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2004-2005 Research Summary

The 2004-2005 fiscal year saw another year of vigorous research and curatorial activities at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The Museum's curators and collections managers received more than $4.2 million in grants and contracts, including 14 new awards totaling $1.7 million, to support research, collections curation, and education. Research at the Museum focuses on studies of DNA, anatomy, ecology, behavior, culture change, and evolution of plants, animals, and human cultures. While the Museum's primary geographic strengths are in Florida, the Southeastern United States, and the Caribbean, the collections and research programs span the globe.

Research Locations

New Grants

Teaching

Research Locations

Florida Counties

Alachua Bay Bradford Brevard Broward Calhoun Charlotte Collier Dade De Soto Franklin Gilchrist

Hendry Highlands Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Lee Leon Levy Liberty Manatee Marion Monroe

Okaloosa Palm Beach Polk St. Johns St. Lucie Sarasota Suwannee

U.S. States

Alabama Delaware Georgia Illinois Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Montana

Nebraska New Jersey North Carolina Oregon South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Wyoming

International

Antigua Australia Bahamas Belgium Belize Bolivia Brazil Colombia Cuba

Denmark Germany Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Japan Madagascar Mexico Pakistan

Panama Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Southeast Asia Trinidad and Tobago Turks & Caicos Islands Uganda

New Grants

Florida Museum faculty and staff received $4.2 million in Grants and Contracts. There were 14 new awards totaling $1.7 million. Funding agencies include:

• American Orchid Society Fund
• Evolving Earth Foundation
• Florida Department of State
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• Florida Wildflower Advisory Council
• Mote Marine Labatorary
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• National Foundation on Arts and Humanities
• National Science Foundation
• Project Aware
• State University of New York
• T. H. Maren Foundation
• United States Department of Agriculture
• United States Department of Commerce
• United States Department of Interior
• University of San Diego
• Exhibits and Public Programs

Teaching

• ANG 6186 Seminar in Archaeology, 3 credits
• ANG 6224 Painted Books of Ancient Mexico, 3 credits
• ANG 6905 Individual Studies in Anthropology, 3 credits
• ANG 6915 Research Projects in Social/Cultural Anthropology, 3 credits
• ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology, 6 credits
• ANG 6933 Problems in Caribbean Prehistory, 3 credits
• ANG 7979 Advanced Research in Anthropology, 5 credits
• ANG 7980 Doctoral Research in Anthropology, 12 credits
• ANT 4706 Environmental Archaeology, 3 credits
• ANT 4823 Laboratory Training in Archaeology, 3 credits
• ANT 4824 Field Sessions in Archaeology, 6 credits
• ANT 4905 Individual Research in Anthropology, 31 credits
• ANT 4907 Research Project in Social/Cultural Anthropology, 15 credits
• ANT 4930 Museum Internship, 3 credits
• ANT 4956 Oversees Studies in Cultural Anthropology, 3 credits
• ANT 6183 Historic Material Culture Analysis, 3 credits
• ARH 5905 Internship in Museum Curation, 3 credits
• ARH 6930 Shoshone Painting and Ledger Art, 3 credits
• ARH 6946 Museum Practicum, 6 credits
• ARH 6971 Masters Research in Museum Studies, 3 credits
• ART 6973 Project in Lieu of Thesis in Museum Studies, 3 credits
• BOT 5115 Paleobotany, 3 credits
• BOT 5625 Plant Geography, 2 credits
• BOT 5927 Advances in Botany, 2 credits
• BOT 6905 Individual Studies in Botany, 5 credits
• BOT 6910 Supervised Research in Botany, 10 credits
• BOT 6927 Advances in Botany, 2 credits
• BOT 6935 Seminar in Systematics, 8 credits
• BOT 6971 Masters Research in Botany, 5 credits
• BOT 7979 Advanced Research in Botany, 10 credits
• BOT 7980 Doctoral Research in Botany, 21 credits
• GEO 2200, Physical Geography, 3 credits
• GLY 7979 Advanced Research in Geology, 6 credits
• GLY 7980 Doctoral Research in Geology, 2 credits
• LAS 4905 Individual Research in Latin American Studies, 3 credits
• LAS 6905 Individual Research in Latin American Studies, 2 credit
• LAS 6971 Masters Research in Latin American Studies, 9 credits
• WIS 4905 Individual Studies in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, 4 credits
• WIS 4945C Wildlife Techniques, 6 credits
• ZOO 2203C Invertebrate Zoology, 4 credits
• ZOO 2303C Vertebrate Zoology, 7 credits
• ZOO 4472C, Avian Biology, 5 credits
• ZOO 4905 Individual Studies in Zoology, 29 credits
• ZOO 4926 Special Topics in Zoology, 4 credits
• ZOO 4956 Overseas Studies in Zoology, 43 credits
• ZOO 6905 Individual Studies in Zoology, 22 credit
• ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology, 11 credits
• ZOO 6971 Masters Research in Zoology, 3 credits
• ZOO 7979 Advanced Research in Zoology, 17 credits
• ZOO 7980 Doctoral Research in Zoology, 7 credits
• Graduate Committees Served: 110
• Graduate Committees Chaired: 66
• Independent Studies: 55