKES AND SEVERAL IMPORTANT WETLANDS (KNOWN AS THE IZABAL/GOLFETE SYSTEM), HAS UNDERGONE TWO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DURING THE RECENT PAST, ONE ASSOCIATED WITH A RAPID AND A SECOND WITH A GRADUAL INUNDATION BY MARINE WATERS. THESE TWO HISTORICAL NATURAL EXPERIMENTS PROVIDE AN UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE IZABAL/GOLFETE SYSTEM RESPONDED TO DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS. THIS PROJECT WILL CONSTRAIN THESE CHANGES USING SEDIMENTOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND GENETIC METHODS. WE AIM TO REVEAL HOW THE ENVIRONMENT AND BIOTA RESPONDED TO THESE TWO SCENARIOS OF MARINE WATER INUNDATION, PROVIDING CRUCIAL INFORMATION TO ASSESS HOW THIS AND OTHER AT-RISK ECOSYSTEMS WILL RESPOND TO FUTURE SEA-LEVEL RISE. WE AIM TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL DATA FOR MANAGERS AND ENTITIES TO SAFEGUARD THESE IMPORTANT BIOLOGICAL HOTSPOTS, ESTABLISH STRONG INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND ENGAGE WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE US AND GUATEMALA. FUTURE SEA-LEVEL RISE MODELS SUGGEST THAT MARINE FLOODING OF COASTAL FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS WILL INCREASE IN FREQUENCY, YET THE RESPONSE OF THESE BIOLOGICALLY-DIVERSE SYSTEMS TO DIFFERENT DEGREES OF MARINE INUNDATION IS UNKNOWN. THIS PROJECT WILL USE THE IZABAL/GOLFETE SYSTEM, A FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM IN EASTERN GUATEMALA, TO ASSESS HOW VARIATIONS IN MARINE INUNDATION AFFECTED THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY. OUR STUDY IS THEREFORE IN AN UNRIVALED POSITION TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ECOSYSTEMS FUNCTION AND RESPOND TO MARINE FLOODING EVENTS. WE WILL DO THIS BY COLLECTING SEDIMENT CORES, SURFACE SEDIMENT, FISH, AND WATER SAMPLES AND GENERATE HIGH-RESOLUTION TIME SERIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHANGES USING SEDIMENTOLOGICAL, INORGANIC AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL, MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL, AND GENETIC DATA. THE COMBINATION OF DATASETS WILL ALLOW US TO MODEL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY THROUGH TEMPORALLY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS AND TRANSITIONS, ALLOWING US TO UNDERSTAND AND FORECAST THE RESPONSE OF FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS TO MARINE INUNDATION EVENTS. FINALLY, THE HIGHLY INTEGRATIVE, MULTI-INSTITUTION, AND INTERNATIONAL NATURE OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE OF SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, WILL ALLOW US TO ESTABLISH SEVERAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN US AND GUATEMALAN SCHOOLS AND MUSEUMS, AND WILL PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL CHANGE TO THE REGIONAL SYSTEM IN EASTERN GUATEMALA AND OTHER SIMILAR SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

REVSYS: PHYLOGENY, REVISIONARY TAXONOMY & THE FOSSIL RECORD OF ASILOID FLIES (DIPTERA: APIOCERIDAE, ASILIDAE, MYDIDAE)

BRINGING SCHUSTER, STANDLEY AND CO. INTO THE THIRD MILLENIUM: THE FIELD MUSEUM'S 180K BRYOPHYTE AND LICHEN CONVERSION & DIGITIZATION PROJECT

THE COMPLETE CONVERSION AND DIGITIZATION OF THE FIELD MUSEUM'S BRYOPHYTE COLLECTION: WORKING TOWARDS A NETWORKING HUB OF BRYOPHYTE SPECIMEN AND TAXON

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS - MUSEUMS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BIVALVES IN TIME AND SPACE: TESTING THE ACCURACY OF METHODS TO RECONSTRUCT ANCESTRAL MORPHOLOGY, DATES, GEOGRAPHY, AND DIVE

DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIGITIZING ENDLESS FORMS: FACILITATING RESEARCH ON IMPERILED PLANTS WITH EXTREME MORPHOLOGIES

ARTS: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A MODEL SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT OF A HYPER-DIVERSE LINEAGE DESCENDED FROM EARLY LAND PLANTS (FRULLANIA, FRULLANIACEAE, MA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIGITIZATION TCN: DIGITIZING COLLECTIONS TO TRACE PARASITE-HOST ASSOCIATIONS AND PREDICT THE SPREAD OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONTINUED RESEARCH ON THE JURASSIC VERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM THE BEARDMORE GLACIER REGION OF ANTARCTICA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INFERRING BACTERIAL ROLES IN THE EVOLUTION OF TROPHIC LEVEL ACROSS THE ANTS

DIMENSIONS: IDENTIFYING HOW THE ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HOST AND SYMBIONT SHAPE HOLOBIONT BIODIVERSITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF EXCEPTIONAL DIVERSITY IN SPINY-RAYED FISHES

REU SITE: ACCESS TO GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY STUDIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES

