Grants

External

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant. The Molecular Interdependence of Plant Tolerance and Resistance. 2017-2018. $17,430. Joshua Mesa and Ken N. Paige. Submitted

National Science Foundation INCLUDES. Reversing Underrepresentation: Research and Mentoring for Underrepresented Discoverers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Ken N. Paige, Gretchen Adams. Kimberly Alexander brown, Jennifer McNeilly, and Daniel Wong. Pre-proposal submitted.

National Science Foundation. The Adaptive Significance of Somatic Mutation in Black
Cottonwood. Ken N. Paige and Daniel R. Scholes.  DEB pre-proposal submitted.

National Science Foundation. The Molecular Interdependence of Plant Tolerance and Resistance. Ken N. Paige. DEB pre-proposal submitted.

National Science Foundation. “The role of endoreduplication in mitigating the detrimental
effects of herbivory”. Ken N. Paige 2012-2016. $440,000. Funded.

National Science Foundation ROA. “The Role of Endoreduplication in Mitigating the
Detrimental Effects of Herbivory”. To Ken N. Paige. $24,995. Funded.

National Science Foundation REU Supplement to “The role of endoreduplication in mitigating the detrimental effects of herbivory” to Ken N. Paige $6,250.00. Funded.

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant. “The genetic basis of
endoreduplication and fitness compensation in plants”. Ken N. Paige and Daniel Scholes. 2013-2014. $20,618. Funded.

National Science Foundation. “Somatic mutations in plants”. Ken N. Paige EAGER. $286,403. 2009-2013. Funded.

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant. Seeking evidence for glacial
refugia of North American White Spruce. 2005-2006. $12,000 Lynn Anderson, Feng-
Sheng Hu and Ken N. Paige.

National Science Foundation. REU Supplement to “The evolution of tolerance to
herbivory among populations of scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata”. 2001-2006.
$31,500. Ken N. Paige.

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant. Surviving the ice: northern
refugia and post-glacial recolonization. Kevin Rowe, Ken N. Paige, and Ed Heske. DEB-
0422957. 2004-2005. $11,965

National Science Foundation. “The evolution of tolerance to herbivory among
populations of scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata”. 2001-2006. $440,000. Ken N.
Paige and Jeffrey K. Conner.

Wildlife Preservation Fund, Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board. “Ecology and
Conservation of Swainson’s Hawk in Illinois”. 2003-2004. $12,500 Dan Wenny, Ken N.
Paige, Dave Enstrom, Todd Coleman and Dan Kirk.

USDA-CREES. “An integrated approach to detect, monitor, and manage Asian longhorned beetle in North America”. 2000-2004. $219,383. IFAFS 14.2. Lawrence M. Hanks and Ken N. Paige.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Conservation genetics of the regal fritillary butterfly”. 1998-
2000. $12,000. Ken N. Paige and Barry Williams.

Army Research Office. “Assessing the effects of ecosystem disturbance on biodiversity in the arid and semi-arid environments of the American southwest”. 1995-1998. $1,990,219.00. Eight P.I.’s from Departments of Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Landscape Architecture, Illinois Natural History Survey and Institute for Environmental Studies. Personal share – $393,946.00.

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant. “Predicting the demography and short-term evolution of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to increased UV-B radiation”.
Grant no. DEB-9412068. 1994-1996. $6,500. Lyle Trumbull and Ken N. Paige.

Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board. “Genetic variability in the Greater Prairie Chicken in Illinois”. 1992. $2,000.

National Science Foundation. “Plant hybrid zones as focal points of insect biodiversity and
bridges for host shifting”. Grant no. BSR-91. 1991-1994. $24,771. Sub-contract.

National Science Foundation. “Overcompensation in response to mammalian herbivory:
measures of true fitness, alternative selection pressures, comparative responses, and the
genetics of overcompensation”. Grant no. BSR-8917556. 1990-1993. $170,438.

National Science Foundation. “Hybrid zones and hybrid plants as “sinks” for herbivores”. NSF Grant No. BSR-8907686. 1989-1991. $142,000. Co-P.I. Dr. Thomas G. Whitham.

National Science Foundation. “Variation in host suitability and mechanisms of resistance to
parasite attack”. 1986-1989. $245,000. Co-written with Dr. Thomas G. Whitham (P.I.).
Post-doctoral support.

National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant. “The ecological significance of flower color variation in Ipomopsis aggregata: Is it a mechanism for pollinator racking?”
Grant no. BSR-8312753. 1983-1985. $6,610.

Sigma Xi. “Flower color variation in Ipomopsis aggregata: Is it a mechanism for pollinator
tracking?” 1983-1984. $500.

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund. “Resource utilization and species coexistence in a northeast Arkansas bat community.” 1979. $400.

Sigma Xi. “Resource utilization and species coexistence in a northeast Arkansas bat community. 1979. $150.

Internal

UIUC Research Board. “The molecular interdependence of plant tolerance and resistance”. 2015-2016. $20,821. Ken N. Paige

UIUC Research Board. “Somatic mutations in plants”. 2009-2011. $12,000. Ken N. Paige.

UIUC Research Board. “Genetics of axillary meristems in Arabidopsis thaliana”. 2003-2004. $17,000. Thomas Jacobs and Ken N. Paige.

UIUC Research Board. “Effects of urban development on gene flow in small mammals
associated with riparian forests of Illinois”. 2003-2004. $18,144. Edward Heske and Ken
N. Paige.

UIUC Research Board. “Functional genomics of inbreeding depression”. 2003-2004. $15,000. Carla Caceres, Ken N. Paige, Kim Hughes, Greg Whitt.

UIUC Research Board “A molecular-genetic approach to understanding postglacial migration patterns of Picea (spruce) in western North America”. 2002-2004. $12,500. Lynn
Anderson, Feng Sheng-Hu and Ken N. Paige.

UIUC Research Board. “Functional genomics of overcompensation using cDNA microarrays. 2001-2004. $24,594. Ken N. Paige.

UIUC Research Board. “Overcompensation and the paternal component of fitness”.
1998-1999. $17,700.

UIUC Research Board. “The evolution of overcompensation in scarlet gilia”. 1997.
$15,908.

UIUC Research Board. “Inbreeding depression, environmental stress and fitness compensation by scarlet gilia”. 1993. $13,839.

Biomedical Research Support Grant, National Institute of Health. “Evolutionary response of
scarlet gilia to UV-B radiation”. Grant no. PHS RR-7030. 1991-1992. $2,500.

UIUC Research Board. “Beneficial effects of herbivory”. GR IC IES Paige 1-2-69504. Summer 1989. $6,780.

Biomedical Research Support Grant, National Institute of Health. “Within and between plant variation in host suitability and the genetic basis of resistance to parasite attack”. BRSG Grant No. NIH RR-7030. 1988-1989. $5,882.

Biomedical Research Support Grant, National Institute of Health. “Genetic basis of resistance to parasite attack”. BRSG Grant No. S07 RR07092. 1987-1988. $5,000.