Bush Blitz Research Grants for 2010-2011
$120,000 Barcoding Grants
Project Title: Re-evaluation of current taxonomic concepts in Australian Orchidaceae utilizing phylogenies based on DNA barcodes and highly informative nuclear markers
Grantee: Katharina Schulte
Institution: James Cook University
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011
Project Title: DNA Barcoding of Tussock grasses in Poaceae tribe Poeae
Grantee: Daniel Murphy
Institution: Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011
$45,000 Research Grants
Project Title: Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and conservation of Australia's largest fern families
Grantee: Michael Bayly
Institution: The University of Melbourne
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011
Project Title: Incorporating Bush-Blitz and other collected material into Systematic Studies of Australian Stiletto Flies (Therevidae) using Cybertaxonomic Methods for Species Description
Grantee: Christine Lambkin
Institution: Queensland Museum
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011
Project Title: Species discovery and revision of the Australian dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Canthonini)
Grantee: Nicole Gunter
Institution: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011
Project Title: Descriptions of, and identification keys to, fungus-feeding Australian species in five genera of Tubuliferan Thysanoptera (Insecta)
Grantee: Laurence Mound
Institution: Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, QLD
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011
$90,000 Research Grants
Project Title: Expanding knowledge of Australian truffle beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae): taxonomy, systematics and next-generation identification tools
Grantee: Ainsley Seago
Institution: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011
Project Title: Systematics of the Orthotylus complex (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylini): new species from the Bush Blitz survey, phylogenetics, host plants and biogeography
Grantee: Gerissimo Cassis
Institution: University of New South Wales
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011
$90,000 Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants
Project Title: Using Bush Blitz to resolve cryptic reptile and frog groups of eastern Australia
Grantee: Conrad Hoskin
Institution: The Australian National University
Term: Three years
Approval Date: 8 February 2011