Scholarship Projects

The Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society announces the availability of scholarship monies for students pursuing degrees in AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT.

Graduate scholarships can range up to $5000.00 per year for two or three years (maximum), depending on the degree pursued.

Undergraduate students interested in participating in an internship in Aquatic Plant Management can be eligible for a stipend to pay for salary and/or related expenses during the internship.

For more information, contact Amy Smagula at 603-271-2248 or asmagula@des.state.nh.us

Student Scholarship Funded Project Summaries

Development of Microsatellites for the Variable Water-milfoil, Myriophyllum Heterophyllum.
Michael Bronski

2006 Lake Sunapee Gloeotrichia echinulata (colonial cyanobacterium) research.
Cayelan Carey

Implications of Genetics and the Environment for Management:  Are Certain Lineages of Variable-Leaf Watermilfoil More Apt to Grow Invasively?
Hannah Tavalire, Grand Valley State University

A Molecular Genetic Approach to Evaluate Herbicide Resistance, Geographic Origins, and Vectors of Spread for Populations of the Invasive Aquatic Plant Hydrilla verticillata (Hydrocharitaceae) in the Northeastern United States.
Lori Benoit, University of Connecticut

On-going Scholarship Funded Research

Expanding Hydroacoustic Technologies to Accurately Identify and Map Eurasian Watermilfoil and Other Aquatic Plant Assemblages
Jeremy Farrell, RPI/Darrin Fresh Water Institute

Effects of Plant Invasions on Trophic Transfer, Nekton Fitness, and Aquatic Ecosystem Function in the Northeast
Kimberly Lellis-Dibble, University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resource Science