Research grants awarded for the 2021–2022 round
Algae
Recipient: The University of Melbourne, VIC
Principal Investigator: H. Verbruggen
Project Title: Integrative systematics of the turf algal flora from southern Australia
Amount: $192 387 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Vascular Flora
Recipient: Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, WA
Principal Investigator: B. Rye
Project Title: Mobilising Myrtaceae: towards a digital flora of tribe Chamelaucieae
Amount: $115 500 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Recipient: James Cook University, QLD
Principal Investigator: D. Crayn
Project Title: Progressing a Flora of Australia treatment of Ericaceae subfamily Epacridoideae
Amount: $204 261 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Recipient: James Cook University, QLD
Principal Investigator: A. Field
Project Title: Resolving the genealogy of all Australian Ferns and Lycophytes for a modernised Flora of Australia
Amount: $217 707 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Capacity-Building grants awarded for the 2021–2022 round
Non-salaried researcher grants
Fungi/Lichens
Recipient: Flinders University, SA
Principal Investigator: S. Fryar
Project Title: Morphological and molecular characterisation of Australia’s freshwater fungal diversity
Amount: $5061 (includes GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 17 March 2021
PhD Scholarship Support grants awarded for the 2021–2022 round
Marine Fauna
Recipient: Curtin University, WA
Principal Investigator: D. Juszkiewicz
Project Title: Using integrated taxonomy to provide new perspectives on diversity within a functionally important genera of reef building corals
Amount: $21 969 (includes GST) over two years
Term: two years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Other
Recipient: The University of Melbourne, VIC
Principal Investigator: J. Douch
Project Title: Taxonomic revision of the herpes viruses (Herpesviridae) hosted by non-eutherian mammals with opportunistic inclusion of viruses from other hosts
Amount: $21 553 (includes GST) over two years
Term: two years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Postdoctoral Fellowship grants awarded for the 2021–2022 round
Terrestial Fauna
Recipient: Queensland University of Technology, QLD
Principal Investigator: L. Umbrello
Project Title: Slipping through the cracks: documenting the diversity of declining marsupial carnivores (Planigalinae and Sminthopsinae) in northern and central Australia
Amount: $330 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Recipient: University of Technology Sydney, NSW
Principal Investigator: N. Johnston
Project Title: Unravelling blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) diversity in Australia: integrative systematics of the subfamily Calliphorinae
Amount: $330 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Marine Fauna
Recipient: Murdoch University, WA
Principal Investigator: S. Martin
Project Title: Leveraging decades of taxonomy investment to rapidly document a largely unexplored fauna: parasitic trematode flatworms of marine fishes at Ningaloo Reef
Amount: $330 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 March 2021
Freshwater Fauna
Recipient: Curtin University, WA
Principal Investigator: G. Perina
Project Title: Biodiversity and systematics of Australian Bathynellacea (Crustacea): an ancient and diverse stygofaunal group in the arid zones of Australia
Amount: $330 000 (includes GST) over three years
Term: three years
Approval date: 17 March 2021