Research grants awarded for the 2023–2024 round
Recipient: Murdoch University, WA
Principal Investigator: V. Framenau
Project Title: Taxonomy and systematics of Australian Artoria wolf spiders (Lycosidae)
Amount: $297 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Recipient: Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, SA
Principal Investigator: T. Lebel
Project Title: MycoDET: an exemplar workflow based on truffle species resolution and delivery
Amount: $294 114 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Recipient: Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria, VIC
Principal Investigator: C. Truong
Project Title: Taxonomy of Peziza s.l. (Ascomycota) in postfire Australian enviroments
Amount: $77 299 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Recipient: The University of Adelaide, SA
Principal Investigator: E. Fagan-Jeffries
Project Title: Purposeful parasitoid wasp taxonomy within the superfamily Ichneumonoidea
Amount: $297 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Postdoctoral Fellowship grants awarded for the 2023–2024 round
Recipient: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), ACT
Principal Investigator: K. Bayless
Project Title: Cryptochetidae taxonomy and genomics, scale insect parasitoid flies
Amount: $330 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Recipient: James Cook University, QLD
Principal Investigator: L. Simpson
Project Title: Taxonomy and conservation genomic assessments of threatened orchids
Amount: $330 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Recipient: Australian National University, ACT
Principal Investigator: S. Zozaya
Project Title: Resolving the challenging taxonomy of Heteronotia and Gehyra geckos
Amount: $330 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Student research support grants awarded for the 2023–2024 round
Recipient: Edith Cowan University, WA
Principal Investigator: S. Middleton
Project Title: A taxonomic review of the brushtail possum genus Trichosurus in Australia
Amount: $11 000 (includes GST) over two years
Term: two years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Recipient: Australian National University, ACT
Principal Investigator: R. O’Donnell
Project Title: Systematics of Australian mycorrhizal Ceratobasidium (Ceratobasidiaceae)
Amount: $18 500 (includes GST) over two years
Term: two years
Approval date: 17 April 2023
Non-salaried researcher grants awarded for the 2023–2024 round
Recipient: N/A
Principal Investigator: I. Beveridge
Project Title: Review of the cestode family Anoplocephalidae in Australia
Amount: $11 000 (includes GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 17 April 2023