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NSF Grant

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Collections

iDigBio receives $15.5 million grant to digitize collections

September 8, 2016

Fossil primates, ancient mollusks and exotic butterflies will soon be coming to your home—as long as you have a personal…
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Jaguar Paw Temple

Cultural Heritage

Earliest use of Mexican turkeys by ancient Maya

September 14, 2012

As a University of Florida graduate student, one of Erin Thornton’s first assignments was to identify turkey bones from an…
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Life on Earth

Researching 6,000 years of history in the Bahamas

February 1, 2012

The field of restoration ecology, in which native flora and fauna are re-established to create more sustainable environments, is taking…
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Grants & Initiatives

Researcher receives grant to study birds in the Andes

September 19, 2011

With $800,000 from the National Science Foundation, Florida Museum of Natural History conservation biologist Scott Robinson is researching bird ranges…
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swift creek pottery sample

Cultural Heritage

Archaeologist receives grant to analyze Swift Creek pottery

September 13, 2011

Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Neill Wallis recently received a $55,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze and digitally…
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Larry Page photographing a fish specimen

Collections

UF, FSU receive $10 million for project to digitize U.S. biology collections

July 8, 2011

The National Science Foundation announced today its award of a $10 million grant to the University of Florida and Florida State University to coordinate 92…
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Nicholas Miles working in lab

Grants & Initiatives

Graduate student receives grant to study pitcher plants

June 13, 2011

Florida Museum of Natural History graduate student Nicholas “Nic” Miles recently received a $13,500 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement…
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Francois Michonneau in lab

Grants & Initiatives

Researcher receives NSF grant to study sea cucumbers

May 11, 2011

Florida Museum of Natural History student François Michonneau recently received a $15,000 National Science Foundation grant to research sea cucumbers…
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Tragopogon miscellus, AKA "John-go-to-bed-at-noon."

Evolution

Flowering plant study ‘catches evolution in the act’

March 17, 2011

A new Florida Museum study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species’ genes are…
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digging in Panama

Fieldwork

Research, education initiative to take place in Panama

August 1, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists are leading a research and education project in Panama with the help of a…
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