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1 | Award Year / Period | Recipient | University / Institution | Research Project | Degree / Status (where known) | Amount (where known) | Evidence / Archival Note | Source | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | 1985 | John D. Penkacik | North Carolina State University | Interrelationship of Soil Fumigants and Mycorrhizae on Seed Germination and Seedling Development of Ornamental Tree Species | $500.00 | Approved Feb. 16, 1985. Fall 1985 minutes report that one recipient changed majors and left the Horticulture Department research; context indicates this was Penkacik, so completion is uncertain. | NCWFPS Newsletter, Spring 1985; Fall 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | 1985 | John T. Soule | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | The Pollination Biology and Fruiting of Xanthorhiza simplicissima Marshall | $200.00 | Approved Feb. 16, 1985; later described as the first recipient. A later newsletter summarized the first two awards as having been made 'in 1984.' | NCWFPS Newsletter, Spring 1985; Fall 1985; Spring/Fall 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | 1986 | Craig Moretz | North Carolina State University | Effects of habitat modification on populations of Mountain Sweet Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia jonesii) | $500.00 | Approved by the Board; later reported on the project to the Society. | NCWFPS Newsletter, Spring 1986; Fall 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 1986 | Laura A. Buchanan | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | In vitro Propagation of Two North Carolina Native Plants: Chrysogonum virginianum and Asarum canadense | Senior botany major | Approved after the Board meeting following review by the Scholarship Committee. Amount not stated in the source reviewed. | NCWFPS Newsletter, Spring 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 1988 | Ed Swab | North Carolina State University | Floristic study of the White Pines Natural Area, including baseline flora data and bird-population observations | Graduate / master's research | $700.00 | Fall 1988 newsletter says the Society granted scholarships to Swab and Lisa Huff. Spring 1990 reports Swab used $700 from the fund to finish the project. | NCWFPS Newsletter, Fall 1988; Fall 1989; Spring 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | 1988 | Lisa Huff | Duke University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies | Mapping plant communities and developing management recommendations for the White Pines Natural Area | Graduate student | $100.00 | Fall 1988 newsletter says the Society granted scholarships to Huff and Ed Swab. Spring 1990 reports Huff used $100 from the fund to finish the project. | NCWFPS Newsletter, Fall 1988; Fall 1989; Spring 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1991 | Susan Wiser | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Research project not identified in the newsletter record located | Graduate student | $500.00 | Board record states a $500 Shinn grant was awarded; project title was not given. | NCWFPS Newsletter, Fall 1991 (Board meeting Aug. 8, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Before 1995 | B. W. Thornton | Study of the flora of Mount Mitchell State Park; comparison with older records to document changes after loss of Fraser fir | A 1995 meeting report identifies Thornton as a past Shinn Fund recipient, but the award year and amount were not located. | NCWFPS Newsletter, Summer–Winter 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2002 | Susan Shelingoski | Botanical survey of the 'Ghost of Big Savanna' property, a 117-acre savanna remnant being acquired by the Coastal Land Trust | $500.00 | Board-approved Shinn Grant. | NCWFPS Board Minutes, Feb. 17, 2002; Newsletter, Summer 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2004 | Sara Martin | Western Carolina University | Measuring Vegetation Response at Long Branch Environmental Education Center | M.S. Biology | Explicitly identified as the 2004 NCNPS Shinn Grant recipient. Thesis/project article published after completion. | NCNPS Wildflower Journal, Winter 2005; 2005 Board minutes; 2006 newsletters | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2005 | Rachel Spigler | University of Georgia | Reproduction in rose-pink (Sabatia angularis, Gentianaceae): consequences of small population size | Ph.D. Plant Biology | Her dissertation research was supported in part by the 2005 Tom & Bruce Shinn Grant Program. | NCNPS Wildflower Journal, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2006 | Sarah Marcinko | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Data collection and statistical analysis related to conservation research on Harperella | Graduate student | $500.00 | Board approved $500; newsletter explicitly identifies her as the 2006 Shinn Grant recipient. | NCNPS Board Minutes, May 26, 2006; Native Plant News, July–Aug. 