Conservation Biology Grant

This NCSSA funded and administered grant was initiated by us in 2003. Each year we offer honours and post-graduate students the opportunity to apply for grant funding of up to $3,300 to support their research into aspects of conservation biology.

Since 2019 the grants have been awarded in partnership with the Biological Society SA.

Funds are available for research which is aimed at: improving understanding of the conservation status of species or ecological communities; providing recommendations for improvement of some aspect of biodiversity conservation; understanding the ecology of species or communities; and understanding threats to biodiversity and management of those threats.

Previous recipients to date:

YEAR	RECIPIENT	INSTITUTION	PROJECT
2021	Natalie Brown		A win-wine situation: do native bats eat arthropod pests of South Australian vineyards?
2021	Laura Schroder	Flinders University	Fish communities associated with biogenic reefs constructed by the tubeworm polychaete, Ficopomatus enigmaticus in the Coorong estuary, South Australia
2021	Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker		The biodiversity and systematics of the wasp genus Apanteles, a megadiverse group of caterpillar parasitoids: baseline taxonomy to inform conservation priorities
2021	Riley Hodgson	Flinders University	Increasing the drought tolerance of kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) via targeted inoculations of arid and mesic soil microbiota
2020	Ned Ryan-Schofield		Poison Prey - reducing the impacts of feral mesopredators on native Australian fauna
2020	Nicholas Congendi		Susceptibiliy of Australian native bee fauna to the honey-bee associated Sacbrood virus
2020	Justin Holder		Understanding the role of nocturnal pollinators in the conservation of native plants using the genus Stackhousia as a model system
2020	Qiaz Hua		Assessing population genetic structure and diversity of octopuses through conservation genetics
2019	Ellyse Bunney	The University of Adelaide	Securing the sustainability of sandalwood: a multi-isotope approach to provenancing
2019	Tessa Manning	The University of Adelaide	Conservation genetics of reintroduced western quolls (Dasyurus geoffroii) at Arid Recovery reserve
2019	Isabelle Onley	The University of Adelaide	Conservation genomics and adaptations of translocated greater stick-nest rats under climate change
2019	Hayley Jose	The University of Adelaide	Understanding the ecological role of mutualistic interactions between an endangered marsupial, fungi and plants to conserve ecosystem function
2018	Claudia Santori	The University of Sydney	Influence of captivity on habitat choice of head-started juvenile Murray River Turtles (Emydura macquarii)
2018	Briony Chamberlayne	The University of Adelaide	Establishing ecologiocal baselines through bivalve geochemistry
2017	Ellen Freeman	The University of Adelaide	Diet of wild deer in South Australia
2017	Juliana Silva	The University of Adelaide	Gorse-mediated changes in soil during biological invasion
2017	Tahlia Perry	The University of Adelaide	Developing molecular indicators for the health and reproduction of our iconic Australian echidnas
2016	Marlee Crawford	The University of Adelaide	Combining genetics and bioclimatic modelling to inform sandalwood management.
2016	Ben Parslow	Flinders University	Biodiversity, systematics and host associations of Australian Gasteruption
2016	Hannah Bannister	The University of Adelaide	Factors influencing the population persistence of brushtail reintroduction into a semi-arid environment.
2015	Tamara Burt	Flinders University	Identifying the impact(s) of blood parasites in declining Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) populations of South Australia
2015	Jack Tatler	The University of Adelaide	The influence of poison baiting history on ecosystem functioning: Does baiting for dingoes cause a loss in biodiversity?
2015	John McDonald	The University of Adelaide	Genetic divergence of endangered southern Australian chenopods.
2014	Giulia Ghedini	The University of Adelaide	Preserving subtidal forests: the ecological value of intact kelp forests.
2014	Steffi Graaf	Flinders University	Is there potential to conserve declining little penguin populations in the Gulf St Vincent?
2014	Angharad Johnston	Flinders University	Generating genomic tools to assist future conservation of the pygmy bluetongue lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis).
2013	Chris Brauer	Flinders University	Conservation Genomics of Re-introduced Pygmy Perch in the Lower Murray River.
2013	Nahid Shokri Bousjein	Flinders University	Assessing extinction risks of rare South Australian bees in the Adelaide Hills - Mount Lofty Ranges.
