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Grant Award View - GA68373-V4
Messing with their minds: using deception to improve pest management
GA ID:
GA68373-V4
Agency:
Australian Research Council
Approval Date:
19-Dec-2019
Variation Publish Date:
20-Oct-2021
Variation Date:
12-Oct-2021
Category:
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research
Grant Term:
30-Jun-2020 to 29-Jun-2023
Value (AUD):
$342,120.00
(GST inclusive where applicable)
Varies:
GA68373
- Messing with their minds: using deception to improve pest management
One-off/Ad hoc:
No
Aggregate Grant Award:
No
PBS Program Name:
ARC 19/20 Discovery
Grant Program:
Discovery Projects
Grant Activity:
Messing with their minds: using deception to improve pest management
Purpose:
This project aims to develop new approaches to improve wildlife management by showing how deceit and misinformation can alter decision-making in pest animals. Using wild house mice as a model, it will test new theory on how animals decide whether or not to interact with wildlife control devices, like traps and baits, which is critical to all pest control efforts. The expected outcomes include new pest control tools that make strategic use of misinformation to alter decision making, to reduce a pest's ability to damage important agricultural crops such as wheat, boost the attraction of lures to traps, and improve bait uptake. These outcomes should provide significant new options for vertebrate pest control in Australia and globally.
GO ID:
GO Title:
Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2020
Internal Reference ID:
DP20 Round 1
Selection Process:
Targeted or Restricted Competitive
Confidentiality - Contract:
No
Confidentiality - Outputs:
No
Grant Recipient Details
Recipient Name:
The University of Sydney
Recipient ABN:
15 211 513 464
Grant Recipient Location
Suburb:
FOREST LODGE
Town/City:
FOREST LODGE
Postcode:
2037
State/Territory:
NSW
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Grant Delivery Location
State/Territory:
NSW
Postcode:
2037
Country:
AUSTRALIA