Table 1: Grants received which utilize the SGS LTER site or are associated with the SGS LTER project.
Title |
Funding Agency |
CSU Principle Investigators |
Total Budget Dollars |
% of Fieldwork at LTER Site |
| Long-term ecological research: shortgrass steppe | NSF |
Burke, Lauenroth, Coffin, Detling, Kelly, Milchunas, Parton, Pielke, and Van Horne | $3,360,000 |
100% |
| Ecosystem significance of soil as a long-term sink for anthropogenic additions of N | NSF |
Burke, Lauenroth | $678,000 |
100% |
| Presidential Faculty Felow Award | NSF |
Burke | $500,000 |
100% |
| The relationship of climate to the stable isotope composition of hackberry | NSF |
Kelly | $118,867 |
100% |
| The role of natural grazing refuges in grassland biodiversity | US-Isreal Bi-national Foundation |
Milchunas | $64,415 |
100% |
| Declining native plant diversity caused by invasive weeds and interactions | USGS |
Stohlgren | $75,000 |
66% |
| Effects of different-sized herbivores on grassland plant diversity: a cross-site study | NSF |
Detling, Milchunas | $66,481 |
50% |
| Integrated assessment of climate and land use changes in the central US | DOE |
Ojima, Parton | $215,867 |
50% |
| A regional assessment of land use effects on ecosystem structure and funtion in the Central Grassland region of the US | EPA |
Burke, Lauenroth, Paruelo, Parton, Pielke, and Mosier | $1,500,000 |
50% |
| Developing a multi-agency, multi-scale vegetation sampling program for the central grasslands | USGS |
Stohlgren | $180,908 |
45% |
| Land use and climate change impacts on carbon fluxes | NIGEC |
Ojima, Parton | $164,449 |
20% |
| Population and environment in the US Great Plains | NIH |
Parton, Burke | $349,021 |
20% |
| US-Hungary comparison: response of vegetation to environment | NSF |
Coffin, Freckman | $156,076 |
20% |
| Long-term impact of elevated CO2 on shortgrass steppe ecosystem dynamics and trace gas exchange | NSF |
Mosier, Morgan, Milchunas, Parton, and Ojima | $614,935 |
10% |
| Biotic controls on soil C dynamics and N cycling under elevated CO2 | NSF |
Milchunas, Freckman, Ojima | $499,587 |
10% |
| Using multi-sensor data to model factors limiting carbon balance in global grasslands | NASA |
Schimel, Ojima, Parton | $3,109,969 |
10% |
Table 2: Current grants focusing on research education for undergraduate and graduates.
Student |
Agency |
Amount of Award |
% of Fieldwork at LTER site |
| Rich Alward- Ph.D. | NASA |
$66,000 |
100% |
| Tamera Minnick- Ph.D. | NSF |
$69,000 |
100% |
| Elizabeth Sulzman- Ph.D. | NASA |
$66,000 |
100% |
| 2 Undergraduates | NSF/REU Supplement to LTER project |
$10,000 |
100% |
| 1 Undergraduate | NSF/REU Supplement to Lauenroth Humus project |
$5,000 |
100% |
| 1 Undergraduate | NSF/REU Supplement to Burke PFF grant |
$5,000 |
100% |
03/21/02