In 2022 CoNPS awarded four John Marr Grants
Kathryn Dawdy, Master’s student at Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University; “The effects of advanced plant phenology on herbivory and plant demography.” $1000
Audrey Spencer, PhD student at University of Colorado Denver; “Clarifying the systematics and taxonomy of Physocarpus (Rosaceae): Implications for the origins of the flora of the Southern Rocky Mountains in Colorado.” $1000
Brendan Connolly, Master’s student at Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University; “Not all pollinators are created equal: Evaluating differences in pollination efficiency using a Colorado montane pollination system.” $775
Elsa Godtfredsen, Ph.D. student at Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University; “Earlier Snowmelt, Earlier Flowering, and Increased Drought: New Realities
of Subalpine Plant Reproduction under Climate Change.” $775