Sabrine Dritz, Ph.D. student at UC-Davis, “The functional response of bumblebee pollination in diverse floral landscapes”: $1000 Kyla Knauf, Ph. D. student at Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden, “It’s not just flower power: the importance of seed...
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...
Marr Grant Recipients: Valerie Martin, $1000 for “Microbial Facilitation of Floral Exploitation in a Subalpine Pollination Mutualism,” Justin Yow, $1000 for “Understanding how climate variability within the Colorado Rocky Mountains affects fuel load dynamics in...
The CoNPS Research Grants Committee has Chosenthe Recipients for the 2020 John Marr Research Grants Courtenay Ray $850 for: “Demographic response to climate change in the Rocky Mountain alpine” Emily Mooney $850 for: “How native host plant variation shapes a...
The John Marr Funded Grants to Four Researchers in 2019 Justin Bain – $800“Understanding how the floral nutrient landscape influences bee foraging, pollination, and the structure of plant-pollinator interaction networks” Emily Lockard – $800“Use of native...
The CoNPS Research Grants Committee has announced the John Marr grant awards for the 2018 field season. John Marr grants are given for research projects studying native plants in Colorado. Seven grants were awarded. Anna Freundlich, Master’s Student at University...
Marr Grants Awarded: Austin Lynn $900 “Investigating Evolutionary Relationships among native and exotic Taraxacum in the Colorado Rocky Mountains” Mike Kintgen $900 “Does Aridity Drive Species Richness in Colorado’s Alpine Tundra?” Erin Bissell $500...
Kath Kleier announced the following winners of the 2016 Marr Grants: Jennifer Ackerfield – Colorado State University, working with Mark Simmons:A Prickly Puzzle: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Genus Cirsium in North America, $1000 Alyssa Albertson – Colorado State...
John W. Marr Fund The John W. Marr Fund supports research on the biology of Colorado native plants and plant communities. Grantees for 2015 are: DeMasters, Carla (Rebecca Huft, DBG) Working on MS UC Denver. Using native annual/biennial forbs to...
JOHN W. MARR GRANT AWARDS Ross McCauley, PhD. (Assistant Professor of Biology, Herbarium Curator. Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO). Genetic differentiation between alpine and montane populations of Viola adunca (Violaceae) in the San Juan Mountains. $982...
