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Project Funding

Refer to the accordion below for a summary of project funding allocated by year:

Project Funding: 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

  • 2010

    Funding Breakdown Amount (AU)
    ACEBB PI
    Category 1 - Nationally competitive research grants $3,164,35800
    Category 2 - Other public sector funding $694,70388
    Category 3 - Australian industry & donations 176,66250
    Consultancy Income $191,80984
    Non-University of Adelaide financed $57,50000
    International $75,14300
    ACEBB not PI
    University of Adelaide financed $1,363,66800l
    Non-University of Adelaide financed (inc International) $1,189,90000
    TOTAL
    ACEBB member principal investigator $4,350,17722l
    ACEBB member not principal investigator $2,553,56800
    TOTAL $6,913,74522

  • 2009

    Date Investigators Funding Agency Amount (AU$) Project Title
    2009 to 2011 AJ Lowe, S Pillman, P Coddington, C Jenkins NCRIS-DEST $4,500,000 Eco-informatics: Integrating & Visualizing Ecosystems Information
    Component of South Australian consortium application (co-ordinators Meyer W & Lowe AJ) for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
    2009 to 2011 AJ Lowe, J Foulkes NCRIS-DEST $3,000,000 National Scientific Reference Site Network - Australian Rangel& Ecosystems
    Component of South Australian consortium application for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
    2009 to 2011 A Cooper, K Aplin, SC Donnellan ARC Discovery $1,321,731 Phylogeography, Evolution & Taxonomy of Humanity's Greatest Pest, Rattus Rattus: Epidemiological, Archaeological & Conservation Implications
    2009 to 2011 BW Brook, MB Araujo, DA Fordham, JN Foulkes ARC Linkage $527,822 Planning for a Transformed Future: Modelling Synergistic Climate Change & L& Use Impacts on Biodiversity
    2009 to 2012 KL S&ers, MSY Lee ARC Discovery $449,826 Sea Snake Diversification: Why Are Certain Taxa & Regions Species-Rich?
    2009 to 2012 M Lee, K S&ers ARC Discovery 240000 Sea Snake Evolution: Why Are Some Taxa & Regions Species-Rich?
    2009 to 2011 JJ Austin, & 4 others ARC Linkage $200,420 Evolution, Disease & Extinction Using Ancient & Modern DNA to Investigate Molecular Evolution in the Tasmanian Devil
    2009 to 2010 Corey, D Fordham Caring for our Country $135,000 Conserving Turtles in Arnhem Land by Managing an Exotic Species
    2009 to 2011 M Breed, M Gardner, K Ottewell, A Lowe Native Vegetation Council of South Australia $45,220 Developing Best-Practice Approaches for Restoring River Murray Forest Ecosystems that are Resilient to Climate Change
    2009 A Austin, S Cooper, W Humphreys ARC EFN $40,000 Evolution of Short-Range Endemic Taxa Associated with Troglobitic & Groundwater Ecosystems - Enhancing Collaborations With End Users
    2009 to 2010 S Carthew, S Cooper, N Fuller Native Vegetation Council $31,336 Population Genetics & Socioecology of Gould's Long-Eared Bat (Nyctophilus Gouldi) & the Lesser Long-Eared Bat (N geoffroyi) in Fragmented Populations of South-Eastern Australia
    2009 S Carthew, S Cooper, M Lancaster Native Vegetation Council $13,452 Conservation Genetics of an Endangered marsupial, the Southern Brown B&icoot in Fragmented South-Eastern South Australia
    2009 S Carthew, S Cooper, M Lancaster Wildlife Conservation Fund $10,000 Conservation Genetics of an Endangered marsupial, the Southern Brown B&icoot in Fragmented South-Eastern South Australia
    2009 J Kellermann SA DEH $6,000 Systematics, Taxonomy & Nomenclature of Rhamnaceae
    2009 U Sirisena Mark Mitchell Foundation $4,000 Systematic Studies on Thysanotus R. Br. (Laxmanniaceae)

