Current projects
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| Project ID | Title | Leader | Institution |
Amount
(Aus) |
Period |
| HSF 12/6 | Extreme reproductive conflict: sexual cannibalism, female deception and the evolution of male mate choice | K Barry | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University | $48,843 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
| HSF 13/2 | Specialisation in mycorrhiza of orchids across temperate Australian terrestrial orchid genera | N Swarts | Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens | $78,000 | Jul '13 - Jul '16 |
| HSF 13/5 | Plant hubs, plantbugs and lacebugs: coevolution of emu bush and sap-sucking insects | G Cassis | School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales | $81,000 | Jul '13 - Jul '16 |
| HSF 13/9 | Speciation in the mountains: phylogenomics of the alpine grasshopper genus Kosciuscola | N Tatarnic | Western Australian Museum | $51,000 | Jul '13 - Jul '16 |
| HSF 13/13 | Range contraction of kelp forests and tropicalisation of Australia's temperate marine environments | T Wernberg | UWA Oceans Institute & School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia | $84,000 | Jul '13 - Jul '16 |
| HSF 13/14 | Survival after arrival: how post-settlement mortality shapes population connectivity and climate change resilience in a coastal marine fish | C Riginos | School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland | $81,000 | Jul '13 - Jul '16 |
| HSF 14/1 | Is woody shrub encroachment a legacy of mammal declines? | M Letnic | School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales | $57,000 | Jul '14 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 14/2 | Identification and characterisation of new plant peptide hormones that control legume nodulation and nitrogen fixation | B Ferguson | School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, The University of Queensland | $83,500 | Jul '14 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 14/3 | Prey that frighten their predators: deimatic display in a brightly coloured Australian alpine katydid | K Umbers | School of Science & Health, Western Sydney University | $58,000 | Jul '14 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 14/4 | The dark side of light: species and community level impact of artificial night lighting | T Jones | Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne | $76,600 | Jul '14 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 14/6 | Plotting the Pilbara's thermalscape for conservation of climate sensitive species | J Gollan | School of the Environment, University of Technology, Sydney | $81,600 | Jul '14 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 14/8 | Evolutionary investigations into insect olfaction and host choice using a mosquito model system | N Beebe | School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland | $78,600 | Jul '14 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 14/9 | Mining genomes to understand evolution of the iconic Australian eucalypts | T Schuster | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne | $72,500 | Jul '14 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 14/10 | Enhancing conservation and cultural knowledge through orchids of Papua New Guinea | J Lynch | Institute for Applied Ecology, The University of Canberra | $75,000 | Jul '14 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 15/1 | Communication and misinformation: Coevolutionary dynamics in a multi-parasite system | W Feeney | School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland | $76,620 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/2 | The role of the mitochondrial genome in promoting adaptation to climate change | D Dowling | School of Biological Sciences, Monash University | $81,120 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/3 | Can landscape structure enhance the resilience of biodiversity to climatic extremes? Insights from the Millennium Drought | D Nimmo | Institute for Land, Water & Society, Charles Sturt University | $86,210 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/4 | Understanding how plants can sustain biomass production under saline growth conditions | S Persson | School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne | $79,100 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/6 | A new obligate mutual pollination system involving Boronia (Rutaceae, Sapindales) and Heliozelidae (Adeloidea, Lepidoptera) | A Kallies | Walter and Eliza Hall Institute | $74,200 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/7 | How will savanna tree populations respond to fire management? | B Murphy | Research Insitute for the Environment & Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University | $58,500 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/8 | The genomic origin of species: a comparative study in the Australian Meliphagoidea | L Joseph | CSIRO National Research Collections Australia | $58,800 | Jul '15 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 15/9 | Taxonomy and population structure of commercially important coastal Loliginid squids in eastern Australian waters | K Hall | New South Wales Department of Primary Industries | $81,800 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/10 | Tail photoreception: discovering a novel sensory system in Australian sea snakes | K Sanders | School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide | $42,100 | Jul '15 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 15/11 | Applying lessons from nature: Oxidative stress tolerance in the wild ancestors of wheat | K Soole | School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University | $71,800 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/12 | More than a burning issue: Does grass invasion disrupt plant-animal interactions and threaten persistence of semi-arid woodland communities? | C Schlesinger | School of Environment, Charles Darwin University | $53,200 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/13 | Exploration and conservation of microbial and chemical diversity in polar deserts of Eastern Antarctica | B Ferrari | School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, Univeristy of New South Wales | $80,100 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 15/14 | Resolving the taxonomic status of ecologically keystone and threatened bats in New Guinea | K Armstrong | South Australian Museum | $84,800 | Jul '15 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 16/1 | Into the wild: methylonics and quantitative genetics in natural populations of Australian social bees | L Holman | School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne | $48,700 | Jul '16 - Jul '18 |
