Monday, 2 November 2015

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND (AFAANZ)

Dr Keith Godfrey, Professor Robert Faff, UWA Business School, 'Empirical verification of pitching research' — $2,000  (2015)

Dr Jamie Tong, UWA Business School, 'Corporate Philanthropy and Tunneling: Evidence from China' — $3,500  (2015)

ARC DISCOVERY EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER AWARDS

Dr Kathryn McNamara, School of Animal Biology, 'The costs of pheromone production' — $372,000  (2016-18)

Dr Graham Morgan, School of Mathematics and Statistics, 'Structure theory for permutation groups and local graph theory conjectures' — $306,000  (2016-18)

Dr Bjorn Bohman, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 'New chromatography-electrophysiology methods for semiochemical discovery' — $383,536  (2016-18)

Doctor Steeve Comeau, California State University, Northridge, School of Earth and Environment, 'Are corals able to control their calcification in a changing ocean?' — $354,000  (2016-18)

Ms Marit Kragt, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 'Valuing the non-market benefits of mine site rehabilitation' — $373,848  (2016-18)

Ms Sarah Foster, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, 'The policy and practice of designing healthy, equitable higher density' — $364,163  (2016-18)

ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Dr Brendan Kennedy, Emeritus Professor Miranda Grounds, Mr Peter Munro, Professor Andrew Pelling, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University College London, University of Ottawa, 'Intravital mechano-microscopy: a discovery platform for cell mechanics' — $667,300  (2016-18)

Professor Harry Blagg, Doctor Thalia Anthony, Professor/Dr Juanita Sherwood, Law School, University of Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, 'Regulation of Indigenous Safety Strategies: Night Patrols & Policy' — $279,340  (2016-18)

Professor Dongke Zhang, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, 'Understanding the molecular structure and chemical behaviour of asphaltenes' — $590,000  (2016-20)

Dr Shayne Loft, School of Psychology, 'Optimising the balance between task automation and human manual control' — $378,000  (2016-18)

Dr Joshua Mylne, Professor Dan Tawfik, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 'How scissors learn to glue: the catalysis of ligation by proteases' — $355,000  (2016-18)

Associate Professor Marvin Ge Way Wee, Professor Greg Clinch, Professor Ann Tarca, UWA Business School, University of Melbourne, 'Adoption of Australian IFRS: Are IFRS "fit for purpose"?' — $278,000  (2016-18)

Professor Hong Yang, Dr Daqiang Jiang, Professor Lishan Cui, Professor Yunzhi Wang, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ohio State University, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, 'Strain Matching Enabled Composite Design for Exceptional Mechanical Prowess' — $420,000  (2016-18)

Dr Charles Bond, Dr Archa Fox, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'The structure in four-dimensions of a mammalian nuclear body' — $408,800  (2016-18)

Professor Alistair Forrest, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'Transcription factor - enhancer - promoter based regulatory networks' — $456,900  (2016-19)

Professor Zdenko Rengel, Dr Arthur Diggle, Professor Guihua Bai, Kansas State University, School of Earth and Environment, WA Department of Agriculture & Food, 'Optimising Crop Root Systems to Enhance Capture of Soil Water and Nutrients' — $447,700  (2016-18)

Professor David Sampson, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, 'Nanoscope-in-a-needle: nanoscale imaging and sensing deep inside tissue' — $500,000  (2016-18)

Mr Andrew Whitehouse, Associate Professor Murray Maybery, Professor Dorothy Bishop, Doctor Clyde Francks, Professor Simon Fisher, Winthrop Professor Jeffrey Keelan, Mr Peter Jacoby, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, School of Women's and Infants' Health, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of Oxford, 'The role of early testosterone and brain laterality in language development' — $415,000  (2016-20)

Professor Sergei Kuzenko, Professor Dimitri Sorokin, Professor Mikhail Vasiliev, School of Physics, 'Advances in HIgher Spin Gauge Theory' — $377,600  (2016-18)

Dr Jan Hemmi, Associate Professor Julian Partridge, Professor Barbara Webb, School of Animal Biology, University of Edinburgh, 'RoboCrab: An integrative approach to the natural ecology of decision making' — $437,500  (2016-18)

