The IoE Graduate Enhancement Award program is designed to support graduate students in environmental sciences or related fields who need specific assistance for summer research, travel, publication support, etc., or who would like to convene a meeting, conference, or special project. In 2017, 22 students were awarded funding to assist with the above activities.

Name Department Project Description
Subodh Adhikari Land Resources & Environmental Sciences Effects of No-Till Conventional, Tilled Organic and Integrated-Crop-Livestock Organic Row Crop Productions on Ground Beetle (Carabidae) Community Structures
Peter Billman Earth Sciences

Response of Montana Wildlife to Hydrologic Climate Variables
Kathleen Carroll Ecology Modeling Current and Future Wolverine Habitat Under Various Climate and Human Land-Use Change Scenarios
Timothy Clute Ecology Linking Precipitation Patterns and Access to Soil Water to Susceptibility to Hydraulic Failure Among Montana Conifers
Kristen Emmett Ecology Interpreting Climate, Disturbance, and Management Interactions on Greening Trends in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Katie Epstein Earth Sciences The Amenity Migration and Elk Management in the Greater Yellowstone 
Vinicius Ferreira Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology

 Unraveling the High Diversity in a Sexually Dimorphic Case of Extreme Neotenous Beetles in Puerto Rico
Will Glenny Ecology Carbon Dioxide and Drought Alter Plant-Pollinator Interactions Through Sight and Scent
Devin Jones Microbiology & Immunology Diversity and Dynamics of Coronaviruses in North American Bats
Maureen Kessler  Ecology Assessing the Health and Behavior Responses of Australian Flying Foxes to Changing Environmental Conditions
Carson Langston Land Resources & Environmental Sciences Ecology of Invasive Plants in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Xiangmei Li  Earth Sciences State Interventions into Rangeland Ecosystems, Livelihood Changes, and Regional Resilience - A Case STudy of Changtang Plateau, Tibet
Miranda Margetts Land Resources & Environmental Sciences Presence and Environmental Implications of Pharmaceuticals in MT and NV Waterways
Jennifer McCarty
 Ecology Influence of Thermal Variation on Life History Traits and Production of Aquatic Insects Across a Mountain Riverscape
Megan Moore Earth Sciences Beaver-Related Restoration Projects and Public Perception: A Case Study of Blacktail Creek, Montana
Colin Quinn Earth Sciences Influence of Forest Cover on the Magnitude and Variability of Sediment Storage on Mountain Slopes in the Bitterroot Mountains of Western Montana 
Erin Smith Health & Human Development  Perceived Effects of Climate Change on Wild Biodiversity: Implications for Food Security Among Community Members of the Flathead Native American Reservation 
Erich Spiessberger Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology Revision, Life History and Phylogenetic Analysis of Cryptozoon and "Prototyrtaeus"
Meryl Storb Land Resources & Environmental Sciences Impacts of Development and Climate Change on Alpine Stream Ecosystems
James Waxe Ecology Identification of Greater Sage-Grouse Wintering Habitats in the Centennial Valley Using Stable Isotopes 
Ethan Wologo Land Resources & Environmental Sciences  Use of Geochemical Tracers to Understand Groundwater Hydrology 
Nickolas Zeibig-Kichas Earth Sciences

Reconstruction of Wildfire Histories Across the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwestern Montana