Research grants awarded for the 2009/2010 round
ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Program
Research grants
Flora
Grantee: Dr Murray Henwood
Project Title: A revision of Australian Hydrocotyle (Araliaceae)
Institution: University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Adela Harvey
Project Title: To complete monographic studies of the genus Amphiroa (Lithophylloideae, Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Australian continent
Institution: La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Michelle Casanova
Project Title: Completion of the treatment on family Characeae for Algae of Australia
Institution: Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, South Yarra, VIC 3141
Amount: $45 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Juliet Wege
An interactive key to Stylidium in southern Australia and a revision of the ephemeral trigger plants from section Despectae
Institution: Western Australian Herbarium, Kensington, WA 6151
Amount: $70 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Fauna
Grantee: Dr Lyn Cook
Project Title: Species discovery and revision of scale insect gallers of Leptospermeae and Chamelauceae
Institution: University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Shaun Winterton
Project Title: Species swarms of endemic stiletto flies: Revisions of Acraspisa Kröber and Parapsilocephala Kröber (Diptera: Therevidae) using matrix based descriptive tools
Institution: University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Nate Hardy
Project Title: Describing Australia’s armoured scales (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae): new species, classification and identification
Institution: Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Mark Hutchinson
Project Title: Systematic revision of the Australian gecko genera Crenadactylus, Diplopdactylus and Oedura based on morphological and moecular data
Institution: South Australian Museum, North Terrace, SA 5000
Amount: $10 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Stanislaw Slipinski
Project Title: Genera of Australian Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae). Part 1. Subfamily Lamiinae
Institution: CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, ACT 2601
Amount: $45 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Mark Harvey
Project Title: Systematics of the Australian Assassin Spiders (Araneae: Archaeidae): exploring biogeographic patterns in an ancient and iconic arachnid lineage
Institution: Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, WA 6986
Amount: $70 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Christine Lambkin
Project Title: Systematics of Australian Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from morphological data, with development of a bio-indicator for Australian forest management and conservation
Institution: Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, QLD 4101
Amount: $70 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
CReefs research grants
Flora
Grantee: Dr Carlos Gurgel
Project Title: Marine Benthic Algae of the Great Barrier Reef, Rhodophyta: Acrosymphytaceae, Nemastomataceae, Schysymeniaceae, Dumontiaceae, Ceramiaceae and Rhodomelaceae
Institution: University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000
Amount: $70 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Fauna
Grantee: Dr Niel Bruce
Project Title: Systematic revision of the shallow-water marine families Gnathostenetroididae, Stenetriidea and Joeropsidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota) of tropical and sub-tropical Australia
Institution: Queensland Museum, Townsville, QLD 4810
Amount: $70 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr John Hooper
Project Title: Taxonomy of tropical Australian Octocorallia (Anthozoa: Coelenterata) primarily from the Census of Marine Life ‘CReefs’ expeditions
Institution: Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, QLD 4101
Amount: $90 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Pat Hutchings
Project Title: Polychaete fauna of coral reefs: morphological and molecular characterisation and keys to species
Institution: Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW 2010
Amount: $90 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
Grantee: Dr Robert Adlard
Project Title: Biodiversity and genetic relatedness of internal parasites of coral reef fishes
Institution: Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, QLD 4101
Amount: $90 000 (ex. GST)
Term: three years
Approval date: 30 April 2009
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