News Archive

Grants awarded between 12 August and 8 September 2014

AMIRA INTERNATIONAL LTD

Professor Mark Jessell, Professor Thompson McCuaig, Professor John Miller, Dr Nicolas Thebaud, School of Earth and Environment, Monash University, University of Witwatersrand, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), Le Soleil dans la Main (ASDM):  'West African Exploration Initiative Stage 3'-$1,678,000 (2014-17)

ARC AUSTRALIAN LAUREATE FELLOWSHIPS

Professor Ian Small, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Controlling gene expression with synthetic RNA-binding proteins' (2014-18)

ASTHMA FOUNDATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Adjunct Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe, A/Professor Benjamin Mullins, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology:  'Electronic Cigarettes as a Trigger for Asthma'-$23,761 (2015)

AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE ‑ ACEM

Dr Stephen Macdonald, Emergency Medicine:  'Biomarkers to Predict Organ Failure in Early Sepsis'-$29,652 (2015)

AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION LIMITED

Winthrop Professor Martin Barbetti, School of Plant Biology:  'Making clover pastures permanently resistant to Phytophthora root disease'-$567,925 (2014-17)

BLACKWOOD BASIN GROUP EX SOUTH WEST CATCHMENTS COUNCIL

Dr Zakaria Solaiman, Felicity Willett, School of Earth and Environment, Blackwood Basin Group:  'Innovation of Farms 2013 to 2018 Round 1 ‑ Maximising Benefit from Crop Residues ‑ Practical Stubble Retention Practices in Mixed Farming Systems of WA'-$30,720 (2014-16)

DIICCSRTE ENTERPRISE CONNECT

Associate Professor Peter Arthur, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Commercialising a Technique for Measuring Oxidative Stress'-$99,993 (2014)

ECR FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM

Dr Tristan Clemons, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Assessing Efficacy of Polyfunctional Nanoparticles Engineered for the Delivery of Therapies to Aid Wound and Scar Healing Following Burn Injury'-$30,000 (2014-16)

GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Winthrop Professor Stephen Powles, Assistant Professor Roberto Busi, Assistant Professor Kenneth Flower, Professor Jack Christopher, School of Plant Biology, University of Queensland:  'Use of Chemicals to Increase Frost Tolerance in Australian Crops'-$255,628 (2014-15)

IAN POTTER FOUNDATION

Dr Sarah Rea, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'Travel Grant to attend the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society Annual Scientific Meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand - 7-10 September 2014-        $1,500 (2014)

INTERNATIONAL MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRE EX AUSAID

Winthrop Professor Mark Griffin, School of Psychology, Hochschild Mining:  'The role of safety beliefs in influencing safety outcomes in the mining sector in South American countries'-$51,606 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Caroline Baillie, Winthrop Professor Andries Fourie, Assistant Professor Rita Armstrong, Ms Glevys Rondon, Assistant Professor Eric Feinblatt, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Computing and Mathematics, Latin American Mining Monitoring Program:  'Translating values into action:  implementation strategy for improved mine-community relations in Peru'-$57,500 (2014)

Professor John Miller, School of Earth and Environment:  'Defining Best Practise for Corporate Data Delivery to National African Geological Surveys - Regulation Technical Implementation and Compliance'-$56,925 (2014)

Dr Murray Wesson, Dr Wasi Apoh, Law School, University of Ghana:  'Customary Law and Mining ‑ Australia and Ghana'-$49,237 (2014)

JAME COOK UNIVERSITY EX UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND EX NCRIS

Winthrop Professor Jason Beringer, School of Earth and Environment, University of Queensland, James Cook University:  'Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network TERN ‑ TERN Facility Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite'-$101,000 (2014)

MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY AT OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE

Professor David Denemark, School of Social Sciences:  'Gender and Leader Evaluations in Australian Federal Elections'-$6,134 (2015)

NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION

Dr Edward Litton, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Prophylactic INtra‑aortic BALLoon Counterpulsation in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery ‑ The PINBALL Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial'-$74,000 (2014)

OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL

Professor Thomas Riley, Briony Elliott, Deirdre Collins, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine:  'Ribotypes of Clostridium Difficile Circulating in Asia 2014'-$208,262 (2014)

ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Winthrop Professor Assen Jablensky, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:  'MRF Infrastructure Funding Round 2014'-$75,920 (2014)

Professor Vera Morgan, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:  'MRF Infrastructure Funding Round 2014'-          $69,633 (2014)

TEACHING RELIEF FOR UWA ACADEMIC STAFF

Dr Robert Ian Cover, School of Social Sciences:  'Pilot Media Digital and Cultural Approaches to Resilience and Social Inclusion for LGBT Young Adults'-$16,856 (2015)

Professor Tanya Dalziell, School of Humanities:  'Half the Perfect World ‑ The Expatriate Artist-Community on Hydra 1955 ‑ 1964'-$20,000 (2015)

