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Minigrants
Minigrants of $500 are awarded by the Natural Area Advisory Committee to University of Florida students or UF student groups who wish to undertake projects that enhance the information infrastructure of the Natural Area Teaching Laboratory or will improve access to what is already known.
2018 Minigrant Program
- Minigrants awarded November 2018
- Non-Crop Hosts of Agriculturally Important Organisms in the Natural Area Teaching Lab
- PI is Cory Penca, PhD candidate in the Doctor of Plant Medicine Program; faculty sponser is Dr. Amanda Hodges, Director of the Doctor of Plant Medicine Program.
- Final report received June 24th, 2019.
- Survey and Management Plan of NATL's invasive guineagrass
- PI is Emily Steffes, undergraduate student, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; faculty sponsor is Dr. Tom Walker, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
- Final report received May 1, 2018.
- Minigrants awarded November 2017
- Survey and Management Plan of NATL's invasive guineagrass
- PI is Emily Steffes, undergraduate student, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; faculty sponsor is Dr. Tom Walker, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
- Final report received May 1, 2018.
- Avian Species Richness Surveys
- PIs are Zachery Holmes and Mackenzie Dorr, undergraduate students, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and student organization GREBE; faculty sponsor is Dr. Katie Sieving, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.
- Final report, Bird sign, and Excel Survey Data received May 5, 2019.
- Announcement and how to apply
- Minigrants awarded November 2016
- An inventory of NATL's resident mosses
- PI is Brandon Corder, undergraduate student, Department of Biology; faculty sponsor is Dr. Stuart F. McDaniel, Department of Biology.
- Final report received December 1, 2017.
- Soil seed bank composition in NATL: A preliminary study
- PI is Jessica Hong, undergraduate student, School of Forestry and Conservation; faculty sponsor is Dr. Héctor Pérez, Department of Environmental Horticulture.
- Final report received November 15, 2017.
- Ground-nesting bee preference among different successional habitats
- PIs are Haleigh Ray, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Entomology and Nematology, and Anna Moskovitz and Grace Cope, undergraduate students, Department of Biology; faculty sponsor is Dr. Josh Campbell, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
- Final report received January 29, 2018.
- Haleigh Ray also provided a Poster and a published paper from the lab on bees and the partridge pea.
- Announcement and how to apply PDF | MS Word
- Minigrant awarded November 2015
- Recognizing the 20 Most Common Ant Species in NATL
- PI is Andrew Nisip, undergraduate student, Department of Entomology and Nematology; faculty sponsor is Dr. Andrea Lucky, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
- Final report and sign received March 16, 2017
- Announcement and how to apply PDF | MS Word
- Minigrant awarded November 2014
- Inventory of the common lichens of the Natural Area Teaching Laboratory
- PI is Barry Kaminsky, M.S. student, Department of Biology; faculty sponsors are Dr. Matthew Smith, Department of Plant Pathology, and Dr. Stuart McDaniel, Department of Biology.
- Final report received August 5, 2015.
- Minigrant awarded November 2014
- Native Buzz: Nesting sites in NATL
- PIs are Haleigh Ray, Ph.D. graduate student, Department of Entomology and Nematology and Ashley Egelie, M.S. graduate student, Department of Entomology and Nematology; faculty sponsor is Dr. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
- Final report received June 8, 2015.
- Minigrant awarded November 2014
- Improve the content, look, and links of the online information about NATL's fish
- PI is Gabriel A. Somarriba, undergraduate student, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; faculty sponsor is Dr. Lawrence M. Page, Department of Zoology.
- Final report received August 25, 2015.
- Minigrant awarded November 2014
- NATL infrastructure improvement through construction of a permanent light trap
- This project was proposed by ENSO, the Entomology and Nematology Student Organization. PIs are Matt Moore and Sedonia Steininger, Ph.D. graduate students, Department of Entomology and Nematology; faculty sponsor is Dr. Marc Branham, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
- Final report received August 18, 2015.
- Announcement and how to apply PDF | MS Word
- Minigrant awarded November 2013
- Host plants of butterflies and moths in NATL: Enhancing visitors' experience through signs about Lepidoptera biology
- PI is Elena Ortiz-Acevedo, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Entomology and Nematology and McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History; faculty sponsor is Dr. Andrei Sourakov, Collections Coordinator, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History.
- Final report, recieved August 26, 2014.
- Announcement and how to apply PDF | MS Word
- Minigrant awarded December 2012
- Spring species composition and sampling techniques for mosquitoes collected within the University of Florida’s Natural Area Teaching Laboratory
- PI is Chris Holderman, Ph.D. student, Entomology; faculty sponsor is Dr. Phil Kaufman, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
- Final Report, received October 15, 2013.
- Minigrant awarded December 2012
- Collect and identify macrofungi in NATL, record fungal diversity and fruiting times
- PIs are Sonja Mullerin, M.S. student, Forest Pathology, Kshitij Khatri, M.S. student, Plant Pathology, Naweena Thapa, M.S. student, Plant Pathology, Nina Zagvasdina, M.S. student, Entomology and student in Doctor of Plant Medicine program; faculty sponsor is Dr. Matthew Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology.
- Final Report, received December 6, 2013.
