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Contributions support students (both master's and doctoral levels) conducting field work, herbarium travel, and/or laboratory research in any area of plant systematics. Every year we present 10-15 of these awards to promising young scientists.
General Graduate Student Research Grant Fund
Shirley and Alan Graham Graduate Student Research Grant Fund. This fund was generously endowed by the Grahams in 2002 and represents the first dedicated ASPT student research grant fund.
William R. Anderson Graduate Student Research Grant Fund. As the second dedicated ASPT student research grant fund, this fund was formed in 2002 in honor of William R. Anderson through contributions from colleagues and former students.
Rogers McVaugh Graduate Student Research Grant Fund. Created in 2004 through contributions from his colleagues and former students, this student research grant fund honors Rogers McVaugh's dedicated, exceptional career.
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2010 Award Winners:
Shirley and Alan Graham Graduate Student Research Grant: Investigating the paradox of genetic variability in apomictic lineages: A case study in desert-adapted ferns. Amanda Grusz, Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, alg3@duke.edu. Advisor: Kathleen Pryer
William R. Anderson Graduate Student Research Grant: Correlated diversification of vascular plants and their associated mycorrhizal fungi – A case study. Michael Gruenstaeudl, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0930, Austin, TX 78713, michael.gruenstaeudl@mail.utexas.edu. Advisor: Robert Jansen.
Rogers McVaugh Graduate Student Research Grant: Measuring and preserving diversity in a Bangladeshi food crop: Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit, Moraceae). Colby Elizabeth Witherup, Graduate Program in Plant Biology and Conservation, Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden, ColbyWitherup@gmail.com. Advisor: Nyree Zerega.
Phylogenetic relationships and ecological speciation in the popcorn flowers (Plagiobothrys, Boraginaceae). C. Matt Guilliams, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley , 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, matt_g@berkeley.edu. Advisor: Bruce Baldwin.
Phylogeny, reticulate evolution, and recurrent polyploid speciation in North American Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). Emily B. Sessa, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, esessa@wisc.edu. Advisor: Tom Givnish.
Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Bartsia L. (Orobanchaceae): Increasing sampling of a mostly Andean genus. Simon Uribe-Convers, Stillinger Herbarium, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, P.O. Box 441133, Moscow, ID 83844-1133, urib5034@vandals.uidaho.edu. Advisor: David Tank.
Floral evolution and phylogeny of the Dialiinae (Cassieae), a diverse lineage of tropical legumes. Erin Leslie Zimmerman, Département de Sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, erin.zimmerman@umontreal.ca. Advisor: Anne Bruneau.
Discovery of a potential new genus in the Livistoninae (Trachycarpeae:Arecaceae). Christine D. Bacon, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878, cbacon@rams.colostate.edu. Advisor: Mark Simmons.
Enhancing the molecular phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae tribe Hippeastreae. Nicolás García, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA, nicogarcia@ufl.edu. Advisors: Pam Soltis and Alan Meerow.
Systematics and biogeography of the fern genus Polystichum in the northern and central Andes. Monique A. McHenry, Department of Plant Biology, Marsh Life Science Building, 109 Carrigan Drive, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0086, mmchenry@uvm.edu. Advisor: David Barrington.
Systematic revision of Tolypella (A. Br.). William Pérez, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 10458-5126, wperez@nybg.org. Advisor: Ken Karol.
Origin and Evolution of Endemic Montane Asteraceae from Mexico and Central America. Taylor Sultan Quedensley, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0930, Austin, TX 78713, quedensley@mail.utexas.edu. Advisor: Robert Jansen.
Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): phylogenetic relationships, chromosome evolution, and patterns of geographic distribution. Stephanie Voshell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 201 Donaldson Brown Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060-0022, svoshell@vt.edu. Advisor: Khidir Hilu.
Speciation patterns of Scaphosepalum (Orchidaceae-Pleurothallidinae). Lorena Endara A., Florida Museum of Natural History – Dickinson Hall, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, lendara@flmnh.ufl.edu. Advisor: Norris Williams.
Conservation, taxonomy, and reproductive biology of the Mimulus palmeri clade (Phrymaceae). Naomi S. Fraga, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-3157, naomi.fraga@cgu.edu. Advisor: Elizabeth Friar.
Species-level systematics in Lantaneae (Verbenaceae). Patricia Lu-Irving, Box 355325, Dept. of Biology, The University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195, pli2@u.washington.edu. Advisor: Richard Olmstead.
Phylogeography of Nassauvia glomerulosa (Asteraceae, Nassauvieae). Marcela Viviana Nicola, Instituto de Botánica Darwinion - IBODA - CONICET), Labardén Nº 200, San Isidro, B1642HYD, Buenos Aires, Argentina, mnicola@darwin.edu.ar. Advisors: Raúl Pozner and Leigh Johnson.
Comparative floral development of relatives of Rafflesia. Lachezar Atanasov Nikolov, 22 Divinity Ave, Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge MA 021388, lnikolov@fas.harvard.edu. Advisor: Charles Davis.
Molecular evolution in the Appalachian Aspleniums. Michelle A. Smith, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, msmit182@utk.edu. Advisor: Randy Small.
Phylogenetics of Argythamnia sensu lato (Euphorbiaceae). Yocupitzia Ramírez-Amezcua, Biological Sciences. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México, yocupitzia@yahoo.com. Advisor: Sabina Lara-Cabrera.
Investigation of the molecular phylogeny and morphology of Caesalpinia s.l. Edeline Gagnon, Département de Sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, edeline.gagnon@umontreal.ca. Advisor: Anne Bruneau.
Building a phylogenetic framework for Cryptogramma. Jordan S. Metzgar, Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK, jsmetzgar@alaska.edu. Advisor: Stefanie Ickert-Bond.