Hansjörg Eichler Scientific Research Fund

Applications for an Award from the Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund are welcomed from all current financial members of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society. The project must contribute to Australian systematic botany (including land plants, algae, and fungi); must be carried out within Australasia; and the applicant must be attached to an Australasian research institute (in the broadest sense).

For the purpose of this Fund, Australasia is defined as the area including Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya), and the islands of Melanesia (including Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia).

The maximum grant awarded will be $5000. Large capital items will not be considered.

Students, recent graduates, newly-established botanists and non-salaried researchers will be given preference. Applications will be assessed on the quality of the applicant and the proposed project. The project should be clearly defined in scope and preferably result in a publication.
Submissions already received may be resubmitted if so desired.

The Selection Criteria are outlined below and a Grant Application Form is available for download.
The closing dates for applications are 14 March and 14 September each year

The first awards were made from the Fund in 1997 and as of March 2022 a total of $195,121 has been awarded to 89 recipients, almost all of whom have been students.

Selection Criteria

Timeline for Each Year

First Round:
14 March – Applications close
30 April – Assessment of applications completed
End of first week in May – All applicants contacted
June Newsletter – Publication of list of successful applicants and project titles

Second Round:
14 September – Applications close
31 October – Assessment of applications completed
End of first week in November – All applicants contacted
December Newsletter – Publication of list of successful applicants and project titles

General Notes

1. The Research Committee may decide to make no awards in a particular round.
2. The maximum award will not exceed $5000.
3. The maximum amount available for all grants in any one year will be determined by ASBS Council before applications are called.
4. No large capital items (e.g. computer components) will be funded by the Eichler Grant.
5. The Australasian Systematic Botany Society Inc. achieved Approved Research Institute status on the 7th July 1998. Under this ruling gifts ($2 and upwards) made to the Society for scientific research are tax deductible. Scientific Research is defined as any activity in the fields of natural or applied science for the extension of knowledge. The words "extension of knowledge" are interpreted by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as meaning an addition to the sum total of knowledge and not the informing of people about existing knowledge. On these grounds the publication of journals and books, and the attendance at research conferences are specifically excluded as items for consideration by the Eichler Research Fund.
6. For those applicants applying for funding for work which is part of a larger project, such as a PhD, preference will be given to those applications which specify a particular, well circumscribed part of the project which will be wholly funded by the Eichler Award.
7. Applicants may receive more than one Eichler grant (in different grant rounds) if reporting requirements are completed for any previous Eichler grant before a new application is made. However, applicants may only receive one grant within the course of one degree, for example one during Honours, and a second during a PhD degree.

Essential Criteria

1. The project contributes to Australian systematic botany (including land plants, algae, and fungi). While the focus on Australia is an ATO requirement, the current view of Council is that this condition will be met if the project can demonstrate an impact on understanding the flora of Australasia (as defined at the top of this page).
2. The project is carried out within Australasia (see definition provided at the top of this page).
3. The applicant must be a current financial member of ASBS
4. The project is approved by an appropriate manager/director, and in the case of students, also by a supervisor.
5. The applicant is attached to an Australasian research institute (in the very broadest sense, including herbaria, universities, government agencies). Students not formally registered or attached to an Australasian institution may provide evidence in the form of a collaboration letter signed by a researcher based in an Australasian institution.

Guidelines for completing your application

The Hansjörg Eichler research grants are competitive. Proposals are viewed against other proposals submitted both for the current round of funding and previous rounds. If none of the proposals received is of a suitably high standard, no grant will be made in that round. Therefore, applicants should prepare their proposals carefully and completely, giving brief personal details, academic record (undergraduate as well as postgraduate, and level of honours awarded, if applicable), and institution where project will be carried out. Apart from the academic standing of the applicant, the following will be taken into account in assessing proposals:

