Vice Chairperson Marla Spivak Gets $500,000
CHICAGO—A honey-bee breeder, a jellyfish scholar, a stone carver and an Emmy-winning screenwriter were among 23 people awarded $500,000 “genius” grants Sept. 28, 2010, by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation here.
“It just blew me away,” said Marla Spivak, a 55-year-old professor of apiculture at the University of
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Research
Foundation Trustee Awarded MacArthur Genius Grant
Foundation Funds Varroa Research
June 28, 2010
Foundation Funds $25,000 in Varroa Research
Two varroa mite research projects have received funding totaling $25,000 from the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees.
The Foundation Trustees utilized contributions received mainly from the beekeeping industry to make the grants. Quality proposals were received from several other researchers, and the Trustees expressed regret that the
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