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2009 | Christina P. Stoehrel | Gene flow, genetic distance, and mating barriers among species of the Trillium erectum complex | Explicitly announced as a 2009 Shinn Grant recipient. A 2011 article later said she received a grant 'last year,' creating a date inconsistency; the 2009 award announcement is retained here. | Native Plant News, May–June 2009; Apr–May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2009 | Philip B. White | High Elevation Grassy Bald Dynamics and Spruce-Fir Forest History, Roan Mountain, North Carolina | Explicitly announced as a 2009 Shinn Grant recipient. Board minutes say two awards were made from four applications. | Native Plant News, May–June 2009; Board Minutes, May 17, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2011 | Aline M. Waguespack Claytor | Duke University | Plant defense research using Passiflora incarnata | $700.00 | One of three documented 2011 Shinn awards. | Native Plant News, June–July 2011; Oct–Dec 2011; Feb. 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2011 | Lindsay D. Leverett | East Carolina University | Seed ecology / cryptic seed heteromorphism of native woolly ragwort (Packera tomentosa, Asteraceae) | M.S. Biology | $697.39 | One of three documented 2011 Shinn awards; the grant supported her thesis work. | Native Plant News, June–July 2011; Oct–Dec 2011; Nov. 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2011 | Robert W. Thornhill | North Carolina State University | The Vascular Flora and Soils of Shaken Creek Savannas (Pender County, NC) | M.S. student | $1,000.00 | One of three documented 2011 Shinn awards. | Native Plant News, June–July 2011; Oct–Dec 2011; Feb. 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2013 | Amanda Faucette | North Carolina State University | The Vascular Flora and Soils of Buxton Woods (Dare County, NC) | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2013 | Kyle Palmquist | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Joint effects of drought and reduced fire frequency on native orchids in the Green Swamp Preserve | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2014 | Kipp Callahan | North Carolina State University | Vascular flora of Pondberry Bay, Sampson County | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2014 | Nathan Howell | North Carolina State University | Vascular flora of natural lake shoreline communities of Carolina bays | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2014 | Reneé Fortner | East Carolina University | Reproductive ecology of federally endangered Cooley's Meadowrue (Thalictrum cooleyi) | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 2015 | Gary Perlmutter | North Carolina State University | Traffic-emission effects on forest lichen communities | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 2015 | Michelle D'Aguillo | Duke University | Germination ecology of two Southern Appalachian Houstonia species | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 2015 | Rebecca M. Dalton | Duke University | Changes in flowering phenology in North Carolina native wildflower communities | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 2016 | Andrea Thompson | North Carolina State University | Population viability of Solidago spithamaea | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 2016 | Rachel Kelsy Stillwell | Western Carolina University | Gene flow in the Trillium erectum complex | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2017 | Ashley M. Dow | East Carolina University | Native plants as viable pollinator habitat on solar-panel farms | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 2018 | Alexandria Szakacs | North Carolina State University | Vegetation history of a Piedmont prairie remnant using soil phytoliths | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
31 | 2018 | Bryan Piatkowski | Duke University | Systematics and molecular evolution of the Sphagnum magellanicum complex | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | 2018 | Ellen Quinlan | Western Carolina University | Phylogeny and water-use efficiency of Kalmia buxifolia | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2018 | Katherine Culatta | North Carolina State University | Taxonomy, population genetics and status of Nuphar sagittifolia | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | 2018 | Laura Hamon | North Carolina State University | Pollination ecology of Venus Flytrap | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | 2018 | Marietta Shattelroe | Appalachian State University | Genetic diversity of Geum geniculatum | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | 2019 | David De La Mater | Duke University | Elevated temperatures and eutrophication effects on salt-marsh plant/herbivore interactions | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | 2019 | Ethan Hughes | Appalachian State University | Flora of the Boone Fork headwaters in Grandfather Mountain State Park | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | 2019 | Georgia Harrison | Appalachian State University | Rock-climbing disturbance and cliff-face vegetation in Linville Gorge | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | 2019 | Greg Wilson | North Carolina State University | Pollination ecology and local adaptation of Smooth Purple Coneflower (Echinacea laevigata) | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
40 | 2019 | Matthew Hodges | East Carolina University | Soil legacy effects in management of invasive Lespedeza cuneata | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | 2019 | Michael Kunz | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Population ecology of Sandhills Milkvetch (Astragalus michauxii) | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