HIDDEN DIVERSITY IN PARMELIOID LICHENS (ASCOMYCOTA, LECANORALES)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EVOLUTION, DIVERSIFICATION, AND CONSERVATION OF A MEGADIVERSE FLAGSHIP LICHEN GENUS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ASSEMBLING THE EUTELEOST TREE OF LIFE - ADDRESSING THE MAJOR UNRESOLVED PROBLEM IN VERTEBRATE PHYLOGENY

ELT: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RESTRUCTURING OF TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS FOLLOWING THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION

REU SITE: NETWORKED ACCESS TO SYSTEMATIC RESOURCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN CHICAGOLAND

EARLY VILLAGE SOCIAL DYNAMICS: PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT NUCLEATION ON THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TERRESTRIAL LATE PERMIAN TO EARLY TRIASSIC EARTH SYSTEMS IN NE PANGEA: INSIGHTS INTO THE TEMPO, EFFECTS, AND CAUSES OF THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COMPARATIVE AND TEMPORAL BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS OF ETHIOPIAN HIGHLAND MONTANE FOREST PASSERINE BIRDS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: REVSYS: WORM-SNAILS REVISED (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA)

THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WILL PARTNER WITH THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM TO CONDUCT A COLLECTIONS DIGITIZATION PROJECT OF THEIR DEVONIAN FOSSIL COLLECTIONS. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE SUPPORTING PAID INTERNSHIPS; UPDATING STAFF AND INTERN TRAINING AND PROCEDURES MANUALS; CREATING CATALOG RECORDS AND DATA ENTRY; UPLOADING IMAGES TO THE COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT DATABASE; AND LINKING TO CATALOG ENTRIES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL ALSO CONDUCT DATA QUALITY CONTROL CHECKS, PROCESS IMAGE METADATA USING AUDUBON CORE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES METADATA SCHEMA AND SHARE THE NEW RESOURCES ONLINE. THE MUSEUM WILL INCLUDE THE DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS IN AN EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH WEBSITE THAT WILL EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FOSSILS TO K–12 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND INTELLECTUAL CONTROL OF THE COLLECTIONS THROUGH DIGITIZED, UPDATED, AND VERIFIED CATALOG ENTRIES AND WILL IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF STAFF AND SCHOLARS TO USE AND ACCESS THE COLLECTIONS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DATA.

THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WILL PRESENT "CHANGING FACE OF SCIENCE," AN EXHIBITION SERIES TARGETING PRE-TEENS AND TEENAGERS AND FEATURING FIELD MUSEUM SCIENTISTS AND SCIENCE EDUCATORS WHO ARE WOMEN OR PEOPLE OF COLOR. OVER THREE YEARS, THE MUSEUM WILL MOUNT SIX EXHIBITIONS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE EXPERIENCES AND WORK OF MUSEUM SCIENTISTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IN A RANGE OF DISCIPLINES. PROGRAMMING WILL INCLUDE ON-SITE FIELD TRIPS AND VIRTUAL EVENTS DURING WHICH STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS WILL INTERACT WITH FEATURED RESEARCHERS. BY PRESENTING THE STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS FROM GROUPS TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN SCIENTIFIC FIELDS, THE MUSEUM WILL PROVIDE ROLE MODELS WHO WILL SHOW THAT SCIENCE IS ACCESSIBLE AND INSPIRE A DIVERSE GROUP OF FUTURE SCIENTISTS.

REU SITE: EVOLUTION OF BIODIVERSITY ACROSS THE TREE OF LIFE

DIMENSIONS US-BIOTA-SAO PAULO: ASSEMBLY AND EVOLUTION OF THE AMAZONIAN BIOTA AND ITS ENVIRONMENT: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE PTERIDOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS CONSORTIUM: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO PTERIDOPHYTE DIVERSITY OVER THE LAST 420 MILLION YEARS

PROCESSING AND DIGITIZING IMPORTANT GLOBAL HERITAGE COLLECTIONS AT THE FIELD MUSEUM [THROUGH THIS ONE-YEAR PROJECT, ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS STAFF AT THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WILL COMPLETE THE PROCESSING OF 15 IMPORTANT ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. TWO NEW, FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS WILL BE HIRED AND AN EXISTING PART-TIME POSITION WILL BE MADE FULL-TIME. BY COMPLETING BASIC CATALOGING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND HOUSING OF THESE GLOBAL HERITAGE COLLECTIONS, THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE STEWARDSHIP OF OBJECTS UNDER THE MUSEUM'S CARE AND MAKE THE ITEMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED INFORMATION AND STORIES ACCESSIBLE TO DESCENDENT COMMUNITIES, RESEARCHERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE.] [PURPOSE:'THE PURPOSE OF THIS&NBSP;GRANT IS TO FUND THE HIRING OF&NBSP;TWO&NBSP;CORE&NBSP;STAFF MEMBERS AND TO&NBSP;RETAIN&NBSP;A FULL-TIME REGISTRAR,'WHO WOULD PROCESS AND DIGITIZE&NBSP;OBJECTS FROM ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS AND PURCHASE EQUIPMENT.&NBSP; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE&NBSP;REGISTRAR AND FULL-TIME REGISTRATION ASSISTANTS WILL'ORGANIZE AND DESCRIBE&NBSP;8,000&NBSP;TO&NBSP;10,000 ITEMS FROM&NBSP;15&NBSP;DIFFERENT&NBSP;NEWLY ACQUIRED COLLECTIONS INCLUDING NATIVE&NBSP;AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLAND'MATERIALS, MEXICAN&NBSP;FOLK-ART'ITEMS, AND TEXTILES FROM SOUTHWEST CHINA.&NBSP; THEY WILL ENSURE THAT THE&NBSP;OBJECTS&NBSP;ARE&NBSP;REPRESENTED IN THE&NBSP;DIGITAL ARCHIVE AND PREPARE THEM FOR&NBSP;USE IN&NBSP;PHYSICAL EXHIBITS.&NBSP;'IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS&NBSP;ACTIVITY&NBSP;WILL TAKE&NBSP;3,650 HOURS TO COMPLETE.&NBSP;'&NBSP;&NBSP; EXPECTED OUTCOMES:&NBSP;BY HIRING TWO FULL-TIME REGISTRATION ASSISTANTS AND MAKING A PART-TIME ASSISTANT REGISTRAR POSITION FULL-TIME, THESE 15 COLLECTIONS WILL BE FULLY PROCESSED AND ACCESSIBLE BY THE END OF THE ONE-YEAR GRANT PROJECT.&NBSP; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:&NBSP;ONCE FULLY PROCESSED, THESE ITEMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH, EXHIBITION, LOAN, AND EXPLORATION BY SCHOLARS,&NBSP;CURATORS AT OTHER&NBSP;INSTITUTIONS, STUDENTS,&NBSP;TEACHES,&NBSP;AND THE PUBLIC&NBSP;ONLINE AND ON SITE.&NBSP; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:'THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.&NBSP;]

