Colorado Mountain Club Foundation 2025 Awards
The Colorado Mountain Club Foundation (CMCF) is pleased to announce their 2025 fellowship and grant awards. The CMCF’s mission is to raise, manage, and distribute funds to support the stewardship, conservation, education, and other programs of the Colorado Mountain Club and other similar organizations. Each year, the Foundation solicits applications from undergraduate and graduate students whose research is focused on the Rocky Mountain region and is consistent with the CMCF mission.
This year CMCF received 26 applications and presented 11 awards. The top four outstanding applicants were awarded a named fellowship: other worthy applicants received grants of $500 to $1000.
- Katie Gannon, PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder received a $2,000 Gehres Fellowship for her project: “How are filamentous algal blooms changing mountain lakes?”
- Abigail Ross, PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder received a $2,000 Gerstle Fellowship for her project: “Water quality in a future without glaciers: Importance of hydrologic source on microbial community structure, function, and nutrient cycling in alpine streams.”
- Janelle Bohey, PhD student at the University of California, Irvine received a $2,000 Ossinger Fellowship for her project: “Effect of drought on floral scent and plant-pollinator interactions in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.”
- Andrew Sirois, MS/PhD student at the University of Colorado, Denver received a $2,000 Kindig Fellowship for his project: “Exploring the potential of rare Iron fens for passive sequestration and mine land rehabilitation in the Rocky Mountains”
- Helen Acosta, MS student at Colorado State University received a $500 grant for her project: “Demographic investigation of mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) to flow alteration in the lower Blue River.”
- Clifford Adamchak, PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder received a $1,000 grant for his project: “Seasonal variation of mercury storage and export in a beaver-dominated river corridor in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.”
- Jordan Argrett, PhD student at the University of Georgia received a $500 grant for his project: “Stealing from the rich to give to the poor: Are hemiparasitic plants the ‘Robinhood’ of sub-alpine communities?”
- Gena Blumencwejg, PhD student at Northern Arizona University received a $500 grant for her project: “Life beneath Colorado’s winter blanket.”
- Caden Max Evans, MS student at the University of Utah received a $500 grant for his project: “Linking Rock Mass Characterization to the spatial distribution of deep-seated gravitational slope deformations in the Sawatch Range, Colorado.”
- Kyla Knauf, PhD student at Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Gardens received a $500 grant for her project: “From flowers to fruits: Understanding the effects of climate change on Rocky Mountain Wildflower phenology and reproduction.”
- Sarah Senese, PhD student at the University of Denver received a $500 grant for her project: “Interactions between parasitic botflies and high-elevation deer mice under climate change.”