Professor Philip Withers, Dr Christine Cooper, Curtin University of Technology, School of Animal Biology, 'Significance and mechanisms of evaporative water loss control by endotherms' — $274,000  (2016-18)

Associate Professor Michael Giudici, Professor Cheryl Praeger, School of Mathematics and Statistics, 'Permutation groups: factorisations, structure and applications' — $334,000  (2016-18)

Professor Leigh Simmons, School of Animal Biology, 'Paternal effects: Non-genetic inheritance via seminal fluid?' — $516,700  (2016-19)

Associate Professor Ajmal Mian, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, 'View and shape invariant modeling of human actions for smart surveillance' — $293,000  (2016-18)

Professor Jacqueline Batley, Professor David Edwards, School of Plant Biology, 'The More the Merrier? Investigating copy number variation in Brassicas' — $433,100  (2016-18)

Winthrop Professor David Blair, Associate Professor Chunnong Zhao, Associate Professor Li Ju, Dr Peter Fritschel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Physics, 'Controlling parametric instabilities in advanced GW detectors' — $595,400  (2016-18)

Dr Olivier Van Aken, Professor Andrew Millar, Professor Karam Singh, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, 'In touch with the environment: dissecting early tactile responses in plants' — $350,100  (2016-18)

Professor Simon Farrell, Professor Gordon Brown, Professor Geoff Ward, Dr Mark Hurlstone, School of Psychology, University of Essex, University of Warwick, 'Developing a integrated memory-based model of evaluation and choice' — $347,000  (2016-18)

Dr Thomas Wernberg, Doctor Melinda Coleman, NSW Department of Primary Industries, School of Plant Biology, 'Genes to ecosystems: drivers of resilience in underwater marine forests' — $363,800  (2016-18)

Winthrop Professor Daniel Green, Associate Professor Robert McLaughlin, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, 'Visualising vascular adaptation at the micro-scale in humans' — $482,200  (2016-18)

Dr Gavin Flematti, Dr Mark Waters, Dr Kingsley Dixon, Dr David Merritt, Professor Dr Maria Perez Fernandez, Curtin University of Technology, Pablo de Olavide University, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, WA Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority (Kings Park), 'Smoke-derived karrikins reveal a new pathway for plant development' — $516,300  (2016-18)

Professor Adam Wittek, Dr Surya Singh, Winthrop Professor Karol Miller, Professor Blake Hannaford, Professor Gabor Fichtinger, Queens University (Ontario), School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, University of Washington, 'Biomechanics Meets Robotics: Methods for Accurate and Fast Needle Targeting' — $490,000  (2016-19)

Associate Professor Loretta Baldassar, Dr Raelene Wilding, La Trobe University, School of Social Sciences, 'Ageing and new media: A new analysis of older Australians' support networks' — $308,000  (2016-18)

Professor Linqing Wen, Professor B Sathyaprakash, Professor Alan Weinstein, Professor Yanbei Chen, California Institute of Technology, Cardiff University, School of Physics, 'Capturing gravitational wave and electromagnetic flashes from binary merger' — $735,700  (2016-20)

Winthrop Professor David Badcock, School of Psychology, 'Coding of Shape in Human Vision' — $291,882  (2016-18)

Professor Michael Tobar, Professor Achim Peters, Dr Maxim Goryachev, Professor Serge Galliou, Associate Professor Holger Mueller, FEMTO - ST, Humboldt University, Berlin, School of Physics, University of California Berkeley, 'Precision tests of fundamental physics at the electroweak unification scale' — $593,400  (2016-18)

Dr Ullrich Ecker, Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor Gordon Brown, School of Psychology, University of Bristol, University of Warwick, 'The Psychology of Misinformation—Towards A Theory-driven Understanding' — $434,200  (2016-19)

Dr Barbara Catinella, Dr Luca Cortese, Professor Dave Romeel, Doctor Amelie Saintonge, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, University College London, University of Western Cape, 'How do galaxies in groups run out of gas?' —$300,597  (2015-17)

