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Grants & Initiatives

Person stands next to a table stacked with boxes of butterfly specimens one hand resting on the glass of lid of a box. Behind him are rows of shelves with more specimen drawers

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Endowment brings influx of expertise to the McGuire Center

February 15, 2023

Early in 2022, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity launched its first travel award program for visiting researchers. A…Read More

Satellite map of Fort Myers and surrounding islands

Grants & Initiatives

Archaeologists awarded NSF grant to survey Florida cultural heritage sites damaged by Hurricane Ian

December 19, 2022

The National Science Foundation has awarded emergency funding to archaeologists at three institutions to survey cultural heritage sites damaged by…Read More

Illustration of large phylogeny with unraveling DNA embedded with several organisms, including a cuddlefish, snake, bird of paradise, morning glory, mushroom and a pine branch.

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Earth BioGenome Project enters new phase

January 19, 2022

The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a global effort to map the genomes of all 1.8 million known species of plants,…Read More

mammal skulls

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iDigBio receives $20 million from NSF to sustain U.S. museum digitization efforts

June 22, 2021

T he National Science Foundation has awarded iDigBio nearly $20 million to continue its mission of digitizing natural history collections nationwide,…Read More

Mandy photographs specimen

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NSF grants help Florida Museum digitize marine invertebrates, rare land snails

October 29, 2020

Three grants from the National Science Foundation will enable the Florida Museum of Natural History’s invertebrate zoology division to contribute…Read More

A scientist

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Three NSF grants fuel plant research at the Florida Museum’s herbarium

October 21, 2020

Three grants from the National Science Foundation will support new discoveries at the University of Florida Herbarium, housed at the…Read More

Miami blue butterfly

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Disney awards funding to UF butterfly, sea turtle conservation projects

July 16, 2020

As part of its work to save wildlife, the Disney Conservation Fund awarded funding to two University of Florida research…Read More

three piles, one of bones, one of shells, one of charred plant remains

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Environmental archaeology receives NSF grant to curate specimens before data go ‘dark’

November 6, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Environmental Archaeology Program received a nearly $800,000 National Science Foundation grant to curate some…Read More

small bones

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Florida Museum receives NSF grant to lead conservation paleobiology research network

August 7, 2019

The National Science Foundation awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History a $500,000 grant to develop a research coordination network…Read More

white and brown shell

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Invertebrate zoology division to add new collections with NSF grant

April 9, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology will incorporate new collections with the help of a National…Read More

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Jerald Pinson, Science Writer

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