Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120102034

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE120102034

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How did mammals evolve large brains? A multidisciplinary view from the pouch. This project applies novel data collection techniques to explain how the large brain sizes of today's mammals (including humans) are possible. The focus will be on brain structure, development, and evolution in the mostly Australian marsupials, whose ancestral mode of brain development makes them an ideal group for studies of brain size evolution.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-01-2012

End Date: 26-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $375,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nervous System and Disorders | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Nervous System and Disorders | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis

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