Research Grants
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Genera delimitation and floral evolution in the Cyclanthera clade (Cucurbitaceae, Sicyoeae)
Project summary:
This PhD project proposes the reconstruction of a phylogenetic hypothesis that re-evaluates the generic limits of the Cyclanthera clade (Cyclanthera + Pseudocyclanthera + Rytidostylis + Hanburia, Cucurbitaceae, Sicyoeae), while explaining the origin and diversity of the particular floral morphology in this group. To date, I have almost completed the phylogenetic reconstruction of the clade . The 2024 IAPT grant will support the morphological studies required to complete the PhD project, thus allow a more accurate systematic and taxonomical rearrangement of the Cyclanthera clade.
First Name:
Juana Inés De Egea de Elsam
Highest degree:
M.Sc. in Advanced Methods in Taxonomy and Biodiversity by the University of London and Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
Year obtained:
2008
Applicant Status:
Current student
Paraguay
Flowering plants
Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):
DE EGEA ELSAM, J., M.T. AMELA GARCÍA (2023). Biología floral, sistema reproductivo y visitantes florales de Vitex cymosa (Lamiaceae). Darwiniana Nueva Serie 11(1): 246-264. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2023.111.1096
DE EGEA ELSAM, J., F. MERELES, M. PEÑA-CHOCARRO & G. CÉSPEDES (2021). Restablecimiento de Aspidosperma quirandy (Apocynaceae) como especie diferente de A. tomentosum y notas sobre su presencia en Paraguay. Bonplandia 30(1): 27-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.30972/bon.3014588
DE EGEA ELSAM, J. & R. POZNER (2021). Taxonomic review of the family Cucurbitaceae for the Flora of Paraguay. Póster presented at the IV Jornadas Paraguayas de Botánica. San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
DE EGEA ELSAM, J., M.C. PEÑA-CHOCARRO, F. MERELES & G. CÉSPEDES (2018). Manihot takape sp.nov. (Euphorbiaceae), a new tuberous subshrub from the Paraguayan Chaco. PhytoKeys 103: 1–12.
https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.103.26307
Scoring Rubric
Your name:
c1. Scientific Merit
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Scientific impact of the study in the proposed taxonomic group or the flora and funga of a geographic region – up to 10 points
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Contribution to the generation of novel systematic/taxonomic/floristic data – up to 5 points
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Quality and significance of questions being addressed – up to 10 points
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Adequacy of methods for testing the research question (data collection/analysis/use of different tools) – up to 10 points
This proposal scores:
/35
C2. Community Building
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Applicant’s potential for completing goals of the proposal within the time frame, and of professional success (based on CV, considering career stage) – up to 10 points
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Explicit inclusion of (a) the use and generation of collections, and (b) conferring with taxonomic/nomenclatural experts – up to 10 points
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Perceived need where more points are given for applicants from low- or middle-income countries – up to 5 points
This proposal scores:
/25
C3. Broader Impacts
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The proposal will yield durable benefits and be disseminated through publications (e.g., taxonomic revisions, checklists, new data provided for existing databases, websites) – up to 20 points
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The proposal involves taxonomic training, fieldwork, and herbarium visits – up to 10 points
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The proposal involves outreach, mentoring, and mobility exchange – up to 10 points
This proposal scores:
/40
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Budget (USD):
2000
PhD student at the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (Corrientes, Argentina), Associate Researcher at the Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica (CEDIC), Asunción, Paraguay.
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