University of Montana – New $6 Million Grant Promises Greater Insights Into Biological Data

Dramatic increases in both the scale and availability of data are having a profound impact on the biological sciences. From DNA sequencers to environmental sensors, data acquisition and availability are outpacing the capacity for analysis.

Now, thanks to a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation, renowned stream ecologist Robert Hall from the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station is joining a team of researchers from the University of Wyoming and the University of Nevada, Reno, to address pressing needs for predictive and explanatory modeling in the biological sciences.