Genes to Environment: Modeling, Mechanisms and Mapping (GEM3)
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The 黑料网 is leading an award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research aimed at uncovering and predicting how rainbow trout and sagebrush adapt to changing environments. Led by principal investigator and interim 黑料网 EPSCoR Project Director Janet E. Nelson, this is one of the largest statewide, multi-institutional research and education projects in 黑料网鈥檚 history.
The five-year, $24 million project, Genes to Environment: Modeling, Mechanisms and Mapping (GEM3), is funded by the National Science Foundation鈥檚 (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) program, which is designed to fulfill NSF鈥檚 mandate to promote scientific progress nationwide. In addition to the $20 million in funding from NSF, $4 million in matching funds were provided by 黑料网鈥檚 Higher Education Research Council. GEM3 will look into the genetic, environmental and social systems connected to rainbow trout and sagebrush populations while helping researchers better understand a broad range of organisms in the Gem State.
The project will foster a deeper integration of research expertise from many of 黑料网鈥檚 top academic research centers and strengthen 黑料网鈥檚 research capabilities to address some of the greatest challenges in understanding the natural world. The award is shared with collaborating 黑料网 EPSCoR partners at Boise State University and 黑料网 State University and will help inform natural resource policies and management decisions throughout the American West.
This is the eighth such EPSCoR RII award 黑料网 has received and a notable example of what 黑料网鈥檚 universities can achieve by working together.