• Evidence of applicant’s ability to carry out the project, such as relevant experience with the techniques, previous experience in carrying out research and any publications (published or accepted only). In cases of excessive completion times for previous projects and/or study programmes, or failure to achieve reasonable outputs (e.g. publications) justification should be provided.
• The scientific and/or theoretical merit of the proposal and the likelihood that it will make a worthwhile contribution to Australasian systematic botany.
• Identification and proper budgeting of the particular aspect of the project that funding will make possible, rather than a request for partial support of a large project. Preference will be given to applications that request funding to enable the extension of a project into some new and worthwhile area.
• The feasibility of the project being carried out within the proposed timetable and with the available resources.
• The soundness of the proposed methodology and planning of the work schedule. Without becoming exhaustive or voluminous, briefly justify the selected method and provide sufficient detail of it to allow assessment of its suitability and your appreciation of its strengths and weaknesses.

An example proposal which meets all the criteria is available < example >. For details of other types of research project that have been funded in the past, consult reports on these grants published in the Australasian Systematic Society Newsletter.

Requirements of Successful Applicant

Brief summary of project for the Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter within 12 months of grant being issued.
Provide statement to ASBS Treasurer of how money was spent (within 12 months of grant being issued)

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Application Form

Grant Application Form (40kb Microsoft Word .doc format)

PLEASE NOTE: For those applicants applying for funding for work which is part of a larger project, such as a PhD, preference will be given to those applications which specify a particular, well circumscribed part of the project which will be wholly funded by the Eichler Award.

This grant application form or a reasonable facsimile must be completed in sufficient detail to provide a 'stand alone' proposal.
References and publication list may be attached to provide additional information.
A copy of their undergraduate record is required from those applicants who are recent graduates or who have no publication list.

Completed applications can be submitted either as .pdf files by email (preferred) or in hard copy. They should be sent to the Vice President of the Society in time to meet the relevant deadline.

The closing dates for applications are 14 March and 14 September each year.

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Past Award Recipients

September 2022 Award Recipients

• Ryan O’Donnell (Australian National University, Australia) An integrative taxonomic study of the Pterostylis macrosepala (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. complex (Orchidaceae; Pterostylidinae)
• Rachel Atkins (University of Adelaide, Australia) The taphonomy and reconstruction of palaeovegetation and palaeoecosystems around Robertson Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia

March 2022 Award Recipients

• Grace Boxshall (University of Melbourne, Australia) The application of diversity arrays technology (DArT) for species complex resolution in Agaricus
• Paulo Baleeiro (University of Queensland, Australia) Systematics of Eriocaulon L. in Australia: phylogenomics and population genetics

September 2021 Award Recipients

• Frances Guard (University of Southern Queensland, Australia) Hanging by a 'horse hair': chasing another species in the Marasmius crinis-equi complex from northern New South Wales
• Harvey Orel (University of Melbourne, Australia) Molecular phylogeny of Flindersia (Rutaceae) using target sequence capture

March 2021 Award Recipients

• Francis Nge (University of Adelaide, Australia) Systematics, evolution, and diversification of Isopogon–Petrophile (Proteaceae) and allies
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 193/194: 5–8 (March 2023)
• Miriam Slodownik (University of Adelaide, Australia) Environments and adaptations of Tasmanian fossil plant survivors (52 mya) after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction - Chapter 2: Connecting the Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil records of Gondwanan south polar floras

September 2020 Award Recipients

• Sophie Newmarch (Massey University, New Zealand) Origin and diversification of Libertia (Iridaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 191: 11–14 (June 2022)
• Duncan Nicol (University of Otago, New Zealand) The evolution and biogeography of the subtribe Celmisiinae and the Celmisia subgenus Lignosae
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 191: 8–10 (June 2022)

March 2020 Award Recipients

• Aiden Webb (University of Melbourne, Australia) Phylogenetic inference of Caesia and Corynotheca (Asphodelaceae) and taxonomic clarification of an Australian species complex, Caesia parviflora
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 191: 4–8 (June 2022)
• Luis Williamson (University of Adelaide, Australia) Evolution of Australian sundews—the genus Drosera
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 188: 22–25 (September 2021)

September 2019 Award Recipients

• There were no successful applicants in September 2019.