  • 2008

    Date Investigators Funding Agency Amount (AU$) Project Title
    2008 S Williams, B Brook, A Lowe, & 10 others/td> National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility $1,600,000 Terrestrial Biodiversity - Adaptation Research Network
    2008 to 2010 MSY Lee, MN Hutchinson ARC Discovery $914,698 Insights into macroevolution Using a Model Adaptive Radiation of Lizards (Lerista)
    2008 to 2010 BW Brook, CN Johnson ARC Discovery $740,100 Reconstructing Past Population Dynamics to Underst& Human & Climatic Impacts in Prehistory
    2008 to 2010 RS Hill, TJ Brodribb, GJ Jordan ARC Discovery $292,354 The Role of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in Fostering Hyperdiversity in Australian Conifer Palaeofloras
    2008 to 2011 M Gardner Seafood CRC $284,103 Population Genetic Structure of Sea Cucumbers (b\xEAche-de-mer) in Northern Australia
    2008 to 2010 M Lee, M Hutchinson, M Skinner ARC Discovery $260,000 Evolutionary Diversification & Limb Loss in Lerista lizards
    2008 to 2009 Mac Nally, B Brook, Leung, Sabaddin ARC Discovery $245,000 Applying Search Theory for Eradicating Invasive Species
    2008 to 2011 SJB Cooper, L Hughes, N Murphy, J Lowry ABRS $180,000 Systematics of Chiltoniidae (Amphipoda: Crustacea) in Mound Springs & Calcrete Aquifers of Western & South Australia
    2008 to 2011 AD Austin ABRS $97,530 Systematics, Biogeography & Hosts of Australian Scelionid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae):Parasitoids of Insects & Spider Eggs
    2008 to 2009 JG Conran Sir Mark Mitchell Research Foundation Grant $13,100 Population Structure of the Albany Pitcher Planet (Cephalotus Follicularis) & its Associated Pitcher-Inhabiting Wingless Fly (Basidis Ambulans)
    2008 to 2010 PF MacGillivray Australian Orchid Foundation $12,690 Tracking Phenological Shifts & Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change
    2008 to 2009 SJB Cooper, RK Butlin ARC Linkage $12,606 Development of Australian Model Systems for Speciation Research
    2008 S Carthew, S Cooper, M Lancaster Wildlife Conservation Fund & Nature Foundation of SA $11,688 Conservation Genetics of an Endangered Marsupial, the Southern Brown B&icoot in Fragmented South-Eastern South Australia
    2008 S Carthew, S Cooper, M Lancaster Native Vegetation Council $10,789 Conservation Genetics of an Endangered Marsupial, the Southern Brown B&icoot in Fragmented South-Eastern South Australia
    2008 to 2009 JJ Austin Department of Primary Industry & Water $9,875 Bettong Genetics
    2008 M Gardner, G Johnson Nature Foundation $8,800 Development of Pelican Microsatellites
    2008 M Gardner Sir Mark Mitchell Award (Tower Trust) $8,200 Sexing Markers for Sleepy Lizards
    2008 to 2009 N Fuller ANZ Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund $7,500 Population genetics & Socioecology of Gould's Long-Eared Bat (Nyctophilus Gouldi) & the Lesser Long-Eared Bat (N.geoffroyi) in Fragmented Populations of South-Eastern South Australia & Western Victoria
    2008 to 2011 AD Lowther ANZ Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund $7,400 The Role of Social & Genetic Factors in Shaping Alternate Foraging Strategies in the Australian Sea Lion
    2008 to 2010 J Scoble Australian Geographic Sponsorship $4,410 Identifying Historic & Contemporary Refugia for Semi-Arid Avifauna Threatened by Climate Change Across Ecotones of Intact & Rellictual Mallee Vegetation in South Australia
    2008 C Izzo The Sir Mark Mitchell Research Foundation $4,000 Population Structure of the Port Jackson Shark
    2008 C Izzo PADI Project Aware $2,370 Population Structure of the Port Jackson shark
    2008 U Sirisena Nature Conservation Society of South Australia $1,000 Systematic Studies on Thysanotus R. Br. (Laxmanniaceae)
    2008 to 2011 PF MacGillivray Australian Geographic Sponsorship $500 Tracking Phenological Shifts & Evolutionary Impacts Relating to Climate Change
    2008 to 2009 S Cooper, & 3 others
    National Geographic USD $20,839 Exploration of a New Subterranean Terrestrial Ecosystem in the Arid Zone of Australia
    2008 M Stevens, L Deharveng CNRS EURO €20,988 Support Collaborative Collembola Systematics Project