Julie Saunders, School of Population Health:  'Establishment of a Post-Doctoral Program of Work'-$14,240 (2015)

Professor Mikhail Kostylev, School of Physics:  'Novel Platform for Hydrogen Gas Sensing Based on Magneto-Electronic Materials'-$20,000 (2015)

Winthrop Professor Michael Tobar, School of Physics:  'Fundamental Tests of Physics and Quantum Engineering'-$20,000 (2015)

Dr Pauline Grierson, School of Plant Biology:  'Ecological Impacts of Hydroclimate Variability in WA'-$ 19,000 (2015)

Associate Professor Ethan Blue, School of Humanities:  'The Deportation Special:  Coercive Mobility and the Origins of American Deportation' -    $19,904 (2015)

Winthrop Professor Michael Levine, School of Humanities:  'Morbid Curiosity ‑ Catastrophe the Aesthetics of Disaster'-$20,000 (2015)

UWA ALBANY TRAVEL GRANT SCHEME

Associate Professor Meredith Blake, Law School:  'Researching Advance Care Planning in Institutional Care'-$1,000 (2015)

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND EX AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY

Dr Kate van Dooren, Dr Fernanda Claudio, Mr Jesse Young, A/Prof Nicholas Lennox, School of Population Health, University of Queensland:  'Improving Transitional Experiences for Ex Prisoners with Intellectual Disability'-$6,614 (2014)

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND EX COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEME

Winthrop Professor David Sampson, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), University of Sydney, Monash University, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ANSTO, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, University of Western Sydney, University of New South Wales, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health:  'National Imaging Facility'-$288,773 (2013-14)

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND EX NCRIS

Winthrop Professor David Sampson, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), University of Sydney, Monash University, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ANSTO, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, University of Western Sydney, University of New South Wales, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health:  'National Imaging Facility'-$116,030 (2014)

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND EX NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS

Associate Professor Geoffrey Faulkner, Professor Ryan Lister, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, University of Queensland:  'A Three Tiered Strategy to Prevent Destabilisation of the Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Genome by L1 Retrotransposition'-$229,500 (2014-16)

WA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Winthrop Professor Peter Le Souef, Dr Christopher Peacock, Dr Guicheng Zhang, Professor Jane Scott, Dr Belinda Hales, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Curtin University of Technology:  'TPCHRF ‑ To investigate nasopharyngeal and gut microbiome profiles in ABC and CBC Children regarding their dietary patterns'-$179,080 (2014-15)

Dr Rae‑Chi Huang, Dr Elizabeth Davis, Emeritus Professor Lawrence Beilin, Associate Professor Craig Pennell, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Women's and Infants' Health, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children:  'TPCHRF ‑ Bedside to bench and back to paediatric obesity clinic:  Enabling a powerful West Australian Epigenetic Resource'-$200,000 (2014-15)

Associate Professor Fang‑Xu Jiang, Professor Grant Morahan, UWA Centre for Medical Research:  'TPNCHRF ‑ Manufacturing mature glucose-responsive insulin-secreting cells for type 1 diabetes therapy'-$199,366 (2014-15)

Adjunct Professor Jack Goldblatt, Dr Nicholas Pachter, Dr Guicheng Zhang, Dr Belinda Hales, Ms Siew‑Kim Khoo, Professor Bruce Maycock, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Curtin University of Technology, King Edward Memorial Hospital KEMH, Telethon Kids Institute:  'TPCHRF ‑ To identify epigenetic biomarkers of congenital heart defects in a family based epidemiology study'-$199,570 (2014-15)

Assistant Professor Lea‑Ann Kirkham, Assistant Professor Ruth Thornton, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Radboud University Nijmegen:  'TPCHRF ‑ Evaluation of Haemophilus haemolyticus as a preventative therapy for ear disease'-$198,826 (2014-15)

Associate Professor Christopher Blyth, Dr Thomas Snelling, Professor David Smith, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA:  'TPCHRF ‑ PneumoWA:  A Case-control study of the role of viral and bacterial pathogens in causing pneumonia among Western Australian children'-$198,506 (2014-15)

Dr Alma Fulurija, Adjunct Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe, Dr Mohammed Benghezal, Dr Senta Walton, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'TPCHRF ‑ Mechanisms of a novel Helicobacter pylori-based immunotherapy to treat allergic disease'-$200,000  2014-15)

Dr Matthew Linden, Associate Professor Vera Ignjatovic, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), Murdoch Childrens Research Institute:  'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ Developmental Haemostasis ‑ Platelet Function and Monocyte Platelet Interaction in Childhood'-$7,500 (2014)

WA HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION HEALTHWAY

Ms Melanie Pescud, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health:  'Healthway Research Starter Grant ‑ Health promoting policy implementation in workplaces'-$29,954 (2014)