ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT120100770

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT120100770

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Understanding the evolutionary tempo and significance of the first animals through exceptional fossil preservation. This project will shed new light on the origins and early evolutionary history of the first complex marine animals that appeared over half a billion years ago. Extraordinarily preserved fossils, including soft tissues, from South Australia will highlight the rapid anatomical innovation that occurred during this crucial phase in the history of life.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-2014

End Date: 12-2018

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $714,528.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Geology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Conserving Natural Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

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