Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100710

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE190100710

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Beyond Hendra: the significance of viral communities in bat virus spillover. This project aims to address the emerging global health threat posed by zoonotic bat-borne viruses, by determining why bats shed multiple viruses in synchronised pulses. The project expects to identify universal drivers of multi-viral shedding pulses, using Hendra virus as a model system for other bat viruses in Australia and globally. Expected outcomes include insights into the interactions between environmental change, bat ecology, viral dynamics and spillover, prediction of when and where bat viral shedding will most likely occur, and development of new ecological interventions to prevent bat virus spillover in Australia and globally. This will provide significant benefits by pre-empting spillover and global pandemics before they occur.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 20-06-2019

End Date: 19-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $422,492.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Veterinary Epidemiology | Community Ecology | Landscape Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales | Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Community Ecology | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales | Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) | Ecology | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Landscape Ecology | Veterinary Epidemiology

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