Research

Ongoing Funded Projects

Genomic and epigenomic signatures of migration in butterflies (MIGRASPHERE)

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 242.500 €
Duration: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2027

Grant type: Proyectos de I+D+i (PID2023-152239NB-I00)
Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

Seasonal migratory insect biodiversity in protected coastal areas: monitoring, connectivity, and impact

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 117.600 €
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027

Grant type: Red de Parques Nacionales (3274/2024)
Funded by: Ministerio para la transición ecológica y el reto demográfico

Integrating emerging technology for automated forecasting and monitoring of migratory insect population dynamics and connectivity

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 648.545 €
Duration: 01/12/2024 - 31/1/2028

Project number: MMT24-IBB-01
Funded by: NextGenerationEU - CSIC

NewLIFE4BioisIands - Establishing New Biodiversity Islands in Degraded Land to Reserve Native Pollinator Decline, Habitat Connectivity and Restore with Resilience

Funding: 4.528.418 €
Duration: 01/12/2025 - 01/12/2031

Project number: 101216081 - LIFE24-NAT-ES-NewLIFE4BioIslands
Funded by: LIFE Project Grants - European Union

Novel eDNA metagenomics to detect airborne traces of organismal dispersal in open seas

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 20.000 $
Duration: 01/10/2024 - 01/10/2026

Project number: #33138
Funded by: National Geographic Society - Lindblad Expeditions

Eco-evolutionary responses of animals to global change (EcoEvoChange)

PI: Daniel Sol
Funding: 40.000 €
Duration: 01/03/2023 - 31/02/2026

Grant type: Grups de Recerca SGR-Cat (2021 SGR 01334)
Funded by: Generalitat de Catalunya

Taxonomic and molecular characterization of Lepidoptera, Odonata, and their trans-Saharan migratory species in two protected areas of the African Sahel

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 24.000 €
Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025

Grant type:COOPB23061
Funded by: CSIC

Past Funded Projects

Behavioral and ecological genomics of insect migration (ENTOMIGROME)

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 196.000 €
Duration: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024

Grant type: Proyectos de I+D+i (PID2020-117739GA-I00)
Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Insect dispersal in open seas

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 20.000 $
Duration: 15/08/2023 - 16/01/2024

Project number: #24943
Funded by: National Geographic Society - Lindblad Expeditions

Bio-regionalization of the Afrotropics: a comparative phylogeographic framework for widespread butterflies

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 5.000 €
Duration: 03/11/2022 - 31/12/2023

Grant type: Ayudas de Incorporación a Científicos Titulares

Funded by: CSIC

An interdisciplinary scheme to advance in the field of ecology and evolution of insect migration

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 24.000 €
Duration: 03/12/2021 - 02/12/2023

Grant type: LINKA20399
Funded by: CSIC

Phenotype-genotype associations for migratory behavior in insects: combining isotope geolocation and next-generation sequencing tools

PI: Clément Bataille Co-PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 250.000 $
Duration: 1/9/2019 - 31/8/2023

Project number: NFRE-2018-00738
Funded by: New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration
(Government of Canada)

Creación de una plataforma digital de referencia para divulgación y participación ciudadana en el monitoreo de mariposas migratorias

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 24.000 €
Duration: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022

Grant type: Ayudas Fomento de la Cultura Científica, Tecnológica y de la Innovación (FCT-20-15689)
Funded by: Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología

Phylogeography, genomics and macroecology of insect migration

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 40.000 €
Duration: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2025

Grant type: Ayudas Ramón y Cajal (RYC2018-025335-l)
Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

The longest butterfly migration: monitoring and conservation of the Pained Lady butterfly breeding sanctuaries in tropical Africa

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 143.000 $
Duration: 1/06/2018 - 31/05/2020

Project number: WW1-300R-18
Funded by: National Geographic Society

Mediterranean butterflies meet the lions: an African monitoring network to study and preserve trans-Saharian migrations

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 8.000 €
Duration: 1/11/2018 - 31/10/2018

Project number: PRIC grants 2018
Funded by: Fundació Barcelona ZOO

The genetics of migratory behaviour in butterflies

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 305.000 €
Duration: 15/09/2019 - 14/09/2022

Grant type: Junior Leader Retaining
Funded by: Fundació La Caixa

The Palearctic-African butterfly migration system: stable isotope evidence for spring colonization of Europe from the Sub-Sahara by Vanessa cardui

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 23.000 €
Duration: 1/02/2017 - 30/11/2018

Project number: BES Large Research Grant LRB16/1015
Funded by: British Ecological Society

MIGRATION - The most cosmopolitan animal migration: phylogeography and population genomics of the butterfly Vanessa cardui

Research Fellow: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 214.558 €
Duration: 1/02/2015 - 31/01/2018

Project number: IOF-622716
Funded by: European Commission (FP7-PEOPLE-2013)

Putnam Expedition Grant - ASIA

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 8.000 $
Duration: 2016

Funded by: Museum of Comparative Zoology - Harvard University

Putnam Expedition Grant - NORTH AMERICA

PI: Gerard Talavera
Funding: 8.698 $
Duration: 2015

Funded by: Museum of Comparative Zoology - Harvard University