Year Awarded 2021
Total award amount $100,000
Location State College, PA
Matching Funders Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Grantee Institution Penn State University
Dr. Christina Grozinger was awarded the 2021 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research for research seeking to understand the primary factors driving declines in wild and managed bee populations. She is working to develop approaches that can be used to support bees in urban, agricultural and natural landscapes. The Grozinger Lab uses an integrative approach encompassing genomics, physiology, behavior, chemical ecology and ecology.