ARC LINKAGE INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT FACILITIES

Winthrop Professor David Blair, Associate Professor Chunnong Zhao, Associate Professor Li Ju, Professor David McClelland, Doctor Bram Slagmolen, Dr Robert Ward, Dr Garrett Cole, Professor Dr Markus Aspelmeyer, Dr David Farrant, Professor Sheila Rowan, Dr Peter Fritschel, Professor Dr Xuechun Lin, Associate Professor Haibo Wang, Professor Dr Sen Han, Professor Jiangrui Gao, Australian National University, Beijing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Crystalline Mirror Solutions GmbH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Physics, Shanxi University, University of Glasgow, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, University of Vienna, 'Equipment for International Collaboration in Next Generation GW Detectors' — $650,000  (2016)

Professor Simon Driver, Dr Aaron Robotham, Professor Warrwick Couch, Associate Professor Andrew Hopkins, Professor Martin Asplund, Professor Matthew Colless, A/Professor Scott Croom, Associate Professor Christopher Blake, Australian Astronomical Observatory, Australian National University, Curtin University of Technology, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Macquarie University, Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, 'Australian membership of the European 4MOST Consortium' — $430,000  (2016)

Professor Michael Tobar, Doctor Daniel Shaddock, Professor Karl Schreiber, Professor Christophe Salomon, Dr Michael Wouters, Doctor John Dawson, Dr Sascha Schediwy, Dr Robert Ward, ACES Scientific Collaboration, Australian National University, Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS), Geoscience Australia, National Measurement Institute (AUS), School of Physics, Technical University of Munich, 'Coherent Laser Links for Space Applications' — $360,000  (2016)

Professor David Sampson, Professor Michael Berndt, Professor Shaun Collin, Dr Elin Gray, Doctor Massimiliano Massi, Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger, Doctor Jeremie Rossy, Professor Ian Small, Dr Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, Dr Melanie Ziman, Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, School of Animal Biology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, UWA Centre for Medical Research, University of New South Wales, 'A Single-Molecule Super-Resolution Microscopy Facility in Western Australia' — $850,000  (2016)

AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS

Dr Britta Regli-von Ungern, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'A pilot randomised open-label taste-testing study to evaluate the acceptability of chocolate-based midazolam in children' — $56,000  (2016)

Dr Britta Regli-von Ungern, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'REACT: Reducing anaesthetic complications in children undergoing tonsillectomies' — $42,000  (2016)

AUSTRALIAN PORK LIMITED

Dr Sasha Jenkins, Emeritus Professor Lynette Abbott, Mr Ian Waite, Dairy Australia, Meat & Livestock Australia, Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation, School of Earth and Environment, Sugar Research Australia Limited, University of Queensland, 'RnD4Profit -14-1-022-Waste to Revenue: Novel Fertilisers and Feeds' — $529,737  (2015-17)

CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY EX QUT EX ARC SPECIAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES

Ms Dawn Bessarab, Professor Leonard Collard, Professor Pat Dudgeon, School of Indigenous Studies, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, 'National Indigenous Research & Knowledges Network NIRAKN - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Health and Wellbeing WA study - Stages 1 & 2' — $20,000  (2015)

CRC FOR MENTAL HEALTH LTD

Dr Nina McCarthy, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 'Supplementary Funding for CRCMH Project 2.3 (Schizophrenia Prognostic Biomarker)' — $23,540  (2015)

CSIRO EX GRAINS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION GRDC

Dr Kenneth Flower, Mr John Callow, Dr Bryan Boruff, School of Earth and Environment, School of Plant Biology, 'Spatial Temperature Measurement and Mapping Tools to Assist Growers, Advisors and Extension Specialists Manage Frost Risk at a Farm Scale' — $481,800  (2015-17)

C-WISE

Dr Zakaria Solaiman, School of Earth and Environment, 'Impact of Compost Carbon on Lettuce Growth and Soil Fertility' — $30,772  (2015)

JAPAN OIL GAS & METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION JOGMEC

Assistant Professor Rie Kamei, Professor David Lumley, School of Earth and Environment, School of Physics, 'Elastic full waveform inversion for monitoring using field data and comparison