Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE120102034]Researchers: Dr Vera Weisbecker (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award)
Brief description How did mammals evolve large brains? A multidisciplinary view from the pouch. This project applies novel data collection techniques to explain how the large brain sizes of today's mammals (including humans) are possible. The focus will be on brain structure, development, and evolution in the mostly Australian marsupials, whose ancestral mode of brain development makes them an ideal group for studies of brain size evolution.
Funding Amount $375,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
- ARC : DE120102034
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE120102034