DIGITIZATION, CONVERSION, AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE FIELD MUSEUM'S BAT FLY COLLECTION

WE PROPOSE TO STUDY THE ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF THE OLDEST MATERIAL IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, PRESOLAR GRAINS AND METEORITIC NANODIAMONDS, T

NEW RESEARCH ON THE MESOZOIC VERTEBRATE FAUNAS OF THE BEARDMORE GLACIER REGION, ANTARCTICA

DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OVERT: OPEN EXPLORATION OF VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY IN 3D

CSBR: NATURAL HISTORY: CRITICAL CURATION FOR A CRITICAL COLLECTION: THE SCHUSTER HERBARIUM AT THE FIELD MUSEUM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SOUTHERN AMAZONIAN BIRDS AND THEIR SYMBIONTS: BIODIVERSITY AND ENDEMICITY OF PARASITES FROM THE MOST DIVERSE AVIFAUNA ON EART

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: MILLIPEDE SYSTEMATICS: DEVELOPING PHYLOGENOMIC, CLASSIFICATION, AND TAXONOMIC RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE

GROWING COLLABORATIONS AND STUDENT TRAINING AT THE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS FACILITY AT THE FIELD MUSEUM -THE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS FACILITY (EAF) AT THE FIELD MUSEUM HAS PROVIDED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICE FOR ALMOST TWENTY YEARS. THIS AWARD CONTINUES THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) SUPPORT OF THE LABORATORY TO INCREASE ACCESS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCHOLARS. THE EAF HOSTS INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE RAPID COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT MATERIALS LIKE CERAMICS, GLASS, METALS, AND PIGMENTS, TO ENHANCE RESEARCH ON A VERY WIDE RANGE OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL TOPICS. RESEARCHERS ANALYZE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLES FOR MAJOR, MINOR, AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN A NON-DESTRUCTIVE MANNER TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS RELATED TO MULTIPLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS AND TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF MATERIAL CONSERVATION OF THE FIELD MUSEUM'S RENOWNED ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS. THE PRESENCE OF AN ON-SITE LABORATORY AT THE FIELD MUSEUM CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY ARTIFACTS FROM THE UNIQUE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM THAT COULD NOT BE MOVED EASILY TO OUTSIDE ANALYTICAL FACILITIES. THE EAF ALSO SUPPORTS UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AND TRAINING. STUDENTS ARE INITIATED INTO THE ANALYTICAL PROCESS BY UNDERTAKING THEIR OWN ANALYSES AND ARE TRAINED IN METHOD DEVELOPMENT, THE STATISTICAL PROCESSING OF THE DATA, AND INTERPRETATION. THE INTELLECTUAL MERITS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EXTENSIVE NEW DATASETS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT DIRECTLY INFORM HYPOTHESES ABOUT ANCIENT TRADE, EXCHANGE AND TECHNOLOGY. BY PROVIDING EXPERTISE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF ANCIENT MATERIAL, LINKING LEADING SCHOLARS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS TO THE MUSEUM'S EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS, AND GIVING THEM THE TOOLS TO ANALYZE THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND ASSEMBLAGES, THE PROJECT SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX SOCIETIES. RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH INFORM FUTURE EXHIBITS AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES OF THE FIELD MUSEUM, WHICH PROVIDES SCIENCE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MILLIONS OF VISITORS ANNUALLY. THE EAF INCLUDES AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA - MASS SPECTROMETER (ICP-MS) THAT CAN BE CONNECTED TO A LASER ABLE TO SAMPLE OBJECTS WITHOUT VISIBLE DAMAGE. A NEW EXPERIMENTAL PORTABLE LASER CAN SAMPLE ARTIFACTS OF ANY SIZE OUTSIDE THE LAB AND CAN BE USED FOR ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS WITH LA-ICP-MS OR FOR ISOTOPE ANALYSIS CARRIED OUT AT OUTSIDE FACILITIES. THIS EQUIPMENT IS COMPLEMENTED BY TWO PORTABLE XRF INSTRUMENTS FOR TOTALLY NON-INVASIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF ARTIFACTS ON THE PREMISES OF THE MUSEUM OR IN THE FIELD. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON THE MARCHANTIOPHYTA, ANTHOCEROPHYTA AND BRYOPHYTA OF THE CAPE HORN ARCHIPELAGO: FLORISTICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATIO

DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTABLE CELL LA-ICP-MS AND SUPPORT FOR EXTERNAL COLLABORATIONS IN THE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS FACILITY AT THE FIELD MUSEUM

THE FIELD MUSEUM?S ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS WILL TREAT AND REHOUSE 786 BEADED ITEMS IN ITS NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS. EMBROIDERED GLASS BEADED ITEMS REPRESENT A WIDELY RECOGNIZED MATERIAL CULTURE FORM, CHARACTERISTIC OF MANY TRIBES IN THE PLAINS REGION; A SURVEY OF THE MUSEUM?S BEADED ITEMS NOTED 71 TRIBAL AFFILIATIONS IN THE COLLECTION. THE MUSEUM WILL HIRE A CONSERVATOR AND A CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN. TREATMENT OF THE COLLECTION WILL INCLUDE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR REGIONAL COLLEAGUES TAUGHT BY FIELD MUSEUM CONSERVATORS AND INVOLVE CONDITION ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES, PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION, DIAGNOSES OF GLASS DETERIORATION, SAFE HANDLING AND HEAVY METAL PESTICIDES, STABILIZATION TREATMENT, REHOUSING AND CREATION OF MICRO-CLIMATES. A COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION APPROACH WILL ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE AND ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN CONSERVATORS AND REGIONAL TRIBAL COMMUNITIES SO THAT TOGETHER, THEY CAN INCREASE ACCESS TO COLLECTION ITEMS AND PROLONG THESE ITEMS? LIFESPAN.

WE PROPOSE TO STUDY THE ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF SOLID SAMPLES OF STARS, PRESOLAR GRAINS, AND NANODIAMONDS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED FRO

ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND SOCIAL COLLAPSE

SUPPORT FOR COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN THE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS FACILITY AT THE FIELD MUSEUM

DIGITIZATION PEN: FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTHWEST COLLECTION OF ARTHROPODS NETWORK

HOUSEHOLD AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN ANCIENT PUERTO RICO

IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS FACILITY AND INTER-LABORATORY COMPARISON

THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WILL MODIFY AND ADAPT IN-PERSON TRAINING COURSES FOR STAFF ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGITIZATION PLANNING, DATA INTEGRITY, PRESERVATION, AND MOBILIZATION TO COLLECTIONS DATA FOR USE IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STAFF WILL WORK WITH COLLEAGUES FROM DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM TO DEVELOP DATA STANDARDS THAT REFLECT BEST PRACTICES AND ENABLE DATA AND METADATA TO MORE EASILY BE MANAGED AND PUBLISHED. THE TEAM ALSO WILL DEVELOP A TRAINING MODULE ON CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND COLLECTIONS DATA, AS WELL AS THE FRAMEWORK FOR AN IDENTIFICATION KEY THAT VARIOUS MUSEUM STAFF CAN MODIFY AND USE TO HELP AUDIENCES IDENTIFY BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS OF INTEREST. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO CREATE A COHORT OF FIELD MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS WITH NEW AND EXPANDED DATA MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF COLLECTIONS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DATA AS A SHARED RESOURCE WITH STEWARDSHIP ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

