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UF receives $1.97 million NSF grant to develop paleontology network

February 10, 2014

With the goal of promoting life-long learning, University of Florida researchers will use a four-year, $1.97 million National Science Foundation…
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A brown, tan and black patterned butterfly with blueish tint on its wings

Grants & Initiatives

Researchers receive $450,000 NSF grant to classify butterfly group

September 11, 2013

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have received a three-year, $458,104 National Science Foundation grant to research a common, but…
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A sawfish swims near a boat of researchers

Grants & Initiatives

Museum receives $24,000 from Disney to support sawfish conservation

October 2, 2012

Researchers at the Florida Museum recently received $24,000 from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to continue studying the endangered smalltooth…
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Awards & Honors

Researcher wins Botanical Society of America merit award

September 20, 2012

Walter Judd, University of Florida distinguished professor of biology and Florida Museum of Natural History affiliate curator of botany, recently…
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Museum receives $339,000 to digitize invertebrate collections

September 19, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology researchers recently received a National Science Foundation grant to further digitize the department’s…
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Akito Kawahara holds a blue-green hornworm on his finger

Grants & Initiatives

Museum researcher receives $24,000 to study hawkmoth relationships

September 18, 2012

A Florida Museum of Natural History lepidopterist recently received $24,000 to research the evolutionary relationships of an agricultural pest known…
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Collections

Museum receives $455,000 grant to curate, digitize vertebrate fossils

July 2, 2012

A new National Science Foundation grant allows scientists to prepare vertebrate paleontology specimens at the Florida Museum of Natural History,…
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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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Awards & Honors

Douglas Jones elected to national association board

June 12, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History Director Douglas S. Jones has been elected to the American Association of Museums Board of…
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Awards & Honors

Undergraduate receives ‘Science for Life’ research award

June 11, 2012

Most first-year University of Florida students won’t be working in a molecular biology lab studying hawkmoth DNA during their summer…
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