2019 Awards
| Proposal | Institution | Award |
| Habitat use and migratory connections of elasmobranchs in the Potomac River and upper Chesapeake Bay | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | $3,000 |
| Field Sampling of the Acuminate Crayfish, Cambarus acuminatus, (Decapoda: Cambaridae) to Help Resolve Questions of its Species Status in the Mid-Atlantic Region and Beyond | Carnegie Museum | $4,693 |
| Fungal interactions as a driver of evolution and speciation in orchids | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | $2,225 |
| Determining the effects of urbanization on the song of a vocal mimic, the gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) | James Madison | $991 |
| Understanding the role of herbivory in migrating marshes: Are ungulates facilitating invasive Phragmites australis establishment in transitioning coastal forest? | George Washington U. | $2,479 |
| Microbiome and peptide diversity in a salamander biodiversity hotspot | National Zoological Park | $3,164 |
| Marsh resilience during the early stages of transition into an open water pond | George Washington University | $2,998 |
| The Effect of Climate Change on the Phenological Relationship Between Agricultural Pests and their Parasitoids | George Washington U. | $2,111 |
| The enigma of Lumbricus friendi, the ‘other’ nightcrawler | Johns Hopkins U. | $4,770 |
| Monogenean diversity in Bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) morphotypes | Shenandoah University | $1,200 |
2018 Awards
| Proposal | Award |
| The ground beetles of Plummers Island (Coleoptera: Carabidae): modernizing our taxonomic infrastructure through the use of DNA barcodes | $1,000 |
| Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve Arthropod Study (DMWPAS) | $600 |
| Biodiversity and environmental sensitivity of freshwater annelids of the Potomac River Basin | $4,000 |
| Can Isolated Salmonid Populations be an Effective Conservation Strategy? Comparing Above and Below Waterfall Populations of Eastern Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Southern Appalachia | $800 |
| Field surveys and comparative parasitology of freshwater native and invasive snails in Virginia and Maryland | $2,650 |
| Bee brain physiology in rural and urban environments | $1,000 |
| untitled – climate change on the Delmarva Peninsula | $3,472 |
| Testing how social evolution and nutrition influence neural investment in primitively eusocial bees | $900 |
| Disentangling the Isoetes riparia—saccharata complex using PacBio sequencing | $2,000 |
| An Inventory of Tardigrades on Plummers Island, Maryland, USA | $2,190 |
| Assessing the coevolution of dispersal traits in adult stream insects | $2,500 |
| Assessing the taxonomic diversity of Hedera (the ivy plant genus) in the Mid-Atlantic region | $2,500 |
2017 Awards
| Proposal | Award |
| Do edaphic conditions and plant community structure affect the mycorrhizal colonization of the rare sedge Rhynchospora knieskernii? | $2,000 |
| Uncovering forest invertebrate biodiversity hotspots, with a focus on Shenandoah National Park, Virginia | $3,000 |
| The little things that run the world: how plant identity, diversity, and traits structure microbial endophyte communities | $2,000 |
| Impacts of Deer Herbivory on Understory Herbaceous Plant Community Diversity and the Potential to Recover via Seed Bank | $2,660 |
| Braconid wasp-aphid-host plant associations in U.S. mid-Atlantic grasslands and forests | $2,300 |
| Estimating invasion risk in native forest in Northwestern VA | $2,525 |
| How do urban environments affect the song and mating preferences of a vocal-mimic? | $2,600 |
| Testing reinforcement as a mechanism promoting speciation in a diverse group of freshwater fishes (Percidae: Etheostoma) | $915 |
| A proposal to inventory spring and seep inhabiting caddisflies and other aquatic insects from the coastal plain of Virginia and North Carolina | $2,000 |
2016 Awards
| Proposal | Award |
| Braconidae of Plummers Island and comparison of the fauna in canopy and understory | $4,080 |
| The ground beetles of Plummers Island (Coleoptera: Carabidae): a follow up study | $1,095 |
| Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve Arthropod Study (DMWPAS) | $1,200 |
| Anadromous larval fish assemblages in a relatively unaltered estuary in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Taxonomy, Phenology, Size and Stage | $2,425 |
| Disentangling the evolutionary relationships of the buckeye trees using genome skimming, a high-throughput next-generation sequencing method | $2,450 |
