Congratulations to the recipients of the 2008 BSSA Field Research Grants!

The Biology Society of South Australia (BSSA) sponsors an award program to support field research conducted in South Australia relating to the conservation of SA flora or fauna. Honours and postgraduate students are encouraged to apply. NRMjobs has generously made a donation to our grant fund. The maximum award for any proposal recommended by our review panel will be $2,000. BSSA may award multiple grants in one year for less than or equal to $2,000.

This year BSSA awarded $2000 each to Jasmin Packer, PhD student, Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, "Assessing Food Resources for the Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus) in blackberry (Rubus sp.) and native vegetation of varying densities" and Lana Roediger, PhD student, Flinders University, "Population dynamics and reproductive ecology of South Australia's viviparous sea star Parvulastra parvivipara"

To see application guidelines, please click here.

We would like to thank our 2008 Annual Quiz Night's sponsors for helping us to raise money for the grants.

Ashbourne Organic Fruit & Veg

Organic Market & Cafe

Sue Carthew

Jasmin Packer

Bradley Poole

Other Grants
Australian Academy of Science - Research Support

Lirabenda Endowment Fund Research Grants

Nature Conservation Society - Conservation Biology Grant

Norman Wettenhall Foundation

Royal Zoological Society of South Australia - Students' Grants

The Waterbird Society Kushlan and Nisbet Research Grants