PhD candidate Sam Harbol from the Burns lab recently received the “Best Student Proposal” award for the Oglebay Small Grants program. The Oglebay Small Grants programs funds research conducted at the Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms. Sam’s proposal details his experiment to manipulate the precipitation pattern using rainout shelters at his research site located at the University Farm. Through altering the precipitation pattern he hopes to learn how competitive interactions between a native and nonnative rose species shift under future climate change.

Congratulations Sam!