Friday, March 14, 2025 3/14/2025

Citizen DNA Barcode Network: A Community-based Infrastructure for Monitoring Biodiversity and Disease Vectors

Award Number: R25GM137355
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

Group Awards By:

View Award Abstract

In collaboration with the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), the DNA Learning Center (DNALC) of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) proposes to develop a Citizen DNA Barcode Network. The project will organize national campaigns to map the ranges of species within three groups of insect: ants, mosquitoes, and beetles. These groups include bioindicators of environmental change, vectors of human disease, and economically important species whose ranges are being altered by global climate change. Citizen scientists will use the technique of DNA barcoding, which allows non-experts to identify almost any insect species, even from larval forms or damaged samples. The project is based on an integrated biochemical and bioinformatics workflow we have developed to support DNA barcoding in formal education settings. Our current SEPA project, Barcode Long Island, has undertaken DNA barcoding campaigns in the formal education system—with high school students documenting local biodiversity and the northward range expansion of several insects—novel evidence of global warming. During the development phase, we will work intensively with NYSCI to refine resources and dissemination methods to support citizen science in informal settings. In parallel, we will pilot methods to engage visitors to nature preserves and members of conservation groups, including The Nature Conservancy and Audubon Society. During the replication phase, we will onboard three additional science centers and six additional community conservation groups. Partners will be provided with training, educational materials, mobile labs, and supplies needed to generate data for insect campaigns and biodiversity surveys (bioblitzes) of locally important habitats. Mentorship by high school and college faculty with experience in DNA barcoding and extended collaborative support—including troubleshooting and data analysis—will help insure success at each site. Data collected by citizen scientists will contribute to the scientific record in two ways: 1) Barcode sequences will be published in GenBank, the authoritative DNA database, and to species-specific databases. 2) Occurrence data will be contributed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to expand existing range maps. A multi-faceted evaluation program will develop novel survey instruments to assess the impact of participation in citizen barcoding projects on attitudes toward biodiversity on global climate change.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $258,780 )
2024	2024	COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY	1 BUNGTOWN RD	COLD SPG HBR	NY	11724	SUFFOLK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	5	9/6/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$258,780
														Subtotal = $258,780

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $260,878 )
2023	2023	COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY	1 BUNGTOWN RD	COLD SPRING HARBOR	NY	11724	SUFFOLK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	4	4/4/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$260,878
														Subtotal = $260,878

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $264,230 )
2022	2022	COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY	1 BUNGTOWN RD	COLD SPRING HARBOR	NY	11724	SUFFOLK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	6/13/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$264,230
														Subtotal = $264,230

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $263,507 )
2021	2021	COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY	1 BUNGTOWN RD	COLD SPRING HARBOR	NY	11724	SUFFOLK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	4/26/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$263,507
														Subtotal = $263,507

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $270,688 )
2020	2020	COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY	1 BUNGTOWN RD	COLD SPRING HARBOR	NY	11724	SUFFOLK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	5/20/2020	NEW	$270,688
														Subtotal = $270,688

Grand Total All Awards = $1,318,083

Top

All Categories

About

Search

Reports

Data Submission

Award Information

Citizen DNA Barcode Network: A Community-based Infrastructure for Monitoring Biodiversity and Disease Vectors

Award Number: R25GM137355

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

Federal Websites

Department of Health & Human Services

HHS Operating Divisions

HHS Staff Divisions

Download A Document Viewer