  • 2007
    Date Investigators Funding Agency Amount AU$ Project Title
    2007 to 2010 NP Murphy, AD Austin, MA Adams ARC Discovery $358,092 Evolution of the Unique Fauna of the Great Artesian Basin Mound Springs: The Impact of Aridification & Climate Change.
    2007 to 2009 MSY Lee, & 4 others
    ARC Linkage $293,640 The Cambrian Explosion of Arthropods in Australia: Ediacaran Origins, Evolution & Biodiversity
    2007 to 2012 J Venning, BW Brook PIRSA Grant $279,730 Research Institute for Climate & Sustainability, Executive Advisor
    2007 to 2010 AD Austin, JT Jennings, MF Purcell, NA Schellhorn ARC Linkage $273,765 Systematics & Coevolution of Insect Herbivores on Casuarinas: Testing Phylogenetic Congruence for Selection of Plant Biocontrol Agents
    2007 to 2010 K Hutson, ID Whittington ABRS $177,919 Metazoan Parasites of Selected Macro-Inshore Fish of South Eastern Australia, Including Species of Commercial Importance
    2007 to 2010 JT Jennings, AR Deans, NB Stevens ABRS $176,326 Systematics of the Australian Ensign Wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae)
    2007 to 2010 K Hutson, ID Whittington FRDC Grant $135,752 Metazoan Parasite Survey of Selected Macro-inshore Fish of Southeastern Australia, Including Species of Commercial Importance
    2007 to 2008 AJ Lowe, D Bickerton DEH SA $100,000 Genetic Delimitation & Health Assessment of Threatened Flora
    2007 to 2010 MN Hutchinson,SC Donnellan, & 3 others
    ABRS $99,818 Systematics & Evolutionary History of the Most Successful Australian Geckos - Gehyra
    2007 to 2010 JT Jennings Plant Health Australia Project Funding $62,475 Australian Plant Pest Database
    2007 to 2009 D Paton, AJ Lowe, R Hill Working group within ARC Environmental Futures Network $57,000 Habitat Reconstruction & Restoration: Securing Biodiversity Assets in the Face of Climate Change
    2007 to 2008 J Jennings APPD $41,250 Databasing WINC Collection
    2007 to 2010 M Stevens, & 4 others
    Australian Antarctic Division $38,000 Molecular Studies of the Origins & Dispersal Patterns of Invertebrates in the Antarctic & Subantarctic
    2007 to 2010 M Stevens, & 4 others
    Australian Antarctic Division $38,000 Introduced Iinvasive Terrestrial invertebrates on Macquarie Island: studies on Ecology, Origins & Control
    2007 to 2008 CF Gurgel DEH SA $25,000 Developing DNA Fingerprinting Identification Tools for South Australia's Marine Microalgae
    2007 to 2010 AJ Lowe, G Keppel Australian & Pacific Science Foundation $24,500 Genetic Dynamics of Lowland Rainforest Trees on Islands in the Tropical Southwest Pacific
    2007 to 2009 AJ Lowe, G Keppel Australian & Pacific Science Foundation $24,500 Genetic Dynamics of Lowland Rainforest Trees on Islands in the Tropical Southwest Pacific
    2007 to 2008 KA Davies, & 3 others
    ABRS $14,524 Descriptions of New Species of Fergusobia & Schistonchus Nematodes for Phylogenetic Analyses
    2007 to 2010 C Izzo, B Gill&ers, SC Donnellan Sea World R&RF Inc. $11,300 Ageing Sharks, Rays & Fish Using Non-Lethal Molecular Methods
    2007 AB Camens, TH Worthy Sir Mark Mitchell Research $8,827 Evolution & Palaeobiology of Diprotodontids
    2007 JG Conran Sir Mark Mitchell Research $7,896 Ecology & Conservation of Tapheocarpa Cal&rinoides (Commelinaceae): A Unique Genus of Ornamental Aquatic Macrophyte
    2007 to 2010 S Potter ANZ Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund $7,500 Reproductive Biology & Phylogeography of Rock-wallabies in the Kimberley, WA
    2007 to 2008 K Ottewell Native Vegetation Council $7,500 The Genetic Value Of Paddock Trees vs. Remnant Vegetation For Revegetation/Restoration
    2007 to 2008 C Izzo, B Gill&ers AAS Award $6,000 Changes in telomere length may provide a non-lethal means of determining the ages of free-Living Chondrichthyan Populations
    2007 to 2008 N Fuller ANZ Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund $4,995 Population genetics & socioecology of Gould's long-eared bat (Nyctophilus gouldi) & the Lesser Long-eared Bat (N.geoffroyi) in Fragmented Populations of South-eastern SA & Western Victoria.
    2007 to 2008 C Izzo, B Gill&ers, SC Donnellan Sir Mark Mitchell Research Foundation Grant $4,375 Telomeres: A novel & Non-lethal Chondrichthyan Ageing Method
    2007 N Rawlence Environmental Futures Network Grant $3,500  
    2007 EM Perkins, ID Whittington ABRS $3,152 Neobenedenia 'melleni' (Monogenea: Capsalidae): Use of Novel Mitochondrial Genes to Unravel the Mystery
    2007 to 2008 JG Conran, WB Engl& Lirabenda Endowment Fund $3,000 Revegetation Patterns of Remediated Sites Within the Former Nuclear Test Site at Maralinga, South Australia
    2007 to 2009 KK Trengove NFSA Grant to support honours student project $2,000 The ecology of the Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis): Implications for Confined Populations
    2007 U Sirisena Biology Society of South Australia $1,500 Systematic Studies on Thysanotus R. Br. (Laxmanniaceae)
    2007 to 2008 WAB Azmi NCSSA $1,000 Effect of the Removal of Exotic Williows on the Invertebrate Communities in the River Murray, SA
    2007 WAB Azmi, J Jennings NCSSA $1,000 Effect of the Removal of Exotic Williows on the Invertebrate Communities in the River Murray, SA
    2007 U Sirisena Nature Foundation of South Australia $1,000 Systematic Studies on Thysanotus R. Br. (Laxmanniaceae)
    2007 DM Richardson, AJ Lowe, & 6 others Working for Water Programme, South African Government SAfR $1400000 Research for Integrated Management of Invasive Alien Species; Using Genetic Techniques to Improve Understanding & Management of Invasive Alien Plant Species in South Africa
    2007 to 2010 M Stevens FRST & Antarctica New Zeal& NZD $991,667 Understanding, Valuing & Protecting Antarctica's Unique Terrestrial Ecosystems: Predicting biocomplexity in Dry Valley Ecosystems. International Polar Year (IPY)
    2007 to 2009 M Stevens Antarctica New Zeal& NZD $40,000 Sir Robin Irvine Scholarship (to assist PhD Student Research
    2007 to 2008 M Stevens NZ FRST NZD $37,920 Reseach Fellowship

