Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL100100183

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FL100100183

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Biological adaptation under natural and anthropogenic conditions. This project covers all four national priority areas. Nature abounds with conflicts between what is good for the individual or a larger entity (a population, a society, or a species). Researching them will explain why populations adapt or fail to adapt to novel conditions (e.g., climate change) and predict when interventions are beneficial. Similar rules govern the spread of invasive species. Even health problems, e.g., new virulent strains of human, animal or plant diseases, require such evolutionary thinking. Cutting-edge mathematical tools also prepare Australians for an era in the near future where genomic data are so cheap to acquire that training in complex mathematical and logical analysis becomes a factor limiting scientific progress.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-2010

End Date: 08-2015

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $2,168,370.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Mathematics | Population Ecology | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales | Behaviour and Health | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

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