| Metasequencing Sandy Beach Microbial Eukaryotic Diversity: Community Assembly Across an Environmental Gradient | $2,450 |
| Population genetics and dispersal of Oplismenus undulatifolius (wavyleaf basketgrass) in its invaded range | $1,800 |
| Experimental investigation of a conditional mutualism: How does habitat alter scatter-hoarder behavior to affect tree seedling establishment? | $2,500 |
| Restoration Chestnut as a Reservoir for American Chestnut Herbivores and their Dependents | $2,000 |
2015 Awards
| Proposal | Award |
| Assessing Quality of Atlantic Flyway Stopover Sites for Migratory Landbirds Using Plasma Metabolites | $2,700 |
| Something on Silver-Spotted Skipper butterfly, Epargyreus clarus, | $560 |
| Morphological and Distributional Assessments of Cyprinella analostana and C. spiloptera in the Potomac River and Mid-Atlantic States | $450 |
| Determining Stream Habitat Suitability for Brook Trout Reproductive Success | $1,500 |
| Testing condition-specific competition in mosquitoes: Effects of scrap tire contaminants | $2,000 |
| Comparing the effects of mid-Atlantic geography and the parasitic lifestyle on population genetic structuring using Indian pipes (Monotropa uniflora) as an example organism | $1,300 |
| Using a Citizen Science Program to Assess the Population and Disease Status of Threatened Bumblebee Species in Northern Virginia | $1,800 |
| Bee diversity on Chain Bridge Flats: a historical comparison with Plummers Island and possible Habitat for declining Macropis species | $1,500 |
| Distribution and identification of larval black flies within the Potomac River Basin | $2,290 |
| Does our common spicebush (Lindera benzoin) have American or Asian relatives, and if American how close do they live? | $3,000 |
| Scyphomedusan sea nettle jellyfish (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) | $2,900 |
2014 Awards
| Proposal | Award |
| Diapause and dormancy of Eastern Tent Caterpillars | $992 |
| Phenology of Black Cherry and Eastern Tent Caterpillars: Understanding Synchrony and its Effects on Plant Quality | $2,735 |
| Flora of Wheaton Regional Park | $2,694 |
| Searching for C. p. waynei; is the North Carolina subspecies of the Marsh Wren extinct? | $2,450 |
| Where do Maryland orioles winter? Using geolocators to study Orchard Oriole migration | $5,000 |
2013 Awards
| Proposal | Award |
| Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve Arthropod Study (DMWPAS).” | $2,000 |
| Diversity and phenology of wood-decay fungi communities in Mid-Atlantic forests.” | $2,950 |
| Survey of Plant Invasions on Plummers Island.” | $4,100 |
| Using Geolocators to Determine Migration Routes of Orchard Orioles (Icterus spurius).” | $3,000 |
| Cascading effects of beech blight aphids on forest seedling communities.” | $1,652 |
| The Interplay of Density and Insects as Drivers of Milkweed Population Dynamics.” | $4,978 |
| Taxonomic revision of grapes in the Mid-Atlantic region and exploring the origin of the Concord grape cultivar. | $2,500 |
| Floristic Survey of Dickerson Conservation Park and the Impact of Invasive Plants.” | $1,537 |
| Molecular Ecology of the Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus): Sex-Biased Dispersal, Kin Selection, and Mating System. | $3,502 |
| Spatial distribution and population size of the Rock Vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus) in a West Virginia canyon. | $750 |
2012 Awards
| Proposal | Award |
| Phenology of Black Cherry and eastern tent caterpillars: response to global climate change. | $2912 |
| Investigation of possible parthenogenetic reproduction under stress by the crayfish, Orconectes obscurus. | $2350 |
| Quantifying the Relative Contributions of Natural and Sexual Selection on Male Ornamentation Across Darter (Teleostei: Percidae) Lineages. | $704 |
| Species diversity and the evolution of tropic interactions within insect herbivores on Plummers Island. | $3000 |
| Biodiversity of the centipede (Chilopoda) and millipede (Diplopoda) fauna for Plummers Island (Montgomery County, Maryland). | $900 |
| Shape learning in the invasive Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae (Pieridae). | $993 |
| Quantifying the reproductive consequences of long-distance natal dispersal in a migratory bird breeding in the Potomac Basin Region. | $3000 |
| A comparison of epigenetic and genetic diversity and structure in urban and nonurban populations of a freshwater stream fish (Etheostoma olmstedi) in the Potamac basin. | $2731 |
| How does food plant quality affect the immune response of forest caterpillars? | $2210 |