Your contribution to the Colorado Native Plant Society John W. Marr and Myrna P. Steinkamp funds supports research projects in plant biology.  These separate funds honor the late Dr. John Marr, Professor at the University of Colorado and first President of the Colorado Native Plant Society, and Myrna Steinkamp, a founding member of the Colorado Native Plant Society who worked on behalf of the Society for many years in a variety of capacities. 

 

Both funds were established to support field and laboratory research on the biology and natural history of Colorado native plants.

 

The Marr Fund supports research on the biology of Colorado native plants and plant communities.

 

The Steinkamp Fund supports research on the biology of Colorado rare native plants.

 

Thanks to the generous contributions of many members and supporters, a total of approximately $3,000 each year is available for grants.  Your donation to these funds is encouraged and welcomed.  Please make your check to the Colorado Native Plant Society, designate the fund(s) to which you are donating and mail to:

Treasurer
Colorado Native Plant Society
P.O. Box 200
Fort Collins, Colorado 80522

 

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Applying For A Grant

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For further information about applying for the John W. Marr Grant click here.

 

For further information about applying for the Myrna P. Steinkamp Grant click here. 

Email Jan Loechell Turner or phone her at (303) 458-4262 with your questions.

 

Recipients of the awards summarize their studies for publication in the Society's newsletter, Aquilegia, and on this web site.

 

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The Research Grants Committee

is pleased to announce the

grant recipients for 2009

 

John W. Marr Grant Recipients

 

Colin Quinn (Botany Graduate Student, Colorado State University), Pollination ecology of prince’s plume (Stanleya pinnata), a selenium hyperaccumulating plant. $1,000

 

Boyce Drummond (Visiting Associate Professor of Biology, Colorado College) and  Jessica Rohde (Paraprofessional in Biology, Colorado College) Role of Plant Community Dynamics in the Reproductive Success of a Federally Listed Butterfly. $700

 

Christina Alba-Lynn (PhD student in Ecology, Colorado State University). Herbivore response to Verbascum thapsus (Common Mullein) populations with different defense phenotypes. $671

 

Neil Snow (Bishop Museum, Hawaii), Pamela Smith (Ft. Collins, CO), and Leslie Stewart (Dolores, CO). Digital Enhancements for an Interactive Key to Grasses of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region. $500.

 

 Myrna P. Steinkamp Recipients

 

Michelle DePrenger-Levin (Research Associate, Denver Botanic Gardens). Analysis of a taxonomically difficult narrow endemic: Corispermum navicula Mosyakin. $1,000

 

Seema Sheth,( PhD candidate, Dept. of Biology, Colorado State University). Determinants of geographic range size in western North American Mimulus. $1,000.

 

John Lovell (PhD student in Ecology, Colorado State University). What factors limit endemic species’ distributions? Genetic, physiological, and ecological investigations into the population structure, dynamics, and history of endemic and widespread Boechera species. $500

 

 

CoNPS is grateful to those who make donations to the Marr and Steinkamp funds.  Your donations make possible many research projects dealing with the plants of Colorado.  This research contributes to the understanding and conservation of native plants.  Numerous projects funded by CoNPS grants have resulted in publications in scholarly journal.  If you are interested in contributing to the Marr or Steinkamp fund, please email CoNPS Treasurer, Mo Ewing.    Thank you for your support.

 

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Click for a list of
Marr and Steinkamp Research Grant Recipients
for 2002-2008

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Click for a list of of some recent

Marr and Steinkamp Research Grant Reports

Click to check issues of

Aquilegia for other reports.

 

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