Research grants awarded for the 2024–2025 round
Recipient: CSIRO – Australian National Insect Collection, ACT
Principal Investigator: A. Zwick
Project Title: Uncovering hidden diversity: taxonomic revision of Australian Heliozelidae
Amount: $270 000 (excludes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Recipient: James Cook University, QLD
Principal Investigator: M. Barrett
Project Title: Taxonomic and phylogenomic revision of brown rot polypores (Fungi)
Amount: $221 293 (excludes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Recipient: Monash University, VIC
Principal Investigator: D. Chapple
Project Title: Taxonomy of the skink genus Lerista (Scincidae) in Western Australia
Amount: $266 451 (excludes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Recipient: Murdoch University, WA
Principal Investigator: V. Framenau
Project Title: Interactive key to the genera of Australian orb-weaving spiders (Araneidae)
Amount: $270 000 (excludes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Recipient: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, NSW
Principal Investigator: R. Barrett
Project Title: A genomic solution for sword sedge taxonomy (Lepidosperma, Cyperaceae)
Amount: $270 000 (excludes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Recipient: Western Australian Museum, WA
Principal Investigator: L. Kirkendale
Project Title: Unifying Symbiodiniaceae taxonomy for meaningful biological interpretations
Amount: $270 000 (excludes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Early Career Research grants awarded for the 2024–2025 round
Recipient: Board of the Queensland Museum, QLD
Principal Investigator: N. Wee
Project Title: Diversity of monorchiid trematodes in mullid fishes of Australia
Amount: $16 000 (excludes GST) over two years
Term: two years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Recipient: Griffith University, QLD
Principal Investigator: M. Klunzinger
Project Title: Describing new species and conservation of Australian freshwater mussels
Amount: $20 000 (excludes GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Recipient: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, NSW
Principal Investigator: F. Nge
Project Title: A new phylogeny and taxonomic treatment of Halgania (Ehretiaceae)
Amount: $20 000 (excludes GST) over two years
Term: two years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Recipient: The University of Western Australia, WA
Principal Investigator: P. Maroni
Project Title: Chasms and connectivity: Linking deep-sea regions within Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Amount: $10 000 (excludes GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Postdoctoral Fellowship grants awarded for the 2024–2025 round
Recipient: The University of New South Wales, NSW
Principal Investigator: M. Cheng
Project Title: Systematics and conservation of Myrtlemiris-Xasmasoma bugs
Amount: $300 000 (excludes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
PhD Scholarship Support grants awarded for the 2024–2025 round
Recipient: The University of Adelaide, SA
Principal Investigator: M-R. Slater-Baker
Project Title: Taxonomy and systematics of rogadine parasitoid wasps in Australia
Amount: $20 000 (excludes GST) over two years
Term: two years
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Honours and Masters Scholarships awarded for the 2024–2025 round
Recipient: The University of Adelaide, SA
Principal Investigator: O. Portman
Project Title: Systematics of the parasitoid wasp subfamily Phygadeuontinae
Amount: $10 000 (excludes GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 21 May 2024
Non-salaried researcher grants awarded for the 2024–2025 round
Recipient: Australian Museum Trust, NSW
Principal Investigator: S. Donnellan
Project Title: Systematics of the Australian tree frogs of the Litoria bicolor group
Amount: $9 200 (excludes GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 21 May 2024