Grants and awards

CURRENT GRANTS

UCOP Climate Action                                                                                                            2023-2025


“Increasing publicly available tools for climate-smart seed sourcing

and forest restoration” ($904,252, including UC Davis sub-award)

UCM Academic Senate COR Award                                                                          2023-2024


“The genetics of climate responses in Abies religiosa – a vital

species for Monarch butterfly conservation.”($7,381)

NSF, DEB                                                                                                                                           2022-2026


“Collaborative research: Continent-wide forest recruitment change:

the interactions between climate, habitat, and consumers” ($287,115

to UC Merced, $1.1 million total)

NSF, DEB, Integrative Organismal Systems Cluster                                 2019-2024

 “The risks of safety: xylem anatomy and tradeoffs between reproduction, growth, and drought survival in Sierra Nevada  conifers” ($417,579 including sub-award to UC Santa Cruz, Jarmila Pittermann co-PI)

USDA AFRI seed grant                                                                                                           2020-2023

 “Does source climate or genotype better predict early pine seedling performance in restoration projects” ($199,988 including Forest Service sub-award, Jessica Wright co-PI)

USDA Forest Service                                                                                                                 2020-2023

“Moving towards genome informed seed transfer in Region 5” (EVM co-PI; Jessica Wright PI; $199,996)

PAST GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS


NSF EAGER, DEB, Population & Community Ecology                           2018-2020“How important are eco-evolutionary interactions for understanding forest responses to environmental change” ($199,996)

Sequoia (National Park) Science Learning Center                                    2018-2020

“Forests in a warmer future: the role of variation in climate responses within and between Sierra Nevada tree species” ($5,000   +  $3998)

(Plant Science Center, Switzerland; € 89,900)

NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellowship                                                                                     2010-2012

Association for Women in Science Amy Lutz award                                     2009-2010 

(for female scientists completing Ph.D; $1000)

Duke CTMS Graduate Fellowship                                                                               2009-2010

(Center for Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences; $22,000 + tuition)

XSEDE                                                                                                                                                2019-2020

        "Association genetics of drought tolerance in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)" (Awarded resources PSC Large Memory         (Bridges Large), 30,000 Memory Hours, and PSC Storage (Bridges Pylon) 4,000 GB; estimated $20,340 value)

Western North American Naturalist Symposium Funding                          2019

        “Climate change and the ecology of Sierra Nevada forests” ($5,000)

Hellman Faculty Fellows Fund                                                                               2016-2017

        “The influence of competition and genetic variation on climate responses in Sierra Nevada pine seedlings”($6,192)

UCM Academic Senate COR award                                                                    2016-2017

            “Identifying the genetic basis of drought tolerance in ponderosa pine”($4,993)

 

Plant Fellows Award                                                                                             2013-2014