  • 2006
    Date Investigators Funding Agency Amount AU$ Project Title
    2006 to 2010 BW Brook State Government Initiative $1,000,000 The Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change
    2006 to 2008 BW Brook,CJA Bradshaw, &7 others
    ARC Linkage $639,000 Modelling & Control of Mosquito-borne Diseases in Darwin Using Long-term Monitoring
    2006 AJ Lowe, & 4 others
    ARC Discovery $561,000 Why do some exotics become invasive? Using Ecological & Genomic Approaches to Test Alternative Hypotheses in an Australian Weed, Fireweed
    2006 to 2009 JN Timmis, J Da Silva, MA Ayliffe ARC Discovery $551,064 Analysis of Interorganellar Transposition of DNA
    2006 to 2011 RS Hill, AJ Lowe DEH Research Grant $400,000 Funding Towards Appointment of Chair of Conservation Biology
    2006 to 2009 SJB Cooper, WF Humphreys ARC Discovery $336,001 Modes of Speciation in Subterranean Diving Beetles from Calcrete Aquifers of Central Western Australia
    2006 AJ Lowe, & 5 others
    ARC Discovery $282,000 Developing Biogeographic Know-how: Improving Species Divergence & Dispersal Estimations to Examine Geological & Climatic Evolutionary Drivers
    2006 to 2009 M Lee, J & 4 others
    ARC linkage $270,000 The Cambrian Explosion in South Australia: Early Arthropod Evolution
    2006 to 2009 CJA Bradshaw, McMahon, Bowman, BW Brook ARC Linkage $266,000 Ecological-epidemiological Models of Feral Swamp Buffalo Control in Northern Australia
    2006 to 2009 CF Gurgel, RS Hill DEH Research Grant $225,000 Marine Botanist Chair
    2006 to 2009 AD Austin,NP Murphy,SJB Cooper, MA Adams ARC Linkage $223,020 Comparative Phylogeography of Mound Springs-invertebrates: Identifying Genetically Divergent Populations for Conservation & Management
    2006 to 2010 SM Carthew, AC Taylor,SJB Cooper ARC Linkage $200,385 Conservation Genetics & Socio-ecology of Marsupials in Fragmented Populations of South-eastern South Australia: Towards a Regional Biodiversity Management Plan
    2006 to 2007 Sodhi, BW Brook National University Singapore $102,000 Threats to Tropical Biodiversity: Can Generalizations be Made?
    2006 to 2010 KK Trengove Royal Zoological Society of South Australia  $74,210 The Ecology of the Greater Bilby (Macrotis Lagotis) - Implications of Confined Populations
    2006 Izzo Australian Academy of Science $56,000 Changes in Telomere Length May Provide a Non-lethal Means of Determining the Ages of Free-living Chondrichthyan Populations
    2006 AJ Lowe QLD Dept of Natural Resources, Mines & Water
    $50,000 Cat's Claw Molecular Studies (Bellyache Bush)
    2006 AJ Lowe QLD Dept of Natural Resources, Mines & Water
    $50,000

    Phylogeography & Genetic Identity of Bellyache Bush in its Native & Introduced Ranges.

    2006 to 2008 MSY Lee, BP Kear, MW Caldwell ARC Linkage $40,380 Biogeography & Evolution of Australia's Fossil Reptiles: A Global Perspective
    2006 to 2007 JT Jennings APPD $34,518 Databasing WINC Collection
    2006 to 2007 JT Jennings Plant Health Australia Project Funding $31,380 Australian Plant Pest Database
    2006 to 2007 AD Austin, NF Johnson National Science Foundation Grant $31,355 PBI: Diversity & the Parasitoid Llife History Strategy - the Superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera)
    2006 C Izzo Sea World Research & Rescue Foundation Inc $28,800 Ageing Sharks, Ray & Fish Using Non-lethal Molecular Methods
    2006 to 2008 M Lee, P Doughty, P Oliver, M Adams Australia-Pacific Science Foundation $28,000 Evolution of the Diplodactyloid Geckos, Australia's Oldest Lizards
    2006 to 2008 MT Guzik, WF Humphreys,A Allford ABRS $25,600 Systematics of the Australian Parabathynellidae (Crustacea: Bathynellacea)
    2006 M Zalucki, A Hoffman, AJ Lowe National Invasive Pest Initiative $20,000 Estimating the Risk of Null Alleles in Moth Population Genetic Studies.
    2006 to 2007 SJB Cooper,T Kawakami ABRS $14,758 Systematics, Phylogeography & Speciation of Chromosomally Diverse Australian Morabine Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Emuastacidae: Morabinae: V&iemenella)
    2006 to 2008 EE Sparrow DEH Wildlife Conservation Fund $10,000 The Influence of Deep Groundwater Drains, & the Effectiveness of Fauna Crossings, on the Dispersal & Genetic Structure of Common Wombat (Vombatus Ursinus) Populations in the South East of SA
    2006 to 2008 AD Austin ABRS $9,295 Completion of Lucid Key to Australian Families of Hymenoptera
    2006 to 2007 SM Carthew, SJB Cooper,M Malekian Sir Mark Mitchell Research Foundation $5,388 Conservation Genetics of Sugar Gliders (Petarus breviceps) in Fragmented Populations of South-Eastern South Australia & Western Victoria
    2006 C Izzo Sir Mark Mitchell Research Foundation $4,375 Telomeres: A Novel & Non-Lethal Chondrichthyan Ageing Method
    2006 to 2007 AJ Lowe GRDC/CSIRO Research Grant $4,000 National Invertebrate Pest Initiative
    2006 to 2007 C Costion Global Green Grants USD $6,000 National Herbarium Staff Support Grant
    2006 to 2007 C Costion, A Kitalong Wallace Foundation, Nature Conservancy USD $20,000 Babeldaob Forest Survey, Palau
    2006 to 2010 A Kremer, AJ Lowe, & 23 others
    EU-FP6 EURO €14,700,000 EVOLution of TREEs as Drivers of Terrestrial Biodiversity, EVOLTREE

