Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0775020

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0775020

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A New Approach to the Collection of a Large Suite of Dinasour Specimens. Monash University and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, propose to cut of a tunnel in permafrost on the North Slope of Alaska during the early Spring. This is expected to lead to the acquisition of a new assembly of dinasour fossils. An important aspect of the project is its sponsorship by Big Island Pictures, Brisbane, who will produce a documentary about this unique experiment in palaeontological engineering. This novel approach to recovering dinosaurs will lead to a new and perhaps more complete assemblage of specimens, whilst attracting a vast audience and conveying to the public how innovative science is done. The public interest is attested to by the consortium of sponsors that has been assembled by Big Island Pictures including major television stations in Australia, USA, England, France, and Germany and the Film Finance Corporation of Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-02-2007

End Date: 01-02-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $47,713.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biogeography | Geology | Palaeontology | Mining Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mining machinery and equipment | Primary education |

Other Keywords

Biogeography | Geology | Mining Engineering | Mining machinery and equipment | Other Non-Metallic Minerals (Incl. Diamonds) | Palaeontology | Primary education

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