Category: Fellowship News

2023 Fellowship Award Recipients

2023 Fellowship Award Recipients The list of 2023 Fellowship Award recipients is now available. To learn more about the students and their projects, please view the following press release which highlights their work in greater detail: 2023 CMCF Fellowship & Grant Awards Douglas Castro – PhD student, University of Colorado, BoulderMicroplastics in Mountain Ecosystems of […]

2022 Fellowship Award Recipients

2022 Fellowship Award Recipients Nick Bither –  MS student, University of DenverRole of Climate and Local Adaptation in Recruitment Failure in Rocky Mountain Forests Amount awarded: $1,000 (Ossinger Fellowship) Elsa Godtfredsen – PhD student, Northwestern University and Chicago Botanic GardensEarly Snowmelt, Changing Phenology and Increased Drought: Consequences for Plant Survival and Reproduction of Four Subalpine […]

2021 Fellowship Award Recipients

2021 Fellowship Award Recipients Blyssalyn Bieber – MS student, University of DenverHow does fire severity affect native bee communities in the Rocky Mountains?Amount awarded: $2,000 (Ossinger Fellowship) Erin Carroll – PhD student, University of California, BerkeleyThe mechanism and historical impact of polyploidy on drought response in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)Amount awarded: $2,000 (Gerstle Fellowship) Elsa […]

2020 Fellowship Award Recipients

2020 Fellowship Award Recipients Cori Butkiewicz – MS student, University of Wisconsin, MadisonThe relationship between growth rates and successful spruce beetle attack in Engelmann spruceAmount awarded: $1,000 (Kindig Fellowship) Heather Reineking – MS student, University of Wisconsin, Madison                                                                                                                Alpine Vegetation Restoration of Ben Butler Mine Site in the San Juan Mountains of ColoradoAmount awarded: $1,000 (Ossinger […]

2019 Fellowship Award Recipients

2019 Fellowship Award Recipients Courtney Ray – PhD student, Arizona State UniversityDemographic response to dispersal and species interactions in Rocky Mountain alpineFaculty Sponsor: Benjamin BlonderAmount awarded: $2,000 (Gerstle Fellowship) Isabel Schroeter – PhD Student, University of Colorado, BoulderThe role of plant physiological threshholds and resource use strategies in riparian ecosystem recovery in Rocky Mountain National […]