  • 2005

    Date Investigators Funding Agency Amount AU$ Project Title
    2005 to 2009 ID Whittington, SC Donnellan ARC Discovery $739,497 Phylogeny & Radiation of Flatworm Ectoparasites from Marine Fish Using Morphology & Genetics, with Novel Approaches to Identify Pathogenic Species
    2005 to 2009 RS Hill, GJ Jordan, TJ Brodribb ARC Discovery $582,301 Global Differentiation of the Conifer Flora
    2005 to 2007 BW Brook, Whitehead ARC Discovery $350,000 Plant-herbivore Interactions: a Model Two-species System from Northern Australia
    2005 C Bacles, AJ Lowe, A Kremer ADaPtE. EU -Marie Currie Outgoing Fellowship $300,000 Ecological Genomics of Sub-tropical Eucalypt Woodlands: Comparing the Structure & Dynamics of Neutral & Adaptive Genes Across a Sharp Environmental Cline in Queensland; Eucalyptus
    2005 to 2007 MSY Lee, GW Rouse, E Kupriyanova ARC Discovery $258,570 The Puzzle of Metazoan Life History Evolution: Are Feeding Larvae Always Primitive?
    2005 to 2009 SM Carthew, J Facelli PIRSA $250,000 Relationship Between Mineral Exploration & the Natural Environment
    2005 to 2008 JM Facelli, AD Austin, SC Donnellan ARC Linkage $223,431 Population Genetics & Dynamics of Orchids & Their Pollinators in Fragmented Landscapes of South Australia.
    2005 to 2008 ID Whittington ARC Discovery $189,216 Marine Flatworm Parasites of Elasmobranchs: a Unique Model for Experiments Exploring Invasion Strategies, Biology & Specificity to Help Understand Parasitism
    2005 to 2006 S Schmidt,AJ Lowe UniQuest $160,000 Spontaneous Evolution Technologies.
    2005 to 2008 AD Austin,SJB Cooper, & 4 others ABRS $141,356 Systematics of the Australian Spider-hunting Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
    2005 to 2008 SC Donnellan, M Mahony, S Richards, CC Moritz ABRS $124,211 Systematic Revision of the Australo-Papuan Hylid Frogs Based on a Comprehensive Molecular Genetic Framework
    2005 to 2008 BW Brook, & 4 others ARC Linkage $98,000 A Landscape-scale Experimental Test of Factors Driving Mammal Declines in Northern Australia
    2005 to 2006 F Grützner,WG Breed, & 12 others
    NHMRC Equipment Grants $75,000 Zeiss Axioimager. Z1 with Epifluorescence Microscope 3D Reconstruction Grid (Apo Tome), Optical & Filter Equipment, Digital High-resolution Black & White Camera & Imaging & Reconstruction Software
    2005 Y Buckley, AJ Lowe, P De Barro, N Schellhorn CSIRO student fellowship $75,000 Population Genetic Structure of Bemisia Tabaci Biotype B at Different Spatial Scales
    2005 A Shapcott,AJ Lowe, & 6 others
    ARC Linkage $72,500 Macadamia National Macadamia Conservation
    2005 AJ Lowe Qld Department of Natural Resources, Mines & Water $50,000 Phylogeography & Genetic Identity of Cats Claw in its Native & Introduced Ranges
    2005 to 2006 JT Jennings APPD $31,038 Databasing WINC Collection
    2005 M Morgan-Richards, A Robertson,AJ Lowe Royal Society of New Zeal& Marsden Grant $30,000 Does Gene Flow Limit Species’ Ranges?
    2005 AJ Lowe Rainforest CRC $25,000 Combining Phylogeographic Connectivity & Habitat Modelling to Establish the Historical Response of Wet Tropic Montane Vegetation to Climate Change
    2005 to 2006 JT Jennings DAFF Project Grant $23,210 Australian Plant Pest Database Datacapture Program 2005-2006
    2005 to 2006 M Henneberg,SC Donnellan AU Health Sciences Small Grant Research Scheme $16,000 The Impact of Environmental Exposure on the Quality of DNA Profiling of Tissue in Forensic & Archaeological Settings
    2005 to 2007 EE Sparrow,DA Taggart, WG Breed ANZ Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund $14,400 The Effect of Population Fragmentation & Isolation on the Reproductive Biology, Genetic Status, & Population Viability of Two Species of Wombat (Vombatus Ursinus & Lasiorhinus Latifrons) in SA
