ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Program
Research grants awarded for the 2011–2012 round
Research grants
Fungi
Grantee: N.Bougher
Project Title: A systematic monograph of the Inocybaceae for the Fungi of Australia series
Institution: Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, WA
Amount: $70 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Grantee: S.Stephenson
Project Title: Studies of the Eumycetozoans of Australia
Institution: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Algae
Grantee: K.Dixon
Project Title: Biodiversity and systematics of encrusting marine red algae in tropical and temperate Australia: a comprehensive morphological, barcoding and phylogenetic study
Institution: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
Amount: $45 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Vascular Flora
Grantee: D.Crayn
Project Title: Systematic studies in the Polystachys-XIB group complex of Elaeocarpus L.
Institution: James Cook University, Cairns, QLD
Amount: $45 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Fauna
Grantee: K.Armstrong
Project Title: Taxonomic resolution of Australia’s threatened bat species
Institution: The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Amount: $90 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Grantee: J.Finn
Project Title: Resolving the blue-ringed octopus fauna of Australia: taxonomy, phylogeny and human health hazards of the genus Hapalochlaena (Family Octopodidae)
Institution: Museum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $45 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Grantee: M.Herberstein
Project Title: Diversity and evolution of Australian alpine grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oxyinae: Praxibulini)
Institution: Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $45 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Grantee: R.King
Project Title: Resolving the systematics of stygobitic Amphipoda (Crustacea) using morphology and genetic analyses — the Melitidae and Paramelitidae of central Western Australia
Institution: The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Amount: $75 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Grantee: F.Köhler
Project Title: Australia’s land snail hot spot: evolution and systematics of the Kimberley Camaenidae
Institution: Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $70 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Grantee: K.Martens
Project Title: Biodiversity and taxonomy of Ostracoda (Crustacea) from temporary water bodies of inland Western Australia
Institution: Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Amount: $70 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Grantee: T.Simonsen
Project Title: Systematics, diversity and biogeography of the Splendid Ghost Moths and their allies in Australia (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)
Institution: Natural History Museum, London, UK
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Grantee: N.Wilson
Project Title: Testing taxonomic concepts with DNA in Australian Volutidae (Mollusca): status and phylogeny of species and genera, particularly reef-associated taxa
Institution: Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