| HSF 16/2 | Exploiting flavonoid diversity in legumes to improve nitrogen-fixing symbiosis | U Mathesius | Research School of Biology, Australian National University | $60,000 | Jul '16 - Jul '19 |
| HSF 16/3 | Investigation and mitigation of reduced fecundity due to infectious disease in the endangered Australian sea lion, N. cinerea | R Gray | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Sydney | $57,590 | Jul '16 - Jul '19 |
| HSF 16/4 | Orchid phylogenomics: Diversification, evolution and systematics of the hyperdiverse subtribe Bulbophylinae | K Schulte | CSIRO National Research Collections | $85,100 | Jul '16 - Jul '19 |
| HSF 16/5 | Is groundwater the missing source of nutrients driving eutrophication in the Great Barrier Reef? | D Tait | National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University | $83,000 | Jul '16 - Jul '19 |
| HSF 16/6
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Insights into the provenance of the four Australian broomrapes (Orobanche) - taxonomy informing environmental management and biosecurity options | E Biffin | State Herbarium of South Australia, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | $30,000 | Jul '16 - Jul '17 |
| HSF 16/7 | Can Aboriginal fire management restore mammal communities? | D Nimmo | Institute for Land, Water & Society, Charles Sturt University | $85,971 | Jul '16 - Jul '19 |
| HSF 16/8 | What's in a genome? Capturing nuclear genomic variation for phylogenetic and phylogeographic study of Australian Asparagales lineages | J Birch | School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne | $81,452 | Jul '16 - Jul '19 |
| HSF 17/1 | Can excluding feral livestock from waterholes recreate refuges for savannah birds? | M Massaro | Institute of Land, Water & Society, Charles Sturt University | $72,234 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/2 | Beyond colour: discovering how beetles manipulate near-infrared light to control their temperature | D Stuart-Fox | School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne | $76,691 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/3 | Harnessing ecological and genomic approaches to restore Australian grasslands in the face of global change | K Hodgins | School of Biological Sciences, Monash University | $87,006 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/4 | Rapid detection and diagnosis of plant pathogens | J Rathjen | Research School of Biology, Australian National University | $50,400 | Jul '17 - Jul 19 |
| HSF 17/5 | Plant biodiversity and adaptation in a changing world: the effects of animal pollinators | M Whitehead | School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne | $53,994 | Jul '17 - Jul 19 |
| HSF 17/6 | The genetic and structural diversity of spider-silk | S Blamires | School of Biolgical Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales | $63,000 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/7 | Reducing an anti-nutritional compound in legumes to increase use of a sustainable biological nitrogen source | I Searle | School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide | $75,000 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/8 | Ocelli in walking insects: insights from day and night active bull ants | A Narendra | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie Univeristy | $84,308 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/9 | Conservation of Prasophyllum - understanding orchid mycorrhizal fungi to save threatened orchids from extinction | N Reiter |
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria | $41,290 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/10 | A next generation sequencing (NGS) approach to investigate paralogy in Xanthostemon (Myrtaceae) | P Wilson | National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust | $90,000 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/11 | Do novel mineralisation reactions in calcium carbonate sands decrease their resistance to Ocean Acidification? | A Kessler | Water Studies Centre, School of Chemistry, Monash University | $84,994 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 17/12 | Arresting the pernicuious decline of keystone habitats in agricultural landscapes | T Doherty | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University | $61,269 | Jul '17 - Jul 20 |
| HSF 18/1 | Like father like daughter? Investigating epigenetic inheritance in honeybees | B Oldroyd | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney | $53,724 | Jul '18 - Jul '20 |
| HSF 18/2 | A muddy time capsule: Using environmental DNA and geochronology from sediment cores to reconstruct past coastal vegetation dynamics and inform future ecosystem management | A Jones | School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide | $88,690 | Jul '18 - Jul '21 |
| HSF 18/3 | How do sandalwoods (Santalum spp.) affect desert communities: integrating above-ground patterns with below ground processes | D Watson | School of Environmental Science, Charles Sturt University | $89,552 | Jul '18 - Jul '21 |
| HSF 18/4 | New paths to create crops that ulilise nitrogen fertilisers more effectively | M Djordjevic | Research School of Biology, Australian National University | $90,000 | Jul '18 - Jul '21 |
| HSF 18/5 | Conserving threatened mammals in the face of fire and predation | B Wilson | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University | $81,858 | Jul '18 - Jul '21 |
| HSF 18/6 | Developing novel, cost efficient methods for controlling the invasive horticultural pest, Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland Fruit Fly) | S Baxter | School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide | $53,272 | Jul '18 - Jul '21 |
| HSF 18/7 | Can reef-building corals keep evolutionary pace with global warming? | E Howells | School of Biological Sciences, The University of Wollongong | $84,250 | Jul '18 - Jul '21 |
| HSF 18/8 | Novel approaches for harnessing native soil microbial communities to restore biodiverse degraded ecosystems in drylands | M Munoz-Rojas | School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales | $79,040 | Nov '18 - Nov '21 |
| HSF 18/9 | Anthropogenic influences on the functional efficiency of Australian insect antennae | M Elgar | School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne | $63,450 | Jul '18 - Jul '21 |
| HSF 18/10 | Individually tracking whole weaver ant colonies to decode the behavioural rules of ant self-assembly | C Reid | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University | $78,758 | Oct '18 - Oct '21 |
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