Craig Purchase, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

cryptic female choice development fertilization fish mate choice phenotypic plasticity polyandry reproduction

Latest funding

Natural and sexual selection linkages across the biphasic life cycle: experimental insight from fish
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$84,000
Terrestrial and freshwater ecology field research vehicle
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$58,083
Gamete ecology in variable environments
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$168,000

Natural and sexual selection linkages across the biphasic life cycle: experimental insight from fish

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Purchase, Craig

Keywords: reproduction; sperm competition; mate choice; polyandry; cryptic female choice; sexual selection; fertilization; phenotypic plasticity; fish; development

$84,000

Terrestrial and freshwater ecology field research vehicle

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Wiersma, Yolanda

$58,083

Gamete ecology in variable environments

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Purchase, Craig

$168,000

Vehicle for field ecology

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Wiersma, Yolanda

$29,400

Intra-specific fish life history variability at multiple scales

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Purchase, Craig

$85,000

Assessing and mitigating risk from a diversifying aquaculture industry: the potential for interaction between escapee and wild Atlantic cod

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Fleming, Ian

$443,800

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: cryptic female choice Dear Professor Purchase, 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 on cryptic female choice 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 "Natural and sexual selection linkages across the biphasic life cycle: experimental insight from fish" (2022), 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]