Student Research Grants
CONGRATULATIONS!
Gabriel Machovsky Capuska (Massey University) Are gannets the capuchin monkeys of the ocean? $1000
Cory Toth (University of Auckland) The breeding ecology of the Lesser Short-tailed Bat (Mystacina tuberculata) $750
Lun-Hsien Chang (Macquarie University) The functional consequences of a bigger brain- effects of stimulated growth in mushroom bodies on homing success in honeybees.
Scott Fabricant (Macquarie University) Predator perception as a source of population divergence in colour patterns of the ‘aposematic’ Hibiscus Harlequin Bug (Tectocoris diopthalamus) $500
James Makinson (University of Sydney) Peer pressure in honeybees:Using consensus signals to manipulate decision-making in European honeybee swarms $250
James O’Hanlon (Macquarie University) Myrmecochory as an egg dispersal strategy in Australian Phasmids Highly commended
Dani Chandrasoma (Macquarie University) Sexual selection in the Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii) Highly commended
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The Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour is committed to supporting behavioural research within the Australasian region. The ASSAB student research grants aim to support stimulating and innovative graduate research by offering to cover field or other research-related expenses.
The 2011 grant round has now closed.
Applications open: 08-09-2011
Applications close: 14-10-2011
download an application form: Application Form
submit your application online: Submit Online
Conditions:
- Applicant must be enrolled in a PhD,Masters or Honours program.
- Applicant must be a member of ASSAB at the time of submitting their application. To become a member click here Payment after October 1st 2011 includes membership until December 2012 and membership is valid for the ASSAB conference in 2012.
- Research must be undertaken within the Australasian region.
- Applications will be accepted from students coming from any part of the world.
- Successful applicants will be required to provide a report of their activities. This may be in the form of a spoken paper at an ASSAB conference, or a written report.
- Previous successful applicants are eligible to reapply.
We anticipate that competition for the grants will be high. Only clearly written, well presented and well constructed applications will be considered.
Successful applicants will be awarded:
- up to $1000 (AUS)
- free conference registration for ASSAB 2012
- an invited presentation at ASSAB 2012
Highly commended applicants will be awarded:
- free conference registration for ASSAB 2012
- an invited presentation at ASSAB 2012
The amount received will depend on the needs of the applicants and the number of quality applications.
Students should complete the application form available here in PDF or RTF.
For further information email:grants [at] assab.org
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2010 Student Grant Winners at ASSAB 2011, Flinders University.
From left to right. Isobel Brooksmythe (Australian National University),Shelley Myers (University of Auckland/Landcare),Amanda Greer (University of Canterbury) Nicole Lowrey (University of Melbourne),Amanda Franklin (University of Melbourne),Sarah Withers (University of Auckland), Chrissie Painting (University of Auckland),Absent:Noriyoshi Kawasaki (Monash University).
Past Winners of ASSAB Student Grants
| Year | Student | Institution | Project title | Award (AUD) | ||
| 2010 | Isobel Booksmythe | Australian National University | The effects of competitor size on shoaling preferences in mosquitofish | $500 + conference costs | ||
| 2010 | Noriyoshi Kawasaki | Monash University | Indirect fitness effects of alloparental care in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) | $500 + conference costs | ||
| 2010 | Sarah Withers | University of Auckland | A test of the habitat saturation hypothesis:Using translocation to investigate the effects of density and nest site availability on co-operation in a managed passerine species | $500 + conference costs | ||
| 2010 | Nicole Lowrey | University of Melbourne | Extended phenotypes in animal communication:the function of petal-displays in fairy wrens | $500 + conference costs | ||
| 2010 | Shelley Myers | University of Auckland | Is speciation driven by mating behaviour in New Zealand stick insects? | $500 + conference costs | ||
| 2010 | Christina Painting | University of Auckland | Sex and conflict in the Giraffe Weevil | $500 + conference costs | ||
| 2010 | Amanda Franklin | University of Melbourne | The effect of mating on the lifespan of female dumpling squid,Euprymna tasmanica | Highly Commended + conference costs | ||
| 2010 | Amanda Greer | University of Canterbury | Exploring the relationship between kea foraging behavior and the nutritional contents of the plants on which they feed | Highly Commended + conference costs | ||
| 2009 | Elizabeth Ronik | James Cook University | Effects of amphibian behaviour on the occurence and development of Chytridiomycosis,an emerging infectious disease (PhD) | $1000 + conference costs | ||
| 2009 | Rachel Slatyer | Australian National University | Polyandry in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi (Honours) | $1000 + conference costs | ||
| 2009 | Anna Gsell | Massey University | Chemical communication in the critically endangered Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) (PhD) | $500 + conference costs | ||
| 2009 | Madeleine Yewers | University of Melbourne | Personality variation on mate choice and establishment of pair bonds in a cooperative breeder (PhD) | $500 + conference costs |