    2005 to 2006 MN Hutchinson, SJB Cooper, P Oliver ABRS $14,332 Speciation in the Gekkonid Lizards of the Diplodactylus Vittatus Group
    2005 to 2006 KA Davies, RM Giblin-Davis, WK Thomas ABRS $13,790 Systematics of New Nematode Species from Endemic Australian Ficus
    2005 to 2006 JT Jennings, N Schiff, D Smith ABRS $11,545 Taxonomy of Australian Xiphydriid Woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae)
    2005 to 2006 ID Whittington AAS Scientific Visits to USA/Canada/Mexico $10,600 Neobenedenia (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Capsalidae), a Genus of Ectoparasitic Flatworms of Wild & Cultivated Fishes with Special Diversity in Mexico: Identification, Systematics & Biology
    2005 to 2006 M Ricci, WG Breed AU Health Sciences Small Grant Research Scheme $9,000 Sperm Tail Cytoskeleton: Its Protein Composition & Structural Organisation
    2005 WG Breed, M Ricci Internal $9,000 Sperm Tail Cytoskeleton Proteins
    2005 to 2005 SM Carthew, SJB Cooper, M Malekian DEH Wildlife Conservation Fund (WCF) (National Parks & Wildlife SA) $8,360 Conservation Genetics & Ecology of Sugar Gliders (Petaurus Breviceps) in Fragmented Populations of South-eastern South Australia: Toward a Management Plan for Fragmented Forest Populations
    2005 AJ Lowe Department of Natural Resources, Mines & Water $5,000 Phylogeography & Genetic Identity of Cats Claw in its Native & Introduced Ranges
    2005 to 2006 V Glennon,ID Whittington Sir Mark Mitchell Research Foundation Grant $4,999 Monogenean Flatworms of the Southern Fiddler Ray, Trygonorrhina Fasciata in South Australia: Providing Insight into Life History Evolution
    2005 to 2006 DA Taggart, WK Foster,SC Donnellan ANZ Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund $4,000 Managing Genetic Diversity in Captive Bred Red-tailed Phascogales: the Role of Multiple Paternity
    2005 to 2006 L Ruykys, DA Taggart, WG Breed ANZ Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund $2,000 Investigations of Sarcoptic Mange in the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats (Lasiorhinus Latifrons) in the Murraylands of South Australia
    2005 AJ Lowe, T Loy English Archaeology $2,000 Shiver-me-timbers. Using Ancient DNA to Identify the Origin of Oak Timbers from the Elizabethan Flagship, the Mary Rose
    2005 to 2007 NB Stevens,JT Jennings NFSA Scholarship Grants $1,520 Australian Agathidine Wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae); Solitary Endo-parasitoids of Lepidopteran Larvae
    2005 to 2005 V Glennon,ID Whittington ABRS Bursary for Student Travel $1,000 Fifth International Symposium on Monogenea (ISM5) 8-12 August 2005, Guangzhou, China
    2005 to 2006 EE Sparrow,DA Taggart, WG Breed DEH Research Agreement $1,000 The Effect of Deep Groundwater Drains & Fauna Crossings on the Genetic & Population Structure of Common Wombats (Vombatus Ursinus) in the Southeast of South Australia
    2005 to 2008 EE Sparrow,DA Taggart, WG Breed NCSSA - Conservation Biology Grant $1,000 The Effect of Population Fragmentation & Isolation on the Reproductive Biology, Genetic Status & Population Viability of Wombats (Vombatus Ursinus & Lasiorhinus Latifrons) in South Australia
    2005 to 2006 KK Trengove,SM Carthew,WG Breed, KE Moseby NCSSA - Conservation Biology Grant $1,000 The Effect of Population Density on the Burrow Group Composition & Reproductive Condition of the Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys Alexis)
    2005 to 2006 M Stevens National Geographic Committee USD $21,120 Living Fossils or Island Hoppers: Molecular Studies of the Origins & Dispersal of Soil Invertebrates in the Southern Hemisphere
    2005 to 2008 AJ Lowe, & 10 others
    SEEDSOURCE EURO €2600,000 Developing Best Practice for Seed Sourcing for Planting & Natural Regeneration in the Neotropics

