The table below lists only funding that was directed solely to my own research programs. I have been a named investigator on other successful grant applications, including:

  • Extension of funding for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrated Coral Reef Studies (nominated chief investigator and program leader), from January 2014 to December 2020 ($28,000,000)
  • Natural Resource Management Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency): Knowledge to manage land and sea – a framework for the future, 2013-2016 ($919,015)
  • Extension of funding to the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (nominated chief investigator and program leader), from July 2010 to December 2013 ($9,800,000)
  • Australian Research Council Super Science Fellowships, Rounds 1 and 2, 2010-11: Resilience of coral reef ecosystems to climate change ($1,392,000)
  • Caring for our Country Business Plan 2009-2010 (Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts): A strategic regional plan in Australia’s global biodiversity hotspot – phase two: on-ground implementation, 2010-11 ($1,500,000)
  • Government of Canada-International Research Linkages: Developing approaches to include social considerations in environmental conservation – ecosystem services and conservation planning, 2010 ($11,000)
  • Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility: Integrating and synthesising biodiversity and climate change vulnerability data collected in the Australian Wet Tropics rainforests, 2010 ($100,000)
  • Caring for our Country Open Grants (Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts): A strategic regional conservation plan for Australia’s global biodiversity hotspot, 2008-09 ($367,130)

 

