{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260100100"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260100100","attributes":{"code":"DE260100100","administering-organisation":"The Australian National University","announcement-administering-organisation":"The Australian National University","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2027-02-01","anticipated-end-date":"2030-01-31","grant-summary":"Co-investigating deep time plant use in Sahul for sustainable food futures. Interweaving cutting-edge archaeological science with the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Indigenous partner communities, this co-designed research aims to provide new evidence for the nature and deep-time development of plant use and landscape management practices across Australia and New Guinea. Its outcomes will reshape understandings of past Indigenous food systems and economies from the tropics to the arid zone, as well as contribute to global debates about the peopling of Sahul and the origins of agriculture. Benefits will include support for Indigenous partner communities to apply their biocultural heritage to create sustainable food futures, and a deepened understanding of the ancient and dynamic history of this continent.","funding-current":533619.00,"funding-at-announcement":529382,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Stephanie","familyName":"Florin","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-6229-900X "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Stephanie","familyName":"Florin","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-6229-900X "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"The Australian National University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"ACT"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"The Australian National University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"ACT"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4301","name":"Archaeology","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"430101","name":"Archaeological Science","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"450101","name":"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"451301","name":"Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (Excl. New Zealand)","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"130703","name":"Understanding Australia’s Past","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"211201","name":"Conserving Pacific Peoples Heritage and Culture","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"260199","name":"Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production Not Elsewhere Classified","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["England","Indonesia"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Australia is committed to supporting the food security, health, and wellbeing of First Nations communities and of our Southeast Asian and Pacific neighbours as we face the shared challenges of global climate change. Crucial to this is the support of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) for the revitalisation of local food economies, development of Indigenous-led agribusiness, and the production of climate-resilient crops. Partnering with Indigenous communities in Australia and Indonesian Southwest Papua, the project will compile TEK about plants, including current factors affecting the health of local environments and economies, and use co-designed archaeological research to investigate the deep time development of plant use and landscape management practices across the once-joined continent of Australia and New Guinea. This community-centred research will deepen our understanding of past Indigenous economies, and support the intergenerational transfer and continuing practice of TEK. Reciprocal knowledge sharing with experts in heritage, intellectual property, and agricultural and food sciences – including through workshops and a public-facing symposium – will build a community of Indigenous knowledge holders, researchers and policy makers committed to advancing sustainable food futures. Indigenous partner communities will be empowered with the networks and opportunities to use their biocultural heritage to ensure future food security and wellbeing in a changing climate."}}}