March 2007 Award recipients:

$6,000 was distributed

Margaret Heslewood (RBG Sydney/University of Adelaide). Phylogeography and biogeography of genera in the family Cunoniaceae in Australasia.

Jacinta Burke (University of Melbourne) Systematics and taxonomy of Subtribe Dendrobiinae (Orchidaceae).

Melita Baum (Australian National Univeristy) Variation within the monotypic genus Howittia (Malvaceae) using morphological and molecular data.

Trisha Downing (University of Melbourne) Investigating genetic and morphological variability in the holly grevillea, Grevillea aquifolium (Proteaceae).

September 2007 Award Recipients:

$5,828 was distributed

Trevor Wilson (RBG Sydney/University of Sydney). The evolution of bird pollination in the Australian Mintbush (Prostanthera – Lamiaceae)

Adib Jamiran (University of Melbourne). Variation and taxonomy of the legume Paraserianthes, a relative of the Australian acacias.

Helen Jolley (RBG Melbourne/University of Melbourne). Delimiting the species boundaries within Crossidium davidai Catches and Tortula atrovirens (Sm.) Lindb. (Musci: Pottiaceae).