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Grants & Initiatives

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…
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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…
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Miami blue butterfly

Grants & Initiatives

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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Cuban crocodile fossil skull

Collections

NSF grant will improve digital access to museum vertebrate fossils

May 4, 2018

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently received a $500,000 collections grant from the National Science Foundation to improve online…
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A male Miami blue butterfly

Grants & Initiatives

Grants help Miami blue butterfly conservation efforts

August 31, 2017

One of the most critically endangered butterflies in the U.S. is getting a little more help. The Florida Museum of…
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two men looking at fish image

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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3-D scanner and fossil teeth

Grants & Initiatives

Florida Museum, UF get $1.2 million grant for youth STEM education

April 8, 2016

There is new hope for kids who spend their free time digging in their backyards in search of dinosaur bones,…
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