CONSERVATION PROGRAM

IRES: U.S.-HUNGARIAN-GREEK COLLABORATIVE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS ON ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PREHISTORIC EUROPEAN VILLAGES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARTS: IDENTIFYING DIVERSITY, DESCRIBING SPECIES, AND REVISING TAXONOMY OF NEW GUINEAN SNAKES -LOCATED JUST NORTH OF AUSTRALIA, THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA IS A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT BUT ONE OF THE LEAST STUDIED REGIONS OF THE WORLD. SIMULTANEOUSLY, NEW GUINEA SUFFERS FROM HIGH RATES OF DEFORESTATION; FROM 1972 - 2002, 24% OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND'S FORESTS WERE CLEARED OR DEGRADED THROUGH LOGGING. THIS MEANS THAT THERE ARE MANY THREATENED ORGANISMS THAT WE KNOW LITTLE ABOUT. ALTHOUGH NOT AS POPULAR WITH HUMANS AS ANIMALS LIKE BIRDS OF PARADISE, SNAKES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE ECOLOGY OF THE ISLAND, WITH MANY SNAKES BEING TOP PREDATORS THAT HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM. SNAKES ALSO PROVIDE LESSER KNOWN BUT IMPORTANT BENEFITS TO HUMANS, SUCH AS MEDICAL DRUGS MADE FROM VENOMS. DESPITE THE IMPORTANCE OF SNAKES IN THE ISLAND ECOSYSTEM, THE MAJORITY OF NEW GUINEAN SPECIES REMAIN POORLY STUDIED AND THERE ARE LIKELY MANY SPECIES NOT YET DESCRIBED. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON TWO OF THE MOST POORLY STUDIED GROUPS OF SNAKES IN NEW GUINEA, THE GROUNDSNAKES AND THE KEELBACKS. SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDE EXPEDITIONS TO NEW GUINEA TO FIND THESE SNAKES, GATHER GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA, AND USE THIS INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY NEW SPECIES, DETERMINE HOW THE SPECIES ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER, AND PLACE THESE SPECIES IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF SNAKE RELATIONSHIPS, ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN NOVEL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ASSESSMENT OF NEW GUINEAN BIODIVERSITY. THIS WORK ALSO PROVIDES NEW SCIENTIFIC TRAINING TO THE SENIOR SCIENTISTS CONDUCTING THE STUDY AND TO UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND NEW GUINEA. RESULTING PUBLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN-ACCESS AND ONLINE WIKI PAGES WILL BE CREATED FOR EACH NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED WITH THE HELP OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FUNDED BY THIS WORK; ALL RESULTS CAN THUS BE ACCESSED BY SCIENTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND THE GLOBAL PUBLIC ALIKE. THE SENIOR SCIENTISTS WILL ALSO USE BOTH THEIR ASSOCIATED MUSEUM AND UNIVERSITY PLATFORMS TO PUBLICLY PRESENT RESULTS AT ALL EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, FROM CHILDREN TO ADULTS. THIS INTERWEAVING OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION WILL TRAIN EFFECTIVE SCIENTISTS, CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, AND FOSTER INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. THE ALPHA TAXONOMY OF NEW GUINEAN SNAKES IS POORLY KNOWN AND MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE SUGGEST SUBSTANTIAL UNDESCRIBED DIVERSITY (ONLY CA. 75% OF SPECIES ARE CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED). FURTHERMORE, FEW OR NONE OF THE SPECIES FROM THE FOCAL GENERA HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN PUBLISHED MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES AND THUS ARE ESSENTIALLY UNKNOWNS IN MODERN SYSTEMATIC STUDIES. THIS PROJECT HAS FOUR FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES: (1) CONDUCT FIELDWORK IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AS WELL AS IN INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES, TO COMPLEMENT CURRENT SAMPLING FOR GROUNDSNAKES (STEGONOTUS) AND KEELBACKS (TROPIDONOPHIS) FOR USE IN HIGH-THROUGHPUT DNA SEQUENCING EFFORTS (TARGET CAPTURE) AND CONTEMPORARY MORPHOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION BY GENERATING HIGH-RESOLUTION CT SCANS AND INCLUDING CONTRAST-ENHANCED SCANS STAINED WITH DIFFUSIBLE IODINE. (2) USE MUSEUM SPECIMENS TO FILL IN SAMPLING GAPS WHEN FRESH TISSUES ARE UNOBTAINABLE USING A RECENTLY PUBLISHED PROTOCOL FOR SEQUENCING OF FLUID-PRESERVED SPECIMENS. (3) DESCRIBE NEW SPECIES AND THE INTRAGENERIC RELATIONSHIPS FROM THE FOCAL GENERA IN A REVISIONARY MONOGRAPH BASED ON A COMBINATION OF MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA. (4) TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF TAXONOMISTS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPAND THE TOOL KIT FOR BOTH THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AND FOR U.S. AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

DIGITIZATION TCN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NORTH AMERICAN LICHENS AND BRYOPHYTES: SENSITIVE INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND CHANGE

SUPPORT FOR THE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS FACILITY AT THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

REU SITE: FOOD PRODUCTION, POTTERY, AND METALS ON MOUNT ELGON

BRIDGING MICRO AND MACROEVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS: POPULATION GENETICS OF COEVOLUTIONARY HISTORY

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH--DECODING THE SWAHILI: AN INTEGRATED ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GENETIC STUDY OF THE SWAHILI OF EAST AFRICA

PEET: BIVALVES - RESEARCH, TRAINING, ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF DATA

MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATIN: ACQUISITION OF AN ICP-MS FOR ARCHAEOMETRIC AND GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

STS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: THE IMPACT OF MATHEMATICS ON INFERRING CLASSIFICATIONS AND PHYLOGENIES

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

PHYLOGENETIC RECLASSIFICATION AND GENERIC REVISION OF THE ROVE BEETLE TRIBE STAPHYLININI (INSECTA: COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIAL BRAIN EVOLUTION IN ANTS

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: PHYLOGENY OF THE BAT FLIES OF THE WORLD - INSIGHTS INTO TRENDS IN HOST ASSOCIATIONS AND ECTOPARASITISM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SG: EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN NORTH AMERICAN FRESHWATER FISH FAUNA: NEW LATE CRETACEOUS STURGEONS, PADDLEFISHES, BOWFINS, AND TELEOSTS FROM NORTH DAKOTA

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ALONG THE MID-HOLOCENE SHORELINE NEAR AITAPE, NORTHERN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

