Leticia Avilés, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Spider sociality and community assembly
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$240,000
The ecology and evolution of social groups and metapopulations
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$250,000
The ecology and evolution of social groups and metapopulations
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$120,000

All 5 grants and awards

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Spider sociality and community assembly

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Aviles, Leticia

Keywords: community assembly; continental, regional, and local spatial scales; environmental filter; limiting similarity; metacommunity ecology; null model analysis; scaling; social spiders; spider webs

$240,000

The ecology and evolution of social groups and metapopulations

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Avilés, Leticia

$250,000

The ecology and evolution of social groups and metapopulations

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Avilés, Leticia

$120,000

Causes and consequences of social evolution

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Avilés, Leticia

$152,675

Social and life history evolution in a multilevel selection framework

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Avilés, Leticia

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Avilés, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Spider sociality and community assembly" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]