University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Here’s a summary of EEB faculty grants received in late 2010:

Professor Mark Hunter was awarded about $150,000 for three years from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Collaborative Research: Geographic Variation in Plant-Herbivore-Parasite Interactions: Self-Medication in Monarch Butterflies.”

Professor Aaron King received close to $60,000 from the National Institutes of Health for his project, “Fogarty International Center and RAPIDD Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignment Agreement,” which runs through June 2012.

Professor Catherine Badgley was awarded just over $130,000 for three years  from the National Science Foundation for her project, “Collaborative Research: Climatic and Biotic Transformations of Neogene Mammalian Faunas of Pakistan.”

Professor George Kling received nearly $290,000 for three years from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Collaborative Research: Turning on the lights – Photochemical and microbial processing of newly exposed carbon in arctic ecosystems.”