The SRF received a total of 190 eligible applications for the 2016/17 round. Thirty three of the applications were funded at a total cost of £35,184.
List of successful applicants for the 2016/17 SRF round
| Lara Shepherd (New Zealand) | Systematics of Alseuosmia, a New Zealand plant genus of Batesian mimics |
| Stephan Koblmüller (Austria) | Phylogeny and biogeography of the African lates perches and their monogenean gill-parasites |
| Simon Coppard (U.S.A.) | Evolution of venome genes in sea urchin pedicellariae revealed through transcriptomic analysis |
| Roberta Graboski Mendes (Brazil) | Molecular Phylogeny and the Evolution of Head Shape using Geometric Morphometrics in Amphisbaenia (Reptilia, Squamata) |
| Marko Lukic (Croatia) | Systematics and biogeography of the troglobiotic genus Verhoeffiella (Collembola: Entomobryidae) |
| Van Wishingrad (U.S.A.) | Latitude, elevation, and population genetic structure in Sceloporus occidentalislizards |
| Natalia Fraija (Spain) | Assessing the systematic relationships of the Brachycladiidae using new molecular data |
| Marie Louis (U.K.) | Carbon-dating of sub-fossil samples to improve mutation rate estimates of dolphin phylogenies |
| Daniel Stec (Poland) | Unmasking cryptic diversity within Macrobiotus hufelandi species complex (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae). |
| Serjoscha Evers (U.K.) | A new fossil dermochelyid indicates slow rates of morphological evolution in leatherback sea turtles |
| Harry Smith (U.K.) | The Justicia extensa-laxa Complex in West Central Africa: Taxonomy, Biogeography & Conservation |
| Filipa Sampaio (U.K.) | Systematics and morphology of indian uropeltid snakes |
| Ana Gonçalves (Portugal) | Taxonomy, ecology and biodiversity of South African sea turtle associated diatoms |
| Roksana Majewska (South Africa) | Evolutionary history of the desert lizard Mesalina watsonana in the Iranian Plateau |
| Caroline Andrino (Brazil) | Systematics of Paepalanthus Mart. (Eriocaulaceae) |
| Adrià Bellvert (Spain) | An integrative taxonomic revision of an adaptive radiation: the cobweb spider genus Theridion (Araneae, Theridiidae) in the Hawaiian Archipelago |
| Susumu Tomiya (U.S.A.) | Evolutionary morphology of deciduous dentition and application to systematics of fossil carnivorans |
| Ryan Garrick (U.S.A.) | The evolution of chromosome number variation in the Cryptocercus punctulatuswood-roach complex |
| Jesus Lozano-Fernandez (U.K.) | Pinning down the origins of an island adaptive radiation using transcriptomic data |
| Jane Younger (U.S.A.) | Cryptic speciation and morphological diversification within gentoo penguins |
| David John (U.K.) | Ascension, South Atlantic: first investigation of the diversity, ecology and biogeographical affinities of the non-marine algae of this very isolated volcanic island |
| Probst (U.S.A.) | A phylogenomic approach to unveil the evolution of ant-plant associations in Myrmelachista |
| Pozzi (U.S.A.) | Phylogenomics and Systemtatics of Lorisiform primates |
| Pagan (Portugal) | Systematics and identification of the coral reef parasite community in the Caribbean |
| Cornille (France) | Phylogeny, taxonomy and phylogeography of the worldwide apple aphid pest, the Rosy Apple Aphid |
| Welt (U.S.A.) | Uncovering cryptic species of Madagascar’s endemic iguanas |
| Andres (U.S.A.) | Evolution on the wing: 3D systematics of the pterosaurs |
| Kohli (U.S.A.) | Systematics of Hawker dragonflies (Odonata: Aeshnidae: Aeshna) using molecular data |
| Kuhn (U.S.A.) | Drivers of speciation in advanced tropical snakes on the island of Madagascar |
| Rutschmann (Spain) | Diversification of aquatic insects (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) on the Canary Islands |
| Rivero Davis (Switzerland) | Host-defense skin peptide compositions in Gymnophiona: unveiling phylogenetically informative markers for systematics |
| Ramos (Brazil) | Taxonomy and phylogenetic positioning of Agaricus specimens from the Atlantic Forest remnants in metropolitan region of the city of São Paulo |