[Aqualist] ARC DECRA and Further Fellowships announced

[Simon Haberle]

Dear colleagues,

Please find below a list of successful candidates in the fields related to Quaternary research (including archaeology) for the recently announced ARC DECRAs and Future Fellowships.

Congratulations to all those who were successful.

The success rate was ~ 15% in both schemes, which means a large number of people will have missed out. I’m sure there were many great projects worthy of support that were not successful in such a large field. It is important that we also provide support and encouragement for those who have taken the time and energy to submit a proposal and were not successful this time around.

Regards, Simon


Prof Simon Haberle
Director, School of Culture, History & Language
Professor of Natural History & Palaeoecology
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage

ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, Coombs Builiding (Rm 3.378), Fellows Rd
The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2600
+61 2 6125 5125 (ph)  0424453861 (mob)


ARC DECRA

University of Melbourne

DE230100721
Dr Agathe Lisé-Pronovost
A new dating tool for Australia’s cultural and natural history. This project aims to advance Australian geochronology and Earth magnetic field research by constructing high-quality paleomagnetic records from stalagmites and lake sediments. It is expected that this project will provide a new dating capacity in Australia for academia, cultural heritage and government in a region with rich Indigenous history. This should provide significant benefits advancing our understanding of Australia’s timeline and raising appreciation of the oldest continuous living culture in the world. The ancient geomagnetic field data will also be integrated into geomagnetic field models as part of the international effort understanding Earth’s magnetic field evolution and future impact on society.
$451,836.00

University of New South Wales

DE230100315
Dr Nicola Maher
How will Pacific climate variability impact Australia in a warming world? Temperature variability in the Pacific Ocean is characterised by El Niño and La Niña (year-to-year variations) and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (decadal variations). These phenomena are primary drivers of Australian temperature and rainfall. Leveraging new tools and methods, including Single Model Initial-Condition Large Ensembles, this project will investigate drivers of these phenomena, and their impacts on Australia in a warming world. Outcomes include the quantification of how these climate phenomena modulate extreme weather events, and an understanding of how Indian and Atlantic Ocean warming affects the Pacific region. This will improve the prediction of extreme events, which is critical for preparation for their impacts. $450,042.00


ARC FUTURE FELLOWSHIP

Flinders University

FT220100184
Dr Ian Moffat
Dead Heart Beating? Landscape, Climate and People in Desert Australia. This project aims to undertake the first detailed investigation of the archaeology, landscape history and paleoenvironment of dryland lakes in the Simpson, Strzelecki and Stuart Stony Deserts in Central Australia. Using cutting edge methods, the project expects to discover new archaeological sites, provide a new climate record for inland Australia and develop innovative new analytical and field techniques. Expected benefits also include the development of new cutting-edge methodologies for the investigation of Australian desert landscapes, comprehensive baseline data of how this region has evolved prior to European colonization and resolving why no Pleistocene aged archaeological sites have been found in the region. $953,600.00


Australian National University

FT220100024
Assoc. Professor Catherine Frieman
Kin and connection: Ancient DNA between the science and the social. This project aims to capitalise on the emerging wealth of ancient DNA data to build bridges between social and scientific archaeologies. It expects to create new knowledge by integrating genetic data with social models of kinship, applying an innovative, cross-disciplinary methodology to the uniquely rich and well-documented archaeological record of prehistoric Europe. Expected outcomes include a new framework for understanding past kinship and the formation of a new interdisciplinary and international research network. Significant benefits include increased value of legacy collections, capacity building in archaeology, and positioning Australia at the forefront of major developments in ancient DNA and archaeological science. $1,057,210.00