March 2019 Award Recipients

• Raees Khan (University of Adelaide, Australia) Biogeography, genetic diversity and evolution of the Australian endemic Podocarpus lawrencei Hook.f.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 185: 35–37 (December 2020)
• Weixuan Ning (Massey University, New Zealand) Phylogenomic analysis of New Zealand polyploid Azorella
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 185: 38–41 (December 2020)

September 2018 Award Recipients

• Bohao Dong (The University of Waikato, New Zealand) Systematics and taxonomic review of New Zealand Pittosporum Banks & Sol. ex Gaertn. (Pittosporaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 185: 30–34 (December 2020)

March 2018 Award Recipients

• Francis Nge (The University of Adelaide, Australia) Species delimitation in Banksia (Proteaceae): revisiting the unified species concept
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 181: 29–31 (December 2019)

September 2017 Award Recipients

• Nicole Foster (The University of Adelaide, Australia) Understanding changes in the biodiversity of coastal plant communities through time
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 177: 18–20 (December 2018)
• Elizabeth Joyce (Australian Tropical Herbarium and James Cook University, Australia) Phylogeography of the Aglaia elaeagnoidea complex: resolving taxonomy and reconstructing biogeography
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 181: 27–30 (March–June 2020)

March 2017 Award Recipients

• Amelia Boxshall (The University of Melbourne, Australia) Investigation of the southern Australian members of the mushroom genus Agaricus L. in a phylogenetic context
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 181: 22–26 (March–June 2020)
• Patricio Saldivia Perez (University of Otago, New Zealand) Molecular systematics and taxonomy of Celmisia group (Asteraceae: Astereae) with emphasis in the genus Celmisia Cass. subgenus Lignosae (Allan) Given.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 178: 27–29 (March 2019)
• Matilda Brown (University of Tasmania, Australia) Out of place: anomalous assemblages of conifers and evolution of the climatic niche
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 177: 15–18 (December 2018)

September 2016 Award Recipients

• Sophie Carter (University of Waikato, New Zealand) Systematics of New Caledonian Cryptocaryeae Nees (Lauraceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 173: 23–24 (December 2017)
• Selen Saeideh Mashayekhi (National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) Molecular systematics of the Australian genus Corunastylis Fitzg. (Prasophyllinae, Orchidaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 180: 3–6 (September 2019)

March 2016 Award Recipients

• Alyssa Weinstein (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia) Cryptic speciation within the genus Drakaea: can combining genetic analyses, floral chemistry, and pollination data provide taxonomic resolution?
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 184: 14–17 (September 2020)

September 2015 Award Recipients

• Charles Foster (University of Sydney, NSW, Australia) Molecular systematics and biogeography of Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae).
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 174: 4–6 (March 2018)
• Maren Preuss (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) Biodiversity of red algal parasites from New Zealand.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 170: 4–6 (March 2017)
• Heather Merrylees (The University of Melbourne, Vic, Australia) Phylogeny, classification and phylogeography of the Acacia myrtifolia group
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 181: 33–36 (December 2019)

March 2015 Award Recipients

• Tim Collins (University of New England, NSW, Australia) Rare and endangered Eucalyptus magnificata L.A.S. Johnson and K.D. Hill (Myrtaceae): genetic diversity and taxonomy.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 171: 6–7 (June 2017)
• James Clugston (RBG Sydney, NSW, Australia) Identification of Cycas species in Australia using leaf cuticle micromorphology
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 184: 18–20 (September 2020)
• Catherine Clowes (The University of Melbourne, Vic, Australia) Spyridium parvifolium (Rhamnaceae): an investigation into the species phylogeny, morphology, genetic diversity, phylogeography and ecology.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 166: 9–12 (March 2016)

September 2014 Award Recipients

• Janet Gagul (James Cook University, Qld) Systematics and evolution of the genus Elaeocarpus L. (Elaeocarpaceae).
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 167: 4–8 (June 2016)
• John Thompson (Queensland University of Technology) Systematics of the Ancistrachne group (Panicoideae, Paniceae, Neurachninae) using morphological and molecular data
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 171: 7–8 (June 2017)