- Minigrant awarded December 2012
- Spatial Assessment of Nitrate in UF’s Stormwater Ecological Enhancement Project (SEEP)
- PI is Alexandra Rozin, 7AG student, Soil and Water Science; faculty sponsor is Dr. Mark Clark, Associate Professor, Department of Soil and Water Science.
- Final Report, received August 1, 2014.
- Announcement and how to apply PDF | MS Word
- Minigrant awarded March 2012
- Inventory of the Herpetofauna of the NATL
- PI is Brittany Grzybowski, CALS undergraduate; faculty sponsor is Dr. Steve A. Johnson, Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation.
- Final Report
- Announcement PDF and how to apply PDF | MS Word
- Minigrant awarded 2 March 2010
- Proposal to enhance the information infrastructure of the SEEP area of NATL
- PIs are Gabriella S. Mendez, Aubrey M. Tennyson, and Samantha J. Woodward; faculty sponsor is Dr. Susan K. Jacobson.
- Final version of wading bird sign, November 2010
- Final version of tree frog sign, December 2010
- Proposal to enhance the information infrastructure of the SEEP area of NATL
- Minigrant awarded 9 December 2009
- Removal and diet of the nonindigenous Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrinalis)...
- PI is Michael C. Granatosky; faculty sponsor is Kenneth L. Krysko.
- Because NATL's Cuban Treefrogs suffered high or complete mortality during the severe winter of 2009-10, the grant proposal was rewritten and given a new title. The revised proposal was approved by NATL's Operations Committee on 1 July 2010.
- Habitat selection, ontogenetic shifts, and microhabitat refugia: A study of ... hylids in a diverse study site.
- Final report, December 2010
- Additional product: Osteopilus septentrionalis prey.
- Announcement PDF and how to apply PDF | MS Word
- Minigrant awarded 5 February 2009
- NATL without borders: a community approach for management of invasives
- Co-PIs are Gerardo Celis and Corrie Pieterson; faculty sponsor is Dr. Shibu Jose, School of Forest Resources and Conservation.
- Final report, August 2009.
- Other products: Brochure; files for an Invasives layer in NATL's GIS map; published note (Wildland Weeds, Fall 2009, p. 11).
- Minigrant awarded 27 February 2009
- Historical Context of the NATL
- PI is David Munroe; faculty sponsor is Dr. Charlotte Porter.
- Final report, received July 2009, consisted of a looseleaf binder with 35 "research items" plus a CD with digitized versions of the research items.
- Announcement PDF and how to apply PDF | MS Word
- Minigrants awarded 19 January 2007
- Enhancement of the information infrastructure of the Natural Area Teaching Laboratory
- Co-PIs are Josiah H. Townsend, Krystal Noiseux, and Jeffrey Anderson; faculty sponsor is Dr. Susan Jacobson.
- Final report consisted of near-final drafts of the four posters for the four kiosks at the trail heads of three upland nature trails.
- Minigrants awarded 19 January 2007
- Enhancement of the information infrastructure of the SEEP area of NATL
- Co-PIs are Kristine E. Hoffmann, Fred P. Fisher [resigned], and Dara M. Wald; faculty sponsor is Dr. Susan Jacobson.
- Final report consisted of drafts of the posters for the kiosks at the two entry points for the SEEP Nature Trail and for signs along the boardwalk and other portions of the trail.
- Announcement PDF and how to apply PDF
- List of Suggested Projects PDF
- Minigrants awarded 14 December 2004
- Historical ecology of UF's Natural Area Teaching Laboratory
- PI is Jeffrey Morgan; faculty sponsor is Dr. Jack Putz.
- Final report, 13 December 2005.
- Minigrants awarded 14 December 2004
- Species composition and habitat associations of ant communities in the Natural Area Teaching Lab
- Co-PIs are Ian Fiske and Matthew Trager; faculty sponsor is Dr. Emilio Bruna.
- Initial report, December 2005.
- Detailed report, June 2006.
2017 Minigrant Program
Past programs
2017 Minigrant Program
2016 Minigrant Program
2015 Minigrant Program
For our 2014-15 minigrant cycle, additional funds were provided to allow four minigrant projects to take place.
2014 Minigrant Program
| Scientific name | Common name |
| Actias luna | Luna moth |
| Anteraea polyphemus | Polyphemus moth |
| Asterocampa celtis | Hackberry Emperor |
| Atlides halesus | Great Purple Hairstreak |
| Automeris io | Io moth |
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch |
| Eurema daira | Barred Yellow |
| Heraclides cresphontes | Giant Swallowtail |
| Hermeuptychia hermes | Carolina Satyr |
| Hyles lineata | White-lined sphinx |
| Junonia coenia | Common Buckeye |
| Limenitis archippus | Viceroy |
| Manduca rustica | Rustic sphinx |
| Megisto cymela | Little Wood Satyr |
| Parhassius m-album | White M Hairstreak |
| Phoebis philea | Orange Barred Sulphur |
| Phoebis sennae | Cloudless Sulphur |
| Phyciodes phaon | Phaon or Mat Plant Crescent |
| Polygonia interrogationis | Question Mark |
| Pterourus palamedes | Laurel or Palamedes Swallowtail | Strymon melinus | Grey Hairstreak |
| Urbanus proteus | Long-Tailed Skipper, Bean Leafroller |
| Urbanus dorantes | Brown Long-Tailed or Dorantes Skipper |
| Utetheisa ornatrix | Bella moth |
