Biodiversity

Australian Biological Resources Study

Capacity-building grants awarded for the 2009/2010 round

ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Program

Non-salaried researcher grants

Vascular flora

Grantee: Mr Ian Telford
Project Title: Revision of Phebalium squamulosum complex (Rutaceae) in New South Wales
Institution: University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351
Amount: $5000 (ex. GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 27 January 2009

Fauna

Grantee: Dr Laurence Mound
Project Title: Cybertaxonomy: Australian Thysanoptera (Insecta)
Institution: CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, ACT 2601
Amount: $5000 (ex. GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 27 January 2009

Grantee: Dr Amanda Reid
Project Title: Taxonomic revision of the Australian Sepioidea (Cephalopoda) belonging to the families Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae and Idiosepiidae
Location: Bulli, NSW 2516
Amount: $5000 (ex. GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 27 January 2009

Grantee: Dr Winston Ponder
Project Title: Gastropod knowledge transfer
Institution: Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW 2010
Amount: $5000 (ex. GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 27 January 2009

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Honours/Masters Scholarships

Vascular flora

Grantee: Iain Moore
Project Title: Species limits within Bulbine Wolf (Asphodelaceae)
Institution: University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 27 January 2009

Fauna

Grantee: Michael Elias
Project Title: Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biogeography of the true bug genus Mcateella Drake (Insecta: Heteroptera: Piesmatidae)
Institution: University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: one year
Approval date: 27 January 2009

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Ph.D. Scholarships

Fauna

Grantee: Stephanie Chapple
Project Title: Systematics of Australia’s most diverse temperate fish genus, Heteroclinus
Institution: University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC 3053
Amount: $30 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 27 January 2009

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