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ARC INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION RESEARCH HUBS

Professor David White, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Michalakis Efthymiou, Professor Gregory Ivey, Ms Nicole Jones, Professor Liang Cheng, Mr Scott Draper, Assistant Professor Ming Zhao, Professor Mark Randolph, Associate Professor Christophe Gaudin, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Associate Professor Susan Gourvenec, Professor Melinda Hodkiewicz, Dr Edward Cripps, Mr Wenhua Zhao, Mr Hugh Wolgamot, Bureau Veritas Marine (Singapore) PTE Ltd, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, Lloyd's Register Global Technology Centre Pte. Ltd, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, School of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, Shell Development Australia Pty Ltd, University of Western Sydney, Woodside Energy Ltd, 'ARC ITRH for Offshore Floating Facilities'—$4,997,672  (2014-18)

ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

Professor Jacqueline Batley, Professor David Edwards, Mr Benjamin Laga, Bayer CropScience, School of Plant Biology, 'Defining the Brassica Pan-genome and Establishing Methods for Gene Conversion Based Crop Improvement'—$630,000  (2014-16)

ASTHMA FOUNDATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Dr Shelley Gorman, Dr Vance Matthews, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'Exploring the effects of maternal obesity on asthma pathogenesis.'—$24,821  (2015)

AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS

Dr Nolan McDonnell, Professor Michael Paech, Dr Sam Salman, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Women's and Infants' Health, 'A study of the transfer of gabapentin and pregabalin into breast milk'—$45,401  (2014)

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING AUTHORITY (ACARA)

Dr Stephen Humphry, Graduate School of Education, 'Longitudinal Equating of Writing'—$60,000  (2015)

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTION OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING LTD

Dr Ingrid Ward, School of Social Sciences, 'Re-evaluating an offshore source for Eocene chert artefacts in southwestern Australia - a pilot study'—$5,450  (2015)

AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS (ASEG)

Dr Julien Bourget, Mr Victorien Paumard, School of Earth and Environment, 'Linking seismic to the rock scale: new insights for the petroleum prospectivity of the Barrow Group using basin-scale 3D seismic geomorphology integrated iwht well core/log data (Northern Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf of Australia)'—$15,000  (2015-17)

BUSINESS COUNCIL OF CO-OPERATIVES AND MUTUALS

Winthrop Professor Timothy Mazzarol, Winthrop Professor Geoffrey Soutar, Dr Elena Mamouni Limnios, UWA Business School, 'National Mutual Economy 2015 Report'—$20,000  (2015)

CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY EX NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM NESP

Dr Michael Douglas, Professor Peter Davies, Professor David Pannell, Office of DVC - Research, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, School of Earth and Environment, 'Northern Australian Environmental Resources Hub'—$2,231,531  (2015-20)

COMPANÍA MINERA BARRICK CHILE LTDA

Associate Professor Thompson McCuaig, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET, 'Gold Pathways: evolution of the lithospheric to crustal architecture of the El Indio Belt, Chile - Argentina'—$503,200  (2015-17)

CSIRO

Professor Timothy Colmer, Professor Gary Kendrick, School of Plant Biology, 'Ecosystem Change Ecology'—$423,744  (2015-17)

CURTIN UNIVERSITY EX GRDC

Professor Jacqueline Batley, Professor David Edwards, School of Plant Biology, 'An International Collaborative Effort to Sequence the Genome of Field Pea (Pisum Satiuvum) A Key Tool for Future Breeding'—$90,000  (2014)

DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER & CABINET

Professor Pat Dudgeon, Professor Jillian Milroy, School of Indigenous Studies, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Program (ATSISPEP) - 2015-16 Funding'—$500,000  (2014-15)

EQUITY TRUSTEES LIMITED HOLSWORTH WILDLIFE RESEARCH ENDOWMENT

Mrs Tabitha Rudin-Bitterli, Dr Nicola Mitchell, Associate Professor Jonathan Evans, School of Animal Biology, 'Increasing the resilience of frog species to climate change through strategic genetic translocations'—$5,000  (2015)

Mr Guochen Png, School of Plant Biology, 'Plant-soil feedback involving nitrogen-fixing plants: the importance of nutrient availability during long-term ecosystem development'—$6,200  (2015)

GRAINS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Dr Sheng Chen, Professor Kadambot Siddique, Professor Wallace Cowling, School of Plant Biology, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA), 'National Brassica Germplasm Improvement Program – Phase II'—$1,196,392  (2015-19)

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION

Dr Jennifer Stone, Professor Martha Hickey, Professor David Sampson, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Melbourne, 'Pilot Study Grant 2015 - A Novel Method to Measure Breast Density in Young Women'—$198,932  (2015-16)

NATIONAL STROKE FOUNDATION

Dr Jane Cross, Associate Professor Bruno Meloni, Clinical Professor Neville Knuckey, Dr David Blacker, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (00015), 'Pre-clinical Assessment of Poly-arginine Peptides as a Treatment to Reduce Brain Damage Following Stroke'—$20,000  (2015)

NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES EX GRAINS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION GRDC

Dr Gavan McGrath, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry, School of Earth and Environment, Southern Cross University, VIC Department of Environment and Primary Industries, 'Do increased herbicide use impact on key soil biological processes?'—$91,644  (2014-17)

