ARC Future Fellowships:

In the recently-announced ARC Future Fellowship and DECRA (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award) Fellowship round The Research School of Biology has been awarded six Future Fellowships (from seven applications – an 86% success rate) and five DECRA Fellowships (from eleven applications – a 45% success rate).

Future Fellowships have been awarded to:

Loeske Kruuk (EEG; presently at the University of Edinburgh)
Patrick Meir (PS; presently at the University of Edinburgh)
Sarah Pryke (EEG; presently at Macquarie University, but joining us in the New Year having been appointed to a continuing position in the appointment round held earlier this year)
Amanda Ridley (EEG; presently at Macquarie University)
Peter Solomon (PS)
David Tscharke (BSB)

DECRA Fellowships have been awarded to:

Karen Ford (EEG)
Tamsyn Hilder (BSB)
Jennie Mallela (EEG)
Ajay Narendra (EEG)
Lisa Schwanz (EEG)

Congratulations to all, as well as to Jan Hemmi (EEG) who has been awarded a Future Fellowship through the University of Western Australia.