  • 2004

    Date Investigators Funding Agency Amount AU$ Project Title
    2004 to 2009 RS Hill, AD AustinBW BrookSC Donnellan,MSY Lee & 45 others
    ARC Research Networks $2,500,000 Discovering the Past & Present to Shape the Future: Networking Environmental Sciences for Understanding & Managing Australian Biodiversity
    2004 to 2009 N Smith, ID Whittington ARC Research Networks $2,465,261 Australian Research Council Network for Parasitology (Administered by UTS)
    2004 to 2006 BP Kear, MSY Lee ARC Linkage $355,919 Australian Fossil Marine Reptiles: A Research & Regional Museum Program
    2004 to 2007 AD Austin, JB Whitfield, K Maeto ARC Discovery $252,879 Evolution of Microgastroid Parasitic Wasps & Their Symbiotic Viruses - A Major Group of Biological Control Agents
    2004 to 2006 B Gill&ers,SC Donnellan ARC Linkage $172,317 Population Structure in the Giant Australian cuttlefish - Implications for Management of a Unique Eco-tourism & Fishery Resource in Regional Australia
    2004 to 2007 SM Carthew, G Johnston Wildlife Conservation Fund. $166,000 Re-introduction of the Mainland Tammar Wallaby to Innes National Park
    2004 to 2007 C Mellin Program Zoneco, New Caledonia $65,000 Early Life Stages of Coral Reef Fish in New Caledonia: Identification of Essential Fish Habitats for Pre- & Post-settlement Stages
    2004 to 2007 JT Jennings, NB Stevens ABRS $39,950 Systematics of Australian Agathidinae Wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae); Solitary Endo-parasitoids of Lepidopteran Llarvae
    2004 to 2007 JT Jennings, NB Stevens ABRS $34,000 Systematics of Australian Agathidine Wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae); Solitary Endoparasitoids of Lepidopteran Larvae
    2004 A Goldizen, AJ Lowe, T Pople The Australian & Pacific Science Foundation $25,000 Assessing the Impact of Drought on the Population Dynamics of an Endangered Wallaby Rescued from Extinction by a Flagship Translocation Program
    2004 to 2007 C Mellin French Overseas Department $17,800 Identification of Essential Fish Habitats for Commercially Important Fish Species in New Caledonia
    2004 BW Brook, Whitehead Federal Department of Environment & Heritage $15,000 Mitigating Cane Toad Spread & Impact
    2004 to 2005 JT Jennings APPD $10,357 Databasing WINC Collection
    2004 SM Carthew Wildlife Conservation Fund $10,000 The Conservation Value of Roadside Vegetation in South-East South Australia
    2004 to 2006 GS Taylor, KA Davies ABRS $8,094 Tritrophic Radiations: Taxonomy, Distribution, & Host & Nematode Associations of Australian Fergusoninidae (Diptera)
    2004 to 2004 ID Whittington AU Sciences Research Strategic Scheme $8,000 Identify & Phylogeny of Flatworm Parasites from Marine Fish Using Morphology & Genetics, with Novel Approaches to Identify Pathogenic Species
    2004 G Johnston,SM Carthew Wildlife Conservation Fund $7,000 Diet of the Reintroduced Tammar Wallaby
    2004 to 2005 P Prentis Australian Geographic Society $2,000 Sexual Interference of a Floral Kind
    2004 to 2007 M Stevens NZ FRST NZD $229,836 Post-Doctoral Reseach Fellowship

  • 2003

    Date Investigators Funding Agency Amount AU$ Project Title
    2003 to 2005 RS HillJG Conran & 7 others
    ARC Discovery $2,023,208 Why Our Biota Is Unique: Ecophysiological Response, Adaptive Radiation & Changing Environments in Cainozoic Australia
    2003 to 2008 MSY Lee, MN Hutchinson ARC Discovery $701,577 Major Evolutionary Events in Reptiles (Including Birds)
    2003 L Selwood,WG Breed ARC Discovery $472,204 Fertilization in Vivo & in Vitro in Australian Marsupials (Administered by Uni of Melbourne)
    2003 to 2004 AD Austin, MP Schwarz,SC Donnellan ARC Linkage Infrastructure Grants $388,157 South Australian Regional Facility for Molecular Evolution & Ecology
    2003 to 2006 Bowman, BW Brook & 3 others
    ARC Linkage $294,000 Applying Macroecology to Assist in the Management of Kakadu National Park
    2003 to 2006 RS Hill & 4 others FRDC Grant $276,347 Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture: Spatial Impacts & Carrying Capacity - Further Developing, Refining & Validating Existing Models of Environmental Effects of Finfish Farming
    2003 to 2005 Bowman, BW Brook, Werner, Williams ARC Discovery $275,000 Landscape-scale Population Dynamics of Open Forests in the Australian Monsoon Tropics
    2003 to 2006 AD Austin, SJB Cooper, WF Humphreys ARC Linkage $242,733 Assessment of the diversity, distribution &uniqueness of subterranean animals from calcrete aquifers in central western Australia
    2003 to 2004 RS Hill, AC Cheshire, J Buchanan, RJ Musgrove FRDC Grant $151,679 Aquafin CRC - Southern Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture Subprogram: Activity Metabolism in Live-held Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus Maccoyii)
    2003 to 2005 Bowman, Altman, BW Brook, Campbell, Whitehead ARC Linkage $144,000 Managing Endangered Banteng in a Jointly-managed National Park: Contested Values, Indigenous Aspirations & Resource Use
    2003 to 2007 AD Austin, SC Donnellan ARC Linkage $69,099 Genetic Variation in the Cotesia Flavipes Complex of Parasitic Wasps: Towards the Effective Biological Control of Stem-borer Pests
    2003 to 2006 M Stevens, P Sunnucks, P Greenslade Australian Antarctic Division $66,000 Molecular Studies of the Origins & Dispersal Patterns of Invertebrates in the Antarctic & Subantarctic
    2003 to 2006 M Stevens, P Sunnucks, P Greenslade Australian Antarctic Division $66,000 Introduced Invasive Terrestrial Invertebrates on Macquarie Island: Studies on Ecology, Origins & Control
    2003 WG Breed, L Selwood ARC Discovery $60,000 Fertilisation in Marsupials
    2003 to 2004 RS Hill, SC Donnellan,AD AustinMSY Lee, & 25 others
    ARC Strategic Research Initiative $50,000 Understanding the Australian Ecosystem: Integrating Contemporary & Historical Perspectives on the Evolution, Ecology & Management of Australia's Living Resources
    2003 to 2005 SM Carthew, J Griffiths Asia Pacific Science Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Fund $46,000 The Ecology of the Greater Bilby, Reintroduced to South Australia
    2003 to 2006 MSY Lee, MN Hutchinson Hermon Slade Foundation Grant $41,300 Molecular Systematics of the Diverse Lizard Genus Lerista: Adaptive Radiation & the Evolution of Limblessness
    2003 to 2004 AD Austin, JT Jennings, NB Stevens ABRS $28,720 Development of an Interactive Identification Key to Australian Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees & Sawflies)
    2003 to 2004 JT Jennings, AD Austin ABRS Participatory Program Award $25,000 Development of a Lucid Key to Families of Australian Hymenoptera
    2003 to 2004 JT Jennings APPD $23,300 Databasing WINC Collection
    2003 to 2004 WG Breed, OW Wiebkin, RM Hope AU Health Sciences Small Grant Research Scheme $17,440 The Structural & Molecular Organisation of Egg Coat Glycoproteins
    2003 to 2004 JT Jennings, FJ Vickery NVCSA Rsch Grant $12,500 The Effect of Fire on E. Cneorifolia Communities on Kangaroo Island (Using Ants as Bio-indicators)
    2003 WG Breed, RW Hope, O Wiebkin ARC $10,000 Egg Coats in Mammals
    2003 CJ Stephens, AD Austin DEH Wildlife Conservation Fund
    $4,460 The Effect of Weed Invasion (Bridal Creeper Asparagus Asparagoides) on the Diversity & Composition of Native Insect Parasitoid Communities
    2003 to 2004 TA Moulds, AD Austin, JT Jennings NCSSA $1,000 Guanophilic Arthropod Ecology & Conservation in Bat Caves, Flinders Ranges
    2003 AJ Lowe, S Cavers NERC Innovation funding, part B GBP £25000 EcoGeneLabs.
    2003 AJ Lowe NERC Innovation funding, part A GBP £20000 EcoGeneLabs