42 | 2020 | Anita Simha | Duke University | Climate-driven seasonal shifts and competition between native and exotic grassland species | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
43 | 2020 | Ben Brewer | Appalachian State University | Demographic monitoring and investigation of hybridization in Lilium grayi | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | 2020 | Bubba Pfeffer | Appalachian State University | Bluff Mountain lichen communities | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
45 | 2020 | Carson Ellis | Western Carolina University | Seasonal dynamics of floral visitation networks on high-elevation rock outcrops | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
46 | 2020 | David Camp | Appalachian State University | Conservation Genetics of Ramps (Allium tricoccum) | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
47 | 2020 | Hannah Dinkins | Western Carolina University | Photosynthesis, water use, and biomass allocation of Princess Tree and Tulip Poplar across a light gradient and with/without prescribed fire | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | 2020 | Jessica Roach | University of North Carolina Wilmington | Population genetics of endangered Rough-leaved Yellow Loosestrife | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | 2020 | Laura Hamon | North Carolina State University | Pollination ecology of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | 2020 | Peter Kann | East Carolina University | One flew over the pitcher plant: updating ecological associations between pitcher plant flies and their carnivorous hosts | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
51 | 2020 | Ryan O'Connell | Duke University | Anthropogenic stressors on critically imperiled Hudsonia montana | Doctorate | $990.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | 2020 | Vanessa Gremler | Appalachian State University | Analysis of AChE Inhibitors in Huperzia lucidula endophytes | Undergraduate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2021 | Adair McNear | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Characterizing the functional ecology of Piedmont savanna wildflowers in roadside verges by road infrastructure age and testing pollen transfer | Master's | $998.35 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | 2021 | Erin Eichenberger | North Carolina State University | Determining germination and establishment requirements of native prairie plants | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | 2021 | Jonathan Colen | Duke University | Assessing how selection maintains species boundaries in the face of asymmetric gene flow | Doctorate | $999.98 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
56 | 2021 | Kira Lindelof | North Carolina State University | Applied conservation genetics: GBS and building a genetic roadmap for the recovery of Houstonia montana | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | 2021 | Morgan Gaglianese-Woody | Appalachian State University | A Visitation Survey of Blooming Geum radiatum Michx. on the Tater Hill Plant Preserve | Master's | $860.00 | Recipient appears in the member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet but was absent from our earlier reconstructed archive. | Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | 2022 | Aeran Coughlin | Duke University | Saltwater-induced community change in forested coastal wetlands of North Carolina | Doctorate | $995.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
59 | 2022 | Alyssa Young | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Legume-rhizobia specificity and inoculation as a potential tool in restoration | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | 2022 | Brandon Wheeler | Western Carolina University | Locust Pocus: Morphological and molecular tests of species delimitation in Robinia of the southeastern United States | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
61 | 2022 | Katrina DeWitt | Duke University | Microbial diversity in the native pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea: the role of environmental factors across short temporal scales | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
62 | 2022 | Leigha Henson | Appalachian State University | Warming and precipitation effects on several common moss species of the Southern Appalachian Mountains | Master's | $950.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | 2022 | Melina Keighron | North Carolina State University | The effects of climate change-induced wild bee pollinator declines on plant fitness | Doctorate | $984.36 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | 2022 | Merry Conlin | North Carolina State University | The inconspicuous Ludwigia: Quantitative habitat characterization of critically imperiled Ludwigia ravenii (Onagraceae) | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | 2022 | Rachel Vinson | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | The effects of drought on plant and insect species composition in the longleaf pine savanna | Bachelor's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | 2022 | Ryan O'Connell | Duke University | Evaluating the impact of timber management strategies on mountain heartleaf (Hexastylis contracta), a species of conservation concern | Doctorate | $990.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | 2022 | Tara Hall | Western Carolina University | A study of morphological, cytological, and molecular variation in Micranthes virginiensis | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | 2023 | Annika Fockler | Appalachian State University | Leaf spot endophytes in Southern Appalachian woodland plants | Bachelor's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | 2023 | Erin Eichenberger | North Carolina State University | Investigating populations and pollinators of Echinacea laevigata (Asteraceae) to further conservation efforts | Doctorate | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