March 2014 Award Recipients

• Ben Anderson (Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, WA) Next-generation sequencing for multilocus species delimitation in the Triodia basedowii E.Pritz. species group
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 172: 6–8 (Sept 2017)
• Melodina Fabillo (Queensland University of Technology) Systematics of Tripogon (Poaceae; Cloridoideae) using morphological and molecular data, with emphasis on the Australian taxa
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 173: 25–28 (December 2017)

September 2013 Award Recipients

$3949 was distributed

• Margaret Stimpson (University of New England) Fieldwork and phenetic analysis resolve species limits in the Banksia spinulosa complex (Proteaceae) from central Queensland
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 161: 44–46 (December 2014)
• Elizabeth Joyce (University of Western Australia) Resolution of taxonomic boundaries within the Tetratheca hirsuta complex
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 161: 40–44 (December 2014)

March 2013 Award Recipients

$6000 was distributed

• Megan Hirst (University of Melbourne) Phylogenetic and morphological approaches in a key Australian plant genus, Brachyscome
• Emma Lewis (University of Melbourne) Systematics and phylogeography of Duboisia myoporoides (Solanaceae)
• Todd McLay (University of Melbourne) Investigating species limits and hybridisation in grass trees species (Xanthorrhoea; Xanthorrhoeaceae) in New South Wales and Queensland: A next generation sequencing approach
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 175: 13–16 (June 2018)

September 2012 Award Recipients

$3950 was distributed

• Charles Foster (University of Sydney) Systematic relationships within Logania (Loganiaceae): how do they relate to geological history of Australia?
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 164: 2–3 (Sept 2015)
• Jessie Prebble (Massey University) A population genetic approach to species delimitation in the Myosotis pygmaea (Boraginaceae) species complex
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 172: 3–5 (Sept 2017)

March 2012 Award Recipients

• There were no successful applicants in March 2012 (See ASBS Newsletter 151: 1 (2012))

September 2011 Award Recipients

$2000 was distributed

• David Meagher (University of Melbourne) Diversity, endemism and biogeography of the bryophyte flora of Lord Howe Island
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 157: 54 (Dec 2013)
  

March 2011 Award Recipients

$2000 was distributed

• Rose Barrett (University of Melbourne) Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Zieria (Rutaceae), using chloroplast and nuclear DNA markers
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 166: 7–8 (March 2016)

September 2010 Award Recipients

$4000 was distributed

• James Ingham (The University of Queensland) Multi-locus species delimitation of the Macrozamia plurinervia complex (Zamiaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 155: 11–12 (June 2013)
  
• Caroline Puente-Lelièvre (Australian Tropical Herbarium, Queensland) Phylogenetic assessment of pollen morphology within the Styphelia-Astroloma clade (Styphelieae, Styphelioideae, Ericaceae)

March 2010 Award Recipients

$4000 was distributed

• Sarah Fayed (University of Tasmania) Understanding the dramatic differences in Heliciinae genera (Proteaceae) using basal Australasian taxa.
• Mark Wallace (University of Western Australia) The development of low-copy nuclear DNA for the study of hybridisation in the Lepidosperma costale species complex.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 155: 13–16 (June 2013)
  

September 2009 Award Recipient

$2000 was distributed

• Kerry Gibbons (University of Sydney) Phylogeny of Loganiaceae tribe Loganieae, using chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal sequence data
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 166: 5–7 (March 2016)

March 2009 Award Recipients

The Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund did not offer grants in March 2009 (see ASBS Newsletter 137: 25 (2008))

September 2008 Award Recipients

$4000 was distributed

• Iain Moore (University of New England) Species limits and phylogenetic relationships within Australian Bulbine Wolf (Asphodelaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 156: 14–15 (Sept 2013)
  
• Laura Shirley (University of Melbourne) Genetic variation and systematic relationships of closely related stringybark eucalypts endemic to the Grampians National Park, Victoria.

