by Moewing | May 19, 2022 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | May 21, 2021 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | May 21, 2020 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | May 21, 2019 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | Apr 11, 2018 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | May 19, 2017 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | Mar 22, 2016 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | May 11, 2015 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | Oct 8, 2011 | John Marr Grant Recipients
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...
by Moewing | May 8, 2011 | John Marr Grant Recipients
This project is being undertaken to try and determine what ferns, fern allies and orchids exist in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. This will be the second year of this survey. The first year’s survey went exceedingly well. Six new Botrychium ferns as well...
