COA Past Minigrant Awards
2022 COA Minigrant Awardees
Tony Hartshorn | After the fire (ATF): A debris flow decision-support tool. |
Mark Jutila | SARS-CoV-2 Animal Dependent Evolution |
Rodrigo Marques | Nutraceutical polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation ewes throughout gestation and its impacts on offspring |
Christian Posbergh | Utilizing Hormones in Wool to Monitor Stress and Physiological States in Sheep |
Justin Vetch | Assessing emergence and robustness of the historically most grown winter wheat varieties in Montana using UAV technologies |
2021 COA Minigrant Awardees
Michelle Flenniken | Investigating the role of callose deposition as a mechanism of resistance to Potato virus Y in potato plants |
Jared Beaver | Bringing Wildlife-Livestock Conflict Mitigation into the 21st Century: Exploring Emerging Technologies to Reduce Wildlife Conflicts on Montana Ranches |
Jovanka Voyich | Mechanisms of Neutrophil Evasion during Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation |
Eric Boyd | Subsurface geohydrological monitoring following a fuel spill in Yellowstone National Park |
Mike Giroux | Enhancing Durum Adaptation and Yield by Optimizing Tillering and Plant Height |
Aga Rynda-Apple | Evaluation of VLP-based platform for vaccine against Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae” |
Diane Bimczok | Understanding immune evasion strategies of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in sheep |
Rodrigo Marques | Effects of supplementing calcium salts of omega-3 fatty acids to late-gestating first-calf beef heifer on performance and physiological response of the offspring. |
Doug Kominsky | Inhibition of CD73 as a novel therapy for Salmonella-induced calf scours |
Amanda Bradbery | The effects of maternal overnutrition on testicular development in foals |
Uta McKelvy | Comparing active and passive spore samplers for their efficacy in capturing airborne spores of important wheat fungal pathogens in the Montana environment. |
Peggy Lamb | Enhancing Durum Adaptation and Yield by Optimizing Tillering and Plant Height |
Clain Jones | Evaluating the extent of low pH soils at the MSU Post Farm, Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center, and Northwestern Agricultural Research Center |
Jessica Torrion | Evaluating the extent of low pH soils at the MSU Post Farm, Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center, and Northwestern Agricultural Research Center |
Justin Vetch | Evaluating the extent of low pH soils at the MSU Post Farm, Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center, and Northwestern Agricultural Research Center |