March 2008 Award Recipients

$4000 was distributed

• Andre Messina (LaTrobe University) A taxonomic assessment of Olearia sect. Asterotriche using morphological, molecular and chemical data.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 155: 8–11 (June 2013)
  
• Robert Edwards (University of Queensland) Systematics of two closely related morphospecies of the broadleaf paperbark complex: Melaleuca argentea and M. fluviatilis.

September 2007 Award Recipients

$5,828 was distributed

• Trevor Wilson (RBG Sydney/University of Sydney) The evolution of bird pollination in the Australian Mintbush (Prostanthera – Lamiaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 155: 5–7 (June 2013)
  
• Adib Jamiran (University of Melbourne) Variation and taxonomy of the legume Paraserianthes, a relative of the Australian acacias.
  
• Helen Jolley (RBG Melbourne/University of Melbourne) Delimiting the species boundaries within Crossidium davidai Catches and Tortula atrovirens (Sm.) Lindb. (Musci: Pottiaceae)

March 2007 Award Recipients

$6,000 was distributed

• Margaret Heslewood (RBG Sydney/University of Adelaide) Phylogeography and biogeography of genera in the family Cunoniaceae in Australasia.
  
• Jacinta Burke (University of Melbourne) Systematics and taxonomy of Subtribe Dendrobiinae (Orchidaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 138: 2-6 (March 2009)
  
• Melita Baum (Australian National Univeristy) Variation within the monotypic genus Howittia (Malvaceae) using morphological and molecular data.
  
• Trisha Downing (University of Melbourne) Investigating genetic and morphological variability in the holly grevillea, Grevillea aquifolium (Proteaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 137: 6-9 (December 2008)

September 2006 Award Recipient

$2,000 was distributed 

• Jasmine Janes (School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania) The ecology and fine scale genetic diversity of Pterostylidinae (Orchidaceae) in Tasmania
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 135: 2-4 (June 2008)

March 2006 Award Recipients

$5,000 was distributed

• Carlos Parra-Osorio (School of Botany, University of Melbourne) A phylogenetic analysis of the bloodwood eucalypts 
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 139: 2-6 (June 2009)
  
• Zoë Smith (Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne) Diversity and evolution of the Diuris punctata species complex and their associated mycorrhizal fungi in Victoria
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 136: 16-21 (September 2008) 
• Robert Lamont (University of the Sunshine Coast) Now you see it, now you don’t: will the Sunshine Coast’s endangered Allocasuarina emuina be lost to urbanisation or hybridisation? 

September 2005 Award Recipient

$1,000 was distributed

• Claire Marks (University of Melbourne) Evolution of Nicotiana L. (Solanaceae) in Australia.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 130: 4-6 (March 2007)

March 2005 Award Recipients

$3,000 was distributed

• Hannah McPherson (University of New England) Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Tremandroid Elaeocarpaceae - Tetratheca and allies.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 126: 20-21 (March 2006)
• Matthew Renner (University of Sydney) Character State Evolution and Homology within the Lejeuneaceae (Hepaticae): What Can Australian Species Tell Us?
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 146: 10-14 (March 2011)
• Tony Roberts (James Cook University, Cairns) An Investigation into the Molecular Phylogenetics of Jedda multicaulis (Thymelaeaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 130: 6-8 (March 2007)

2004 Award Recipients

A total of $2,000 was distributed

• David Maynard (University of New South Wales / Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney) A molecular phylogeny for the genus Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpaceae) in Australia and the systematics of a putative new taxon.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 126: 17–19 (March 2006)
• Jillian Walsh (University of Sydney) The ecology and taxonomy of Fusarium species associated with Australian grasses.

