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Grants & Initiatives

Susan Milbrath looking at artifacts

Collections

Museum researchers receive $53,000 to digitize ancient Mayan collection

June 20, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers recently received $53,000 to enhance the museum’s online database of Mayan artifacts. The two-year…
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Hawk Moths

Grants & Initiatives

Researcher receives grant to study echolocation in moths

November 10, 2011

Whether by buzzing, singing, cawing or hissing, plenty of animals boast their own form of communication. But researchers now hope…
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researcher looking over Andes landscape

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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Swift creek pottery sample

Grants & Initiatives

Museum archaeologist receives $20,000 to analyze Swift Creek pottery

July 11, 2011

Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Neill Wallis recently received a $20,000 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to analyze and…
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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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Orange Loach

Grants & Initiatives

$2.7 million granted to study largest group of freshwater fish

September 1, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are leading a worldwide study to inventory the largest order of freshwater fishes with…
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magnified louse

Grants & Initiatives

Grant for worldwide human lice study

September 14, 2009

Florida Museum of Natural History mammalogist David Reed has received a $900,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award…
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