2022
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Ben Benton, Arkansas State University
Project Title: Unraveling the biotic and abiotic factors of remnant prairie pimple mound plant communities to inform grassland restoration - Brendan Kosnik, Arkansas State University
Project Title: Using species distribution models to locate rare sedges in eastern Arkansas
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Marissa Drew, NorthWest Arkansas Community College
- Sunny Jones, University of Arkansas
2021
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Jonathan Aguirre, Arkansas Tech University
Project Title: Study of plant diversity in remnant herbaceous plant dominant communities (grasslands and prairies) in Arkansas River Valley - Mathew Jones, Arkansas State University
Project Title: The influence of soil on plant communities on six Lower Mississippi River islands - Sam Little, University of Central Arkansas
Project Title: The physiological response of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) to fire restoration management efforts in central Arkansas
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Alexander Gillies, Arkansas Tech University
- Diana Soteropoulos, Arkansas State University
2020
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Grace McCartha, Arkansas State University
Project Title: Plant community composition of six Lower Mississippi River islands considering elevation and proximity to the White and Arkansas Rivers - Caitlyn Sims, Arkansas State University
Project Title: Relations of seasonal flood disturbance with plant flowering phenology
2019
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Diana Soteropoulos, Arkansas State University
Project Title: Floristics in Arkansas: surveying and quantifying management impact of rare ecosystems, launching floristic quality assessment, and predicting rare plant distribution
Carl Amason Conservation Award:
- MaryAnn King, Pine Ridge Gardens
2018
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Dylan DeRouen, Arkansas State University
Project Title: Assessing vascular plant species richness across anthropogenic systems and level IV ecoregions in Crittenden and Mississippi counties, Arkansas
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Brant Portner, University of Arkansas at Monticello
Dwight Munson Moore Award:
- Jennifer Ogle, Arkansas Native Plant Society
2017
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Brittney Booth, University of Arkansas
Project Title: A comparative study of limestone and dolomite glades in the Ozarks of Northwest Arkansas - Shelby Clark, University of Central Arkansas
Project Title: Evaluating bryophyte diversity of Arkansas on an organismal and molecular scale - Logan Estes, University of Arkansas
Project Title: Where are all of Arkansas’ chinquapins? An ecological assessment of Castanea throughout the state - Katie Matthews, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Project Title: Population genetic survey of a foundation prairie plant, big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) following a prairie sod transplant in Northwest Arkansas - Jordan Slater, University of Arkansas
Project Title: Study of three wild ginseng populations to improve horticultural ginseng production - Brigette Williams, Saint Louis University
Project Title: Conservation epigenetics and phenotypic plasticity in the geographically restricted genus, Leavenworthia
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Jeffrey Chavis, University of Arkansas
2016
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Rajaa A. Alanbagi, University of Arkansas
Project Title: Fungi associated with forest floor litter in Northwest Arkansas - Rebecca Stubbs, University of Florida
Project Title: Classification and evolution of the North Temperate genus Micranthes
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Chris Sheldon, University of Arkansas at Monticello
2015
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Jennifer Reed, Arkansas State University
Project Title: A vascular flora of Poinsett County, Arkansas
2014
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Donald J. Nelsen, University of Arkansas
Project Title: Symbiotic fungi associated with oak, hickory, beech, and musclewood in the Ozark National Forest and Devil’s Den State Park
2013
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Eric Hearth, University of Arkansas
Project Title: A microhabitat assessment of five species of invasive plants in the Ozarks and Appalachians
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Ty Murdoch, University of Arkansas
2012
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Meghan Foard, Arkansas State University
Project Title: Causes and consequences of Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.) invasion in hydrologically-altered forested wetlands
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Carey Minteer, University of Arkansas
- David Burge, Arkansas State University
- Kristen N. Finch, Hendrix College
- Kari M. Harris, Arkansas State University
- Jessica R. Needham, University of Central Arkansas
- Autumn Lynn Coffey Olsen, University of Arkansas
- Drew A. Prescott, University of Arkansas at Monticello
2011
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Jennifer Ogle, University of Arkansas
Project Title: Distribution, biology, and community ecology of Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) in the southern Ozark Plateaus - Nicole Freeman, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Project Title: Abundance of pollinators necessary for production of seeds by native plants
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Drew Prescott, University of Arkansas at Monticello
- Dr. Shelly Bursick, University of Arkansas
2010
No Awards
2009
Delzie Demaree Research Grant:
- Dulcinea Groff, University of Central Arkansas
Carl Amason Conservation Award:
- John Pelton, Benton
2008
Aileen McWilliam Scholarship:
- Jennifer Ogle, University of Arkansas
- Kellie Freeman Nelson, Arkansas State University