2003 Award Recipients

$2,000 was distributed

• Adele Gibbs (University of Melbourne) Phylogeny and biogeography of the eudesmid eucalypts - DNA sequencing of the ITS region for 10 species.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 124: 2-4 (Sept 2005)
• Nicholas Yee (Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney) Phylogenetic status of four undescribed taxa of the marine algal order Sporochnales (Phaeophyceae) from the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia - Field work component.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 123: 15-17 (June 2005)

2002 Award Recipients

A total of $3000 was distributed

• Siti Ariati (University of Melbourne) Preliminary DNA work to identify the informative region for the Acacia victoriae group (Mimosaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 120: 13-15 (Sept 2004)
• Rebecca Dillon (University of Tasmania) Field trip to collect Proteaceae in north Queensland for anatomical studies
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 121: 11-12 (December 2004)
• Greg Guerin (University of Adelaide) Evaluation of microcharacters in Hemigenia/Microcorys (Lamiaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 118: 10-11 (March 2004)

2001 Award Recipients

A total of $4000 was distributed

• Ann Bohte (School of Botany, University of Melbourne) Floral development and evolution in the "Arillastrum" group (Myrtaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 121: 12-15 (December 2004)
• Christina Flann (School of Botany, University of Melbourne) Systematics of Euchiton (Gnaphalieae: Asteraceae) with a focus on Australia and New Zealand - molecular component.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 113: 18 (December 2002)
  Supplement: ASBS Newsletter 121: 10-11 (December 2004)
• Nikola Streiber (University of Sydney and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney) Systematics of Chloanthaceae (Lamiaceae) - molecular studies
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 120: 15-18 (September 2004)
• Xiufu Zhang (University of New England) Spikelet morphology of Schoeneae (Cyperaceae) - SEM studies
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 118: 11-12 (March 2004)

2000 Award Recipients

$3000 was distributed

• Bryan Mole (School of Botany, University of Melbourne) A systematic and biogeographic analysis of Phebalium and related genera (Rutaceae) - SEM studies
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 118: 7-10 (March 2004)
• Jürgen Kellerman (School of Botany, University of Melbourne) The generic limits of the Australian Rhamnaceae - molecular studies
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 110: 2-3 (March 2002)
  Addendum: ASBS Newsletter 111: 5 (June 2002)
• Mary Gandini (University of Townsville) Population biology and taxonomic status of Rhododendron lochiae F.Muell.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 111: 5 (June 2002)

1999 Award Recipients

$3000 was allocated

• Ainsley Calladine (James Cook University, Townsville) Evolution and biogeography of the Australian Loranthaceae - molecular studies
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 121: 9-10 (December 2004)
• Dean Nicolle (Flinders University of South Australia) Chloroplast DNA variation in Eucalyptus Series Subulatae
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 108: 6-7 (September 2001)
• John Hodgon (University of New England, Armidale) Systematic studies in Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 105: 26-27 (December 2000)

1998 Award Recipients

A total of $2750 was made available from the fund

• Ryonen Butcher (University of Western Australia, Perth) A systematic investigation of Synaphaea (Proteaceae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 101: 17-18 (December 1999)
• Edward Cross (University of New South Wales, Sydney) The generic limits of Olearia (Asteraceae, Asterinae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 101: 18-19 (December 1999)
• Jim Mant (Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Canberra) A phylogeny of Triodia and related genera (Poaceae: Triodieae) based on morphology, leaf anatomy and nrDNA sequence data.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 102: 5-6 (March 2000)

1997 Award Recipients

A total of $2000 was made available from the fund

• Marco Duretto (Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne) Seed testa structure and leaf anatomy of tribes Boronieae and Zanthoxyleae (Rutaceae, subfamily Rutoideae)
  Report: ASBS Newsletter? Submitted (PDF)
• Nikolas Lam (University of New South Wales) Reassessment of Baeckea s.l. using molecular data.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 96: 6-7 (September 1998)
• Bernard Pfeil (University of Sydney) The systematic and phylogenetic implications of trichome variation in subgenus Monocalyptus.
  (The applicant was subsequently unable to take up this funding)
• Elisa Raulings (The University of Melbourne) Phylogeny, biogeography and pollination ecology in eastern Australian Stylidium.
  Report: ASBS Newsletter 97: 26 (December 1998)

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