{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100812"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100812","attributes":{"code":"FT250100812","administering-organisation":"Curtin University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Curtin University","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-05-01","anticipated-end-date":"2030-04-30","grant-summary":"SCALES of evolution: A genomic view on reptile resilience. Reptiles are declining at a global scale with >20% of the worlds’ species threatened by extinction. Despite this, reptiles are understudied in many parts of the world hampering efficient protection. For conservation efforts to work, it is imperative to have knowledge on current and past species distributions, and to understand their resilience to environmental change. The DNA molecule carries information at all three scales why we propose a three-pronged genetic framework. The SCALES research project will use environmental DNA, ancient DNA, and Genomics to study the formation, distribution, and resilience of Australian reptile diversity. This will foster new evolutionary insights and more efficient conservation of these endangered animals.","funding-current":1312008.00,"funding-at-announcement":1284184,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Prof","firstName":"Morten","familyName":"Allentoft","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-4424-3568 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Prof","firstName":"Morten","familyName":"Allentoft","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-4424-3568 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Curtin University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"WA"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Curtin University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"WA"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"3105","name":"Genetics","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"310509","name":"Genomics","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"310510","name":"Molecular Evolution","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"410401","name":"Conservation and Biodiversity","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"180601","name":"Assessment and Management of Terrestrial Ecosystems","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"180606","name":"Terrestrial Biodiversity","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"280102","name":"Expanding Knowledge In the Biological Sciences","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Denmark","New Zealand","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"A worldwide biodiversity depletion is ongoing, and Australia is no exception to this crisis. Efficient tools to monitor the current impacts and predict future ones are at the forefront of our fight against this 6th global mass extinction. To mitigate further biodiversity erosion, conservation efforts must encompass both a basic knowledge of the problem and the tools to deal with it. Hence this research project is designed to deliver insights on both the mechanisms that are driving the distribution and depletion of biodiversity combined with concrete biomonitoring tools to measure ecosystem health in real time. This will allow for more efficient conservation management to preserve our unique biodiversity. The 2016 State of the Environment Report identified that conserving animal, plant, microbial and genetic resources for food production, agriculture, and ecosystem functions such as soil fertility and pollination of crops, is critical for the ongoing ecological, cultural, and economic sustainability, health, and wellbeing of Australia. The molecular tools and insights from this proposed research are also perfectly aligned with the Federal Government’s Science and Research Priority 4: Protecting and restoring Australia’s environment which identifies critical research areas into “predicting ecosystem and biodiversity changes caused by climate change and human actions” and “new and innovative approaches to discovering, protecting and restoring biodiversity”."}}}