PERPETUAL PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES

Professor Wendy Erber, Dr Kathryn Heel, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 'Myeloproliferative Neoplasms - Genomic Analysis of Megakaryocytes as a Strategy for Improving Therapy
'—$70,000  (2015)

QUEENSLAND CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE FOUNDATION QCIF EX NECTAR

Mr Travis Endersby, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease, 'Virtual Laboratory and Research Tools User Support Enhancement Project (VLRT)'—$13,000  (2015)

ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Professor Markus Schlaich, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'Role of Sympathetic Activation in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury'—$17,290  (2015)

SOCIETY IN SCIENCE BRANCO WEISS FELLOWSHIPS

Dr Stephanie King, School of Animal Biology, University of St Andrews, 'The COALEsCE Project - Communication's Role in the Evolution of Cooperation'—  (2015-16)

TASMANIAN WATER CORPORATION TASWATER

Professor Anas Ghadouani, Dr Elke Reichwaldt, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, 'Development and Support of the Implementation of Remotely Operated Sludge Measurement Technology - Phase 1 - Feasibility Study, Development and Support of the Implementation'—$60,750  (2015)

WA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FOOD EX GRDC

Dr Matthew Nelson, CSIRO, School of Plant Biology, WA Department of Agriculture & Food, 'Development of Lupin Molecular Markers Tagging Yield QTL Genes & Yield Related Phenology Traits'—$270,000  (2015-18)

WA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Dr Christina Davies, School of Population Health, 'Merit Award - Fellowships - Does recreational arts engagement promote, maintain and improve population health?'—$50,000  (2015)

Dr Lucinda Black, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, 'Merit Award - Fellowships - Dietary Vitamin D in the Australian Population & the Potential of Food Based Strategies to Optimise Vitamin D Status'—$50,000  (2015)

Associate Professor Lisa Wood, School of Population Health, 'Merit Award - Fellowships - Housing and Local Disadvantage as Intervention Points for Improved Mental Health'—$50,000  (2015)

Dr Gianina Ravenscroft, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'Merit Award - Projects - Fetal Hypokinesia - Gene Discovery and Pathobiology'—$75,000  (2015)

Dr Gavin Pinniger, Associate Professor Jennifer Pillow, Dr Anthony Bakker, Dr Peter Arthur, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 'Merit Award - Projects - Establishing the Preterm Susceptibility to Diaphragm Muscle Dysfunction'—$25,000  (2015)

Dr Willem Lesterhuis, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'Merit Award - Projects - Identification of the Networks that Govern Immunotherapy Induced Cancer Regression'—$75,000  (2015)

Assistant Professor Emma Glasson, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, 'Merit Award - Projects - Are Children Disadvantaged in their Health or Education if They Have a Sibling with a Developmental Disability'—$75,000  (2015)

Dr Andrew Ford, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 'Merit Award - Projects - The Healthy Heart Mind Trial'—$75,000  (2015)

Dr Michael Edel, Associate Professor Rodney Dilley, Dr Michaela Lucas, Professor Angel Raya, Associate Professor Fred Chen, Professor David Winlaw, Ear Science Institute Australia, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia , Lions Eye Institute Ltd, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, 'Merit Award - Projects - Tissue Engineering Cardiac Muscle from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Assessment of Safety Function and Tissue Engraftment'—$25,000  (2015)

Dr Yuben Moodley, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'Merit Award - Projects - Towards a Cell Based Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis - First Pre Clinical Studies'—$75,000  (2015)

Professor David Joyce, Doctor Duncan Purtill, Doctor Dominic Pepperall, Doctor Julian Cooney, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network - One-off Special Grants Scheme - Clinical and Laboratory Characterisation of Endothelial Toxicity in Patients Undergoing Conditioning for Allogenic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation'—$18,182  (2015)

WA ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX SHELL DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Professor David White, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, 'Centrifuge modelling of chain-seabed interaction for the Browse development'—$90,000  (2015)

WA HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION HEALTHWAY

Professor Stephen Houghton, Mr Andrew Whitehouse, Dr John Wray, Dr Ronald Chalmers, Professor Donna Cross, Dr Kevin Runions, Professor Colin MacLeod, Mr Benjamin Grafton, Graduate School of Education, School of Psychology, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, WA Disability Services Commission, 'Special Research Initiative 2015 - Disadvantaged Groups - Adverse Health Outcomes in Developmental Disorders: The Role of Loneliness'—$66,188  (2015-16)

Dr Georgina Trapp, Dr Karina Allen, Dr Karen Martin, Associate Professor Wendy Oddy, Ms Hayley Christian, Associate Professor Gina Ambrosini, School of Population Health, School of Psychology, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, 'Starter Grant - The health impacts of energy drink consumption: Cause for concern?'—$29,993  (2015)

WORKERS COMPENSATION DUST DISEASES BOARD (NSW)

Professor Nicholas De Klerk, Clinical Professor Arthur Musk, Dr Susan Peters, Dr Peter Franklin, School of Population Health, 'Lung Cancer Risk and Screening Guidelines after Asbestos Exposure'—$191,000  (2015-16)