  • 2002

    Date Investigators Funding Agency Amount AU$ Project Title
    2002 to 2006 ID Whittington, I Ernst ARC Linkage Project Grants $621,897 Integrated Management of Pathogenic Monogenean (Flatworm) Parasite Infections in Warm Water Finfish Aquaculture
    2002 to 2005 AD Austin, MS Harvey ABRS $150,203 The Systematics of the Australian Wolf Spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)
    2002 to 2003 BW Brook ARC discovery $101,000 Minimum Sizes & Habitat Areas for Viable Populations
    2002 to 2003 JT Jennings APPD $80,000 Databasing WINC Collection
    2002 to 2004 AD Austin, JT Jennings ARC Linkage $67,635 Ecology & Conservation of a Unique Threatened Guanophilic Invertebrate Community
    2002 to 2008 JT Jennings Plant Health Australia Project Funding $56,427 National Pest & Disease Database & Phase 3 - Data Provider 2002-2003 (Continuing)
    2002 to 2003 BW Brook Kyoto University, Japan $52,000 Meta-analysis of Endangered Terrestrial Species Population Dynamics
    2002 to 2004 AD Austin, JB Whitfield ARC Linkage $17,600 Evolution of Host Relationships among the Parasitic Wasps Inferred from Morphology, Dna Sequences & Mitochondrial Genome Organisation
    2002 G Johnston,SM Carthew State Forests of NSW $12,000 Habitat Use by the Eastern Pygmy Possum in Goonoo Forest
    2002 to 2004 SM Carthew, SJB Cooper, M Brown Sir Mark Mitchell Research Foundation $9,850 The Mating System & Social Behaviour of the Yellow-bellied Glider. (Phd: Meredeth Brown)
    2002 WG Breed,RW Hope, O Wiebkin ARC $9,086 Marsupial Egg Coats
    2002 JT Jennings APPD $8,900 Databasing WINC Collection
    2002 SM Carthew, C Bradley Wildlife Conservation Fund $4,000 The Behavioural Ecology of the Spinifex Hopping Mouse in an Arid Environment
    2002 JT Jennings, F Vickery Native Vegetation Research Fund (SA) $2,500 The Effect of Fire on Eucalyptus Cneorifolia Communities on Kangaroo Island (Using Ants as Bio-indicators)
    2002 to 2005 AJ Lowe & 6 others GENEO-TROPECO. EU-FP5 contract GBP £225,000 Sustainable Management of Neo-tropical Tree Genetic Resources: Combining Molecular & Modelling Methods to Understand the Structure & Dynamics of Gene Diversity
    2002 to 2004 AJ Lowe & 6 others TEAKDIV. EU-FP5 contract GBP £200,000 Developing Know-how for the Improvement & Sustainable Management of Teak Genetic Resources
    2002 to 2004 A Kremer, AJ Lowe & 11 others OAKFLOW. EU-FP5 contract GBP £200,000 Intra & Interspecific Gene Flow in Oaks as Mechanisms Promoting Genetic Diversity & Adaptive Potential

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