2013	Amy Slender	Flinders University	Song fidelity, habitat boundaries and genetics of the threatened Thick-billed Grasswren.
2012	Rebecca Dew	Flinders University	Conservation threats to the South Australian Bee, Exoneurella tridentata from declining recruitment of Western Myall.
2012	Maria Louter	University of South Australia, Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment	Ecological light pollution: Effects on the ecology of Adelaide’s amphibian fauna.
2012	Sarah Pearson	Flinders University	Utilising scats to examine social structure and genetic diversity in a group living lizard.
2011	Ryan Baring	Flinders University	An investigation of the role that floating macrophytes play as a habitat for juvenile fish from source to sink.
2011	Sarah Catalano	University of Adelaide	Dicyemid parasite diversity in South Australian cephalopod species as a tool to explore species status in Sepia apama (Giant Australian Cuttlefish).
2010	Victoria Marshall	University of Adelaide	Mapping/modelling the distribution of invasive weed, Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris).
2009	Jessica Newton	Flinders University	Fire as a management tool for the restoration of senescent plant communities: with particular reference to the re-establishment of insect-animal interactions after burns.
2009	Laura Falkenberg	University of Adelaide	Interactions between global- and local-scale stressors: consequences for marine assemblages of rocky temperate coasts.
2009	Vicki Thompson	University of Adelaide	Diet analysis and phylogeographic structure of the locally extinct Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas) of southern Australia.
2008	Udani Sirasena	University of Adelaide	Systematic studies on Thysanotus R. Br. (Fringe Lilies).
2008	Melissa Schlein	Flinders University	Pollination biology and ecology of saltmarsh communities in S.A. (with a focus on the impacts of introduced plants, Limonium spp.).
2007	Jennifer Munro	University of Adelaide	Flinders Ranges Scorpion (Urodacus elongatus).
2007	Wahi Afzan Azmi	University of Adelaide	Effect of the removal of exotic willows on the invertebrate communities in the River Murray, SA.
2006	Annette Scanlon	University of South Australia, School of Natural & Built Environments	Diet and Activity of Urban Insectivorous Bat populations and management of their habitat for conservation in the City of Adelaide, South Australia.
2006	Diane Colombelli- Negrel	School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide	Video monitoring of nest predation events in the Superb Fairy-wrens.
2005	Karleah Trengove	University of Adelaide, Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences	The Effect of Population Density on the Burrow Occupancy and Reproductive Condition of the Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis).
2005	Deb Frazer	University of South Australia, School of Natural and Built Environments	The role of Xanthorrhoea semiplana (grass trees) as refuges for native vertebrate wildlife in selected parks in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia.
2005	Elisa Sparrow	University of Adelaide, Department of Environmental Biology (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)	The effect of population fragmentation and isolation on the reproductive biology, genetic status and population viability of wombats (Vombatus ursinus and Lasiorhinus latifrons) in South Australia.
2004	Paul Oliver	South Australian Museum	Systematics and phylogeography of stone geckos (Diplodactylus vittatus complex).
2004	James Weedon	University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Science	Response of annuals to spatial heterogeneity in a semi-arid woodland.
2004	Emily Moskwa	University of Adelaide, Geographical and Environmental Studies	Ecotourism as a means of encouraging ecological recovery and conservation in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
2003	Matthew Ward	University of Adelaide, Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Mistletoes in eucalypt woodlands of Mt Lofty Ranges.
2003	Joanne Lee	University of Adelaide, Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences	The importance of Hypogeal fungi in the diet of re-introduced brushtailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata).
2003	Timothy Moulds	University of Adelaide, Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Guanophillic arthropod ecology and conservation in bat caves, Flinders Ranges.
2003	Megan Fowler- Walker	University of Adelaide, Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Predicting ecological outcomes of human activities: interactive effects on marine biodiversity.

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