RECONSTRUCTION OF MANUFACTURING PATTERNS THROUGH ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF RAW MATERIALS

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

DESCRIPTION:THIS PROJECT PROVIDES FUNDING TO THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY TO IMPLEMENT ITS PROJECT, WHICH WILL DESIGN, DEMONSTRATE, AND DISSEMINATE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PRACTICES, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES, THAT WILL SERVE TO INCREASE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AND ENCOURAGE BEHAVIOR THAT WILL BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE CALUMET REGION OF CHICAGO, IL. THE GRANTEE WILL DO THIS BY PARTNERING WITH NON SCHOOL BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO INTRODUCE 3RD-5TH GRADE CHILDREN TO CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES THROUGH THE MIGHTY ACORNS PROGRAM. PARTNERS WILL BE TRAINED IN THE PROGRAM AND WORK WITH CHILDREN ON ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS. ACTIVITIES:THIS PROJECT WILL INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE CALUMET REGION OF CHICAGO AND PROVIDE MIGHTY ACORNS PARTNERS AND CHILDREN THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND TO TAKE RESPONSIBLE ACTIONS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED DURING THIS PROJECT PERIOD INCLUDE: RESTORING GREEN SPACES WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IN MIND, UPDATING THE EXISTING CLIMATE CHANGE CURRICULUM TO INCLUDE CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND BUILDING CAPACITY OF EDUCATORS TO TEACH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE WITHIN THE PROGRAM. SUBRECIPIENT:5 SUB AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO ELIGIBLE PARTNERS TO EXPAND OR LAUNCH THEIR MIGHTY ACORNS PROGRAM. OUTCOMES:IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE FOLLOWING DELIVERABLES: EXPANDING THE MIGHTY ACORNS PARTNERSHIP AND IMPROVING CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTIVENESS WITHIN THE CURRICULUM. EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE: PARTICIPANTS BEING MORE LIKELY TO VISIT GREEN SPACES AND ADOPT SUSTAINABLE HABITS. IT ALSO INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS BEING MORE COMFORTABLE TEACHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE 3RD-5TH GRADE CHILDREN, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS ACROSS CHICAGOLAND.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARTS: UNDERSTANDING TROPICAL INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY THROUGH INTEGRATIVE REVISIONARY SYSTEMATICS AND TRAINING

IL-X-R NEXT STEPS FOR URBAN MONARCH LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION DESIGN

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FUNCTIONAL EVOLUTION OF THE MAMMALIAN BACKBONE: INSIGHTS FROM THE FORERUNNERS OF MAMMALS

HETEROGENEITY AND COMPLEXITY IN BRONZE AGE EUROPE: DIVERGENCE OF SOCIAL TRAJECTORIES ON THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN

CONTAMINANT TESTING OF 100 CEREMONIAL HOPI OBJECTS

FY14 NAGPRA

XRF TESTING OF 100 HOPI OBJECTS AT THE FIELD MUSEUM

EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DESIGNING DIGITAL RAILS TO FOSTER SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY AROUND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CSBR: NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS: GEOREFERENCING U.S. FISH COLLECTIONS: A COMMUNITY-BASED MODEL TO GEOREFERENCING NATURAL HI

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH-LATITUDE PERMO-TRIASSIC PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR VERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF FLAGELLATE PLANTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RANGES: BUILDING CAPACITY TO EXTEND MAMMAL SPECIMENS FROM WESTERN NORTH AMERICA -THE SPECIMENS CONTAINED IN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS CONTRIBUTE TO SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND SOCIAL WELLBEING. THEIR UNIQUE VALUE COMES FROM THE HIGH-QUALITY INFORMATION THEY CONTAIN AND THE DOCUMENTATION INDICATING HOW THEY WERE COLLECTED. OF PARTICULAR VALUE ARE TRAIT MEASUREMENTS THAT DOCUMENT HOW SPECIES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND HOW THEY VARY THOUGH TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN RESPONDING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES. UNFORTUNATELY, TRAITS FOR MUSEUM SPECIMENS ARE OFTEN ONLY AVAILABLE IN NON-DIGITAL AND NON-STANDARD FORMATS. THIS LIMITS THE ABILITY OF RESEARCHERS TO FIND AND USE THEM TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THIS AWARD WILL ESTABLISH THE RANGES DIGITIZATION NETWORK (?RANGES?). THE GOAL OF THE NETWORK IS TO DIGITIZE TRAITS FROM OVER ONE MILLION MAMMAL SPECIMENS IN 19 U.S. NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS. THE NETWORK WILL PRODUCE DATASETS THAT ARE IN STANDARD FORMAT AND EASY TO FIND IN ONLINE BIODIVERSITY PLATFORMS, SUCH AS IDIGBIO. THIS WILL ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO BUILD BETTER BASELINES FOR BIODIVERSITY AND IMPROVE PREDICTIONS OF HOW MAMMALS RESPOND TO CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS. RANGES WILL ALSO SPARK COLLABORATION AMONG THE MUSEUM COMMUNITY AND DATA SCIENTISTS, CREATING SOLUTIONS USABLE BROADLY. THE NETWORK WILL EMPLOY A DIVERSE HUMAN WORKFORCE IN DIGITIZATION AND RESEARCH TASKS, AND IT WILL ENGAGE THE PUBLIC THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND MUSEUM EXHIBITS. THIS WILL ADDRESS A MAJOR REMAINING DIGITIZATION CHALLENGE FOR U.S. MUSEUMS, TO EXPAND UTILITY OF SPECIMENS AND USE THEM TO CREATE NEW SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. DIGITIZATION OF U.S. NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES HAS IMPROVED DATA SHARING AND RESEARCH CAPACITY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES. AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT DATA ASSOCIATED WITH MUSEUM SPECIMENS ARE THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF INDIVIDUALS. THESE TRAITS ARE INFORMATIVE ABOUT ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND RESPONSES OF ORGANISMS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. UNFORTUNATELY, TRAITS FROM SPECIMENS REMAIN INCOMPLETELY DIGITIZED ACROSS MUSEUMS AND HARD TO LOCATE ON THE INTERNET. THIS INHIBITS THEIR DISCOVERY AND USE AT A TIME OF PRESSING GLOBAL CHANGE. RANGES WILL DIGITIZE AND PUBLISH TRAITS FROM APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILLION NON-MARINE MAMMAL SPECIMENS FROM WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON THIS REGION DUE TO ITS COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE, AND BECAUSE IT IS A CENTER OF MAMMALIAN BIODIVERSITY. THE SPECIFIC GOALS OF THE NETWORK ARE TO EXTEND EXISTING SOFTWARE TOOLS, DEVELOP NEW STANDARDS FOR MAMMAL TRAIT DATA, AND COORDINATE DIGITIZATION ACROSS MUSEUM PARTNERS. NEW, DIGITAL TRAIT DATA ON BIODIVERSITY DATA PLATFORMS SUCH AS IDIGBIO WILL TRANSFORM DATA ACCESSIBILITY AND FOSTER NEW EVOLUTIONARY, ECOLOGICAL, AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. RANGES WILL ALSO COLLABORATE WITH THE NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK (NEON) TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH TRAIT DATA COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE LIFETIME OF THAT NETWORK. USING THE ABOVE APPROACHES, RANGES WILL LAY A FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING AN EXTENDED SPECIMEN NETWORK FOR MAMMALS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF JOBS THAT ARE THREATENED BY DECLINES IN PHILANTHROPIC AND OTHER SUPPORT DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.

