Funding since 2015
2015 - 2018 | FWF - research project P28255-B22 on "Monitoring Natural and Experimental Speciation triggered by Endosymbionts"; applicant.
2015 - 2019 | VETENSKAPSRADET - The Swedish Research Council, on "Symbiont-induced host speciation in insects: the effect of a genomic trinity"; - co-applicant and international project partner.
2015 - 2016 | OeAD project Nr. FR 08/2015 Amadeus - France/Austria, on "Potential crosstalk between intra- and extra genomic symbionts in Drosophila"; - applicant.
2015 - 2016 | CNRS Nouragues Travel Grant 2015, France "Accessing Incipient Speciation of Drosophila in Amazonia"; French Guiana, F; - applicant.
2013 - 2018 | Joint FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project on "Harnessing vector-trypanosomes- symbionts tripartite association in support of tsetse and African Trypanosomosis control". - co-applicant.
2014 - 2015 | LabEx-CEBA Project by the CNRS, France, on "Monitoring Incipient Speciation of Drosophila in Amazonia", French Guiana, F; applicant.
2010 - 2015 | FWF - research project P20983-B17 on " The Impact of Symbiosis on Drosophila Sexual Behavior and Speciation" - applicant.
01-03/2010 | EU COST-STSM Fellowship FA0701-05409 on "Transinfection of Cherry fruit fly Wolbachia into the Australian Queensland fruit fly" at the University of Western Sydney, Australia; - applicant.
2008 - 2011 | EU COST-Action Program FA0701 on "Arthropod Symbioses: from studies to pest and disease management" - co-applicant and National COST-Research Coordinator.
2007 - 2012 | IAEA Coordinated Research Project 14707 in "Improving SIT for tsetse flies through research on their symbionts and pathogens: Evaluating the genome stability/plasticity of novel Wolbachia infections in transinfected Drosophila host systems"- applicant.
2006 - 2010 | FWF - research project P19206-B17 on "Multiple Wolbachia infections in the Cherry Fruit Fly Rhagoletis cerasi and their potential application for biological pest control management" - applicant.
2005 - 2007 | HJS research project of the city of Vienna H-867/2005 on "Isolation of hypervariable marker systems and their application for Wolbachia strain typing" - applicant.
1999 - 2002 | FWF - research project P13384-GEN on "P-repressor-like proteins in Drosophila: functional studies on a domesticated TE-derived neogene-cluster" - applicant.
2000 - 2001 | OeAD project Nr. IV.13 “Actions integrees - France/Austria”, Institute Jacques Monod, Paris (F) on “Enhancer of P element mobility in Drosophila - testing their functional applications for the P element mutagenesis system in D. melanogaster” - applicant.