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