WORKSHOP: SINO-US COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON THE RISE OF MODERN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN THE PHANEROZOIC

PBI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE MEGADIVERSE, MICRODISTRIBUTED SPIDER FAMILY OONOPIDAE

RESOLVING ISSUES OF SPECIES, PHYLOGENY, AND RADIATION IN A DIVERSE GROUP OF OLD WORLD TROPICAL MAMMALS

RESEARCH TO DETERMINE BROKERED BOUNDARIES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CURATION, DATA BASING, AND INTEGRATION OF THE ORPHANED ILLINOIS MAMMAL COLLECTION

TO SUPPORT A NEW EXHIBITION FEATURING THE WORK OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST CHRIS PAPPAN.

RAPID: TESTING GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTION AND MAPPING METHODS FOR EARLY CHRISTIAN CEMETERIES IN ICELAND

TO SUPPORT PUBLIC PROGRAMS SURROUNDING "REMEMBRANCES AND RE-IMAGINING: THE KWAKWAKA'WAKW AND EDWARD S. CURTIS."

CREE HAIR CLIPPINGS REPATRIATION PROJECT

TO STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE AND OBJECTS PRESERVATION BETWEEN PERU AND THE USA

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

RENTAL OF THE "50 YEARS OF POWWOW" PHOTO EXHIBIT FOR EXHIBITION IN THE CITIES OF LA PAZ AND GUATEMALA CITY. GRANT INCLUDES RENTAL OF THE EXHIBIT AND

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NORTE CHICO SITE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT-TRADE AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES DURING THE LATE NEOLITHIC ON THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT - INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF STATE EXPANSION IN RURAL GREECE

COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP: AN INTERNET RESOURCE FOR INTEGRATING PLATE TECTONIC AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC MAPPING WITH ON-LINE EARTH SCIENCE DATABASES

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT: MECHANICS OF EMPIRE AND INTEGRATION -- THE ROLE OF SMALL-SCALE INCA INSTALLATIONS IN THE COLESUYO REGION OF

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN COMPLEX SOCIETY ORGANIZATION

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: CONSUMPTION OF FOOD AND SOCIAL DISTINCTION

FY13 NAGPRA REPATRIATION GRANT - FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

FY 2017 NAGPRA REPATRIATION GRANT - FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

THE FIELD MUSEUM IS DEVELOPING A NETWORK IN COLLABORATION WITH US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE THAT WILL LEVERAGE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SPECIMENS AND EXPERTISE FOR CONSERVATION AND EXPLORE EMERGING TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR CONSERVATION SUCH AS CONSERVATION APPLICATIONS OF EDNA. TO BEGIN THIS EFFORT FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT A TWO DAY CONFERENCE AIMED AT EXPLORING THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR POLLINATOR CONSERVATION.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT: RESOURCE INTENSIFICATION IN EARLY VILLAGE SOCIETIES: DAIRYING ON THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT: MIGRATION OR ADOPTION? MODELING THE LATE COPPER AGE ON THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN

PLANNING FOR REPATRIATION TO HOPI FROM THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NO P22AS00102 FY 2022 NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT NAGPRA REPATRIATION GRANTS ARE AWARDED COMPETITITVELY TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO MUSEUMS, INDIAN TRIBES, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST IN THE REPATRIATION OF HUMAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS THE NAGPRA GRANTS ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THE FIELD MUSEUM OF CHICAGO SEEKS TO COMPLETE THE PHYSICAL RETURN AND REBURIAL OF APPROXIMATELY 360 SETS OF HUMAN REMAINS AND 2,000 FUNERARY OBJECTS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT THE FIELD MUSEUM TO THE HOPI TRIBE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT: COPING WITH COLLAPSE -- THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL DECLINE ON SOCIAL IDENTITIES

