ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Program
Capacity-building grants awarded for the 2012–2013 round
Non-salaried researcher grants
Vascular flora
Grantee: P.Olde
Project Title: Working towards a complete revision of the Grevillea triloba group (Proteaceae) with the description of c. 30 new species
Institution: The Royal Botanic Garden & Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $5 000 (ex. GST)
Term: One year
Approval Date: 13 February 2012
Honours/Masters Scholarships
Fauna
Grantee: E.Fagan-Jeffries
Project Title: Exploring species diversity in a unique subterranean crustacean group — the freshwater melitid amphipods of Western Australia
Institution: The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: One year
Approval date: 13 February 2012
Grantee: S.Zuiddam
Project Title: The systematics of the havestman genus Nunciella (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae) in south-western Australia: a morphological and molecular approach
Institution: Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: One year
Approval date: 13 February 2012
APA Top-Up Awards
Vascular flora
Grantee: G.Plunkett
Project Title: Systematics, evolution and ecology of eastern Australian Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae)
Institution: University of New England, Armidale, NSW
Amount: $10 000 p.a. (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval Date: 13 February 2012
Fauna
Grantee: S.Harrison
Project Title: Systematics and biogeorgraphy of the relictual mygalomorph spider genus Blakistonia (Idiopidae) from semi-arid Australia
Institution: The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Amount: $10 000 p.a. (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 13 February 2012
Grantee: J.Murphy
Project Title: The molecular phylogeography of freshwater fishes in south-western Australia
Institution: Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA
Amount: $10 000 p.a. (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 13 February 2012
Grantee: T.Lee
Project Title: Phylogeography, systematics and taxonomy of the terrestrial isopod family Armadillidae in Australia
Institution: The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $10 000 p.a. (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 13 February 2012
Grantee: E.White
Project Title: Species discovery and systematics of scale insect gallers of Melaleuceae
Institution: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $10 000 p.a. (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 13 February 2012
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