National Environmental Science Program, Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub: Multi-objective planning in northern Australia – co-benefits and trade-offs between environmental, economic, and cultural outcomes 2016-19 $1,167,750
National Environmental Science Program, Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub: Scoping project on threatened species in northern Australia 2015-16 $62,500
ARC Discovery Grant (Australian Research Council): Using larval connectivity to inform marine reserve network designs in the Coral Triangle (co-investigator) 2014-16 $365,000
Natural Resource Management Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency): Conservation planning for climate change adaptation 2013-16 $330,000
Australia-India Senior Visiting Fellowship (Australian Academy of Science): Reconciling biodiversity conservation and livelihoods in India (travel to the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment and the Indian Institute of Science Centre for Ecology Sciences) 2013 $8,100
Gorgon Barrow Island Net Conservation Benefits Fund: Decision support system for prioritising and implementing biosecurity on Western Australia’s islands 2012-17 $2,080,391
Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis: Integrated catchment-to-coast planning: data, decision support, and governance 2012-13 $50,000
Griffith University/James Cook University Collaborative Grants Scheme:  Examining trade-offs and synergies between terrestrial and freshwater conservation priorities in the Daly catchment 2012 $8,000
National Environmental Research Program, Tropical Ecosystems Hub: Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone 2011-14 $531,440
National Environmental Research Program, Tropical Ecosystems Hub: Prioritising management actions for Great Barrier Reef islands 2011-14 $200,000
National Environmental Research Program, Northern Australia Hub: Catchment to coast conservation planning 2011-14 $648,250
Save our Seas Foundation: Systematic priorities for the management of marine mega-fauna in the face of climate change 2011 $18,260
Griffith University/James Cook University Collaborative Grants Scheme:  Drivers of freshwater fish biodiversity loss 2011 $8,800
James Cook University, Collaboration Across Boundaries: Integrating conservation outcomes with landholder priorities for effective restoration in a Great Barrier Reef catchment 2011 $9,900
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration): Applying a systematic conservation planning framework to develop a provincial marine protected area network management plan for Siquijor, Philippines 2010-11 $86,600
ARC Super Science Fellowships (Australian Research Council): Postdoctoral fellowship to develop systematic priorities for management of marine mega-fauna to increase their resilience to climate change 2010-13 $278,400
The Nature Conservancy: Solomon Islands, supporting country actions on the Convention on Biodiversity Program of Work on Protected Areas 2010 $40,000
Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Washington DC: Discussion paper on adaptive marine spatial planning 2010 $10,000
ARC Linkage Grant (Australian Research Council): Postdoctoral fellowship for innovative systematic conservation planning for indigenous land and sea country: Torres Strait as a case study 2010-13 $250,000
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management and National Parks Association of Queensland: Statistical modelling to explain and predict current and enhanced reserve management costs in Queensland 2009-12 $330,000
Australian Institute of Marine Science: co-funding of postdoctoral researcher 2009-11 $150,000
Pew Foundation: Analysis of park management costs, Coral Sea 2009 $23,000
Avon Catchment Council: A Strategic Conservation Plan for Species and Ecological Community Conservation in the Avon NRM Region 2008-10 $292,430
ARC Linkage Grant (Australian Research Council): Forecasting and managing biodiversity change: birds in an urbanizing landscape (co-applicant) 2007-09 $178,186
ARC Discovery Grant (Australian Research Council): Integrating multiple conservation values for protection and restoration of native vegetation 2006-08 $410,000
ARC Linkage Grant (Australian Research Council): Postdoctoral fellowship for research on conservation planning in the context of dynamics and uncertainties (co-applicant) 2004-06 $164,000
ProVarzea (Brazil): Assistance with data compilation and software analysis for conservation planning on the Amazon floodplain 2003-05 $15,600
Conservation International: Co-ordination of international working group on software planning software and leading a workshop and short course at the 2003 World Parks Congress 2002-03 $15,600
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis: Costs of convening an international working group on conservation planning software 2002-03 $26,000
Resource and Conservation Assessment Council: Further development of C-Plan conservation planning software for application to coastal conservation assessments 2002-03 $90,000
University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Assistance in developing a conservation plan for the Thicket Biome 2000-01 $22,600
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International: Development of a manual for systematic conservation planning to be used throughout the WWF network 2000-01 $58,500
Resource and Conservation Assessment Council: Further development of C-Plan conservation planning software and application to negotiations over public forests in south-eastern New South Wales 1999-00 $290,000
Resource and Conservation Assessment Council: Further  development of C-Plan conservation planning software and application to negotiations over public forests in north-eastern New South Wales 1998-99 $319,000
Environment Australia Biodiversity Group: Validation and refinement of estimates of irreplaceability in conservation planning 1997-98 $58,650
Resource and Conservation Assessment Council: Further development of C-Plan conservation planning software and application to negotiations over public forests in the Eden Management Area 1997-98 $291,000
Resource and Conservation Assessment Council: Further development of C-Plan conservation planning software 1996-97 $270,000
Resource and Conservation Assessment Council: Development of C-Plan conservation planning software and application to negotiations over public forests in eastern New South Wales 1995-96 $152,000
National Reserve System Co-operative Program (Australian Nature Conservation Agency): GIS and data base on reserves in New South Wales to assess representativeness and requirements 1993-95 $73,600
National Reserve System Co-operative Program (Australian Nature Conservation Agency): Reserve selection project in the North-East Forests of New South Wales 1992-94 $50,000
Murray-Darling Basin Commission Natural Resource Management Strategy: Support for research on systematic reserve selection in western New South Wales with implications for the Murray-Darling Basin 1991-94 $122,000
States Co-operative Assistance Program (Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service): Compilation and review of wetland surveys in New South Wales 1990-91 $40,000
Western Lands Commission: Completion of digitised data base of land systems in the Western Division 1990-91 $8,000
States Co-operative Assistance Program (Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service): Testing new techniques for vegetation survey and reserve selection in south-eastern New South Wales (co-applicant) 1989-91 $30,500
National Estate Grant (Australian Heritage Commission): Assessment of conservation status and requirements of mammals and herpetofauna in the Western Division 1988-90 $24,000
National Estate Grant (Australian Heritage Commission): Updating property management plans for pastoral properties in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Region 1987-88 $30,000
States Co-operative Assistance Program (Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service): Development of data bases and reserve selection procedures for western New South Wales 1986-88 $38,500

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