HOMELAND MEMORIES: FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO CHICAGO

CONSULTATION WITH THE LITTLE SHELL TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA

FIELD MUSEUM REPATRIATION TO QUINAULT NATION

THE SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH, PRISTIS PECTINATA, IS A LARGE RAY IN THE FAMILY PRISTIDAE. THIS SPECIES IS LISTED AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ON THE IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES AND ENDANGERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. CONSERVATION MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES TO AID IN RECOVERY OF THIS AND OTHER PRISTID SPECIES (DULVY ET AL. 2016). IN THE U.S., THIS SPECIES WAS THE FIRST FULLY MARINE FISH LISTED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) IN 2003. UNDER THE DIRECTIVE OF THE ESA, A SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH RECOVERY TEAM WAS FORMED TO DEVELOP A RECOVERY PLAN. PART OF THIS PLAN (ACTION 3.1) STATES THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE POPULATION GENETICS OF SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH AS A MEANS TO ENSURE THEIR ABUNDANCE INCREASES AND THEY REOCCUPY AREAS FROM WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN EXTIRPATED (NMFS 2009). OUR GROUP HAS USED DNA TO ANSWER SEVERAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE MATING SYSTEM AND LIFE HISTORY OF THIS SPECIES, INCLUDING PHILOPATRY (FELDHEIM ET AL. 2017; SMITH ET AL. 2021), PARTHENOGENESIS (FIELDS ET AL. 2015), GENE FLOW (CHAPMAN ET AL. 2011), AND ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF BREEDING ADULTS (SMITH ET AL. 2021). THIS DATASET IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FOR ANY ELASMOBRANCH, AND MOVING FORWARD, IT WILL BE VITAL TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POPULATION BOTH THROUGH TAGGING AND GENETIC STUDIES. INDEED, ONLY WITH LONG-TERM DATA CAN WE START TO ANSWER CERTAIN LIFE HISTORY QUESTIONS. IN LEMON SHARKS, ANALYSIS OF THE GENETIC PEDIGREE AT BIMINI, BAHAMAS HAS ENABLED US TO ESTIMATE THE MINIMUM LONGEVITY (BROOKS ET AL. 2016) AND DESCRIBE NATAL PHILOPATRY (FELDHEIM ET AL. 2014) IN THIS SPECIES. LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF THE SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH POPULATIONS IN FLORIDA WILL ENABLE TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: DOES THE LONG-TERM SAWFISH PEDIGREE INDICATE NATAL PHILOPATRY IN THIS SPECIES? WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF FEMALES EXPANDING TO HISTORIC NURSERY SITES? HOW MANY YOUNG SURVIVE TO REPRODUCTIVE MATURITY? HOW LONG DO FEMALES REMAIN REPRODUCTIVELY VIABLE? WHAT IS THE MINIMUM LONGEVITY OF THIS SPECIES?

SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK PROJECT

COMPARATIVE OSTEOLOGY AND PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS OF FOSSIL AND LIVING STURGEONS (ACTINOPTERYGII, ACIPENSERIFORMES), PART 2

FY 2023 NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT (NAGPRA) REPATRIATION GRANTS ARE AWARDED COMPETITIVELY UNDER ASSISTANCE LISTING 15.922 TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO MUSEUMS, INDIAN TRIBES, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST IN THE REPATRIATION OF HUMAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS. THE NAGPRA GRANTS ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WILL COMPLETE THE PHYSICAL RETURN AND BURIAL ANCESTRAL REMAINS TO THE LITTLE SHELL TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS. THE OUTCOME WILL HELP THE MUSEUM COMPLETE A SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT REPATRIATION OF ANCESTRAL HUMAN REMAINS TO MONTANA AND THE LITTLE SHELL TRIBE AND OTHER MONTANA TRIBES CAN EXPERIENCE CLOSURE.FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NO. P23AS00093

FY14 NAGPRA

NATIONAL NAGPRA REPATRIATION: DISPOSITION TO WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE

FIELD MUSEUM REPATRIATION TO WIYOT TRIBE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AVIAN DIVERSIFICATION ACROSS TROPICAL ASIA: A SYSTEMATIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF BABBLERS (AVES: TIMALIIDAE)

CONTINUED CONSULTATION AND XRF TESTING WITH HOPI TRIBE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PROPRIOCEPTION BY FISH PECTORAL FINS: IS FIN SENSATION TUNED TO FIN MECHANICS AND PATTERN MOVEMENT?

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: ARTS: REVISIONARY SYSTEMATICS OF FOSSIL AND LIVING CARIBBEAN FAVIID AND MUSSID REEF CORALS (CNIDARIA, ANTHOZOA, SCLERACTINIA)

INVESTIGATING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE LIANGCHENGZHEN POLITY, SOUTHEASTERN SHANDONG, CHINA

FIELD MUSUEM NAGPRA GRANT

REVSYS: MONOGRAPHING A MODEL CLADE OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: LACCARIA-HYDNANGIUM