Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE220100096

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE220100096

Funding Status
Active

Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the .

Funded Activity Summary

Understanding the relationship between the social environment and cognition. The predominant theory for the evolution of intelligence, the social intelligence hypothesis (SIH), posits that within-group social interactions drive cognitive evolution. But the SIH overlooks a major component of social life: interactions with outsiders of the same species. Using a unique combination of meta-analytical and experimental approaches, the DECRA project will test the predictions of an expanded SIH, incorporating the “Napoleonic” cognitive challenges posed by outsiders. The expected outcome is to gain a new understanding of which factors govern cognitive evolution – one of the longest-running debates in evolutionary biology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-12-2022

End Date: 29-12-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $436,032.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Behaviour | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Behaviour | Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Related Links