70 | 2023 | Jordan Winter | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | The effect of ecotype on longleaf pine savanna understory plant resilience using three key understory species | Doctorate | $792.18 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
71 | 2023 | Lauren Willhite | North Carolina State University | Long-term survivorship and species invasion post-restoration on Rocky Branch | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | 2023 | Lydia Cox | Duke University | Herbarium collections assist with disentangling the effects of climate change on flowering phenology of native carnivorous plants | Bachelor's | $960.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
73 | 2023 | Will Mann | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Nutrient deposition and drought effects on arthropod herbivore damage in longleaf pine savanna understory | Master's | $850.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
74 | 2024 | Brooke Walters | Appalachian State University | Leaf Spot DNA Analysis | Bachelor's | $350.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
75 | 2024 | Kate Loughran | Appalachian State University | Secrets of the Swamp: Uncovering the genetic diversity of federally threatened swamp pink (Helonias bullata) | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
76 | 2024 | Nicole Burroughs | North Carolina State University | Phytotelmata tell all: Modeling the role of dispersal in community assembly | Doctorate | $800.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
77 | 2024 | Skadi Kylander | East Carolina University | Investigating bryophyte use in the nests of the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
78 | 2025 | Alexa Santoni | Appalachian State University | Exploring the Correlations Between Endophytes and Metabolites in Wild and Cultivated Panax quinquefolius | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
79 | 2025 | Amanda Wilson | Duke University | Elucidating the Cryptic Dispersal Mechanisms of Native Plants' Fungal Symbionts | Doctorate | $1,500.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
80 | 2025 | Madison Gerdes | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Saltwater Intrusion Drives Ghost Forest Formation and the Loss of Old-Growth Bald Cypress in the Lower Cape Fear Watershed | Master's | $1,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
81 | 2026 | Amanda Wilson | Duke University | Visualizing the morphology and localization of foliar endophytic fungi across diverse native plant lineages and throughout foliar development | Doctorate | $1,500.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
82 | 2026 | Erin Emott | North Carolina State University | Disentangling the impacts of pyrophytic oaks: How tree functional identity, size, and density shape understory plant diversity in longleaf pine ecosystems | Doctorate | $2,500.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
83 | 2026 | Jessica Blackburn | Western Carolina University | Phytoremediation Capabilities of Oenothera biennis and Impatiens capensis in Copper (Cu) Contaminated Soils | Master's | $2,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
84 | 2026 | Johnny Brawley | Western Carolina University | A Description and Assessment of the Associated Arthropod Assemblages of Hexastylis arifolia | Master's | $1,500.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | 2026 | Laura Taylor | North Carolina State University | Assessing whether landscape-scale nectar availability limits a rare, endemic butterfly species: A comparison of two modeling approaches | Doctorate | $1,739.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
86 | 2026 | Noah Sullivan | Appalachian State University | Conservation Genetics of Silene ovata: A Range-Wide Assessment of Population Connectivity | Master's | $2,500.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
87 | 2026 | Sarah Krementz | North Carolina State University | Integrating Quantitative Habitat Data with Habitat Suitability Modeling to Predict and Evaluate Restoration Sites for Critically Imperiled Ludwigia ravenii (Onagraceae) | Master's | $3,000.00 | Documented in the modern Shinn recipient archive / Grants & Scholarship Committee records. Degree and award amount cross-checked against member-maintained Shinn awards tracking spreadsheet (2018–2026). | NCNPS Shinn recipient archive and Grants & Scholarship Committee reports; Member tracking spreadsheet: Shinn awards 2018 to 2026.xlsx | ||||||||||||||||||
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