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Grant Award View - GA29149
Illuminating the evolutionary history of Australia’s most iconic...
GA ID:
GA29149
Agency:
Australian Research Council
Approval Date:
27-Nov-2018
Publish Date:
18-Dec-2018
Category:
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research
Grant Term:
27-Apr-2019 to 27-Apr-2022
Original: 1-Jan-2019 to 31-Dec-2021
Value (AUD):
$445,000.00
(GST inclusive where applicable)
Variations:
- GA29149-V3 - Variation to Grant (20-Oct-2021 )
- GA29149-V2 - Variation to Grant (2-Aug-2021 )
- GA29149-V1 - Variation to Grant (16-Jun-2020 )
One-off/Ad hoc:
No
Aggregate Grant Award:
No
PBS Program Name:
ARC 18/19 Discovery
Grant Program:
Discovery Projects
Grant Activity:
Illuminating the evolutionary history of Australia’s most iconic animals
Purpose:
This project aims to pinpoint the nature and timing of key steps in macropod history and to test how these link with major climatic and biotic changes. Macropods (kangaroos and relatives) are widely considered the marsupial equivalents to hoofed mammals on other continents, but we have a weaker understanding of how their evolution was shaped by environmental change. This project will combine palaeontology, anatomy and genetics to address questions such as how and why ancestral macropods descended from the trees and evolved bipedal hopping, and the upper size limits of the kangaroo “body planâ€. This should improve our understanding of the long-term effects of climate change on marsupials, and provide a test of key placental-based evolutionary models.
GO ID:
GO Title:
Discovery Projects commencing in 2019
Internal Reference ID:
DP19 Round 1
Selection Process:
Targeted or Restricted Competitive
Confidentiality - Contract:
No
Confidentiality - Outputs:
No
Grant Recipient Details
Recipient Name:
Flinders University
Recipient ABN:
65 542 596 200
Grant Recipient Location
Suburb:
BEDFORD PARK
Town/City:
BEDFORD PARK
Postcode:
5042
State/Territory:
SA
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Grant Delivery Location
State/Territory:
SA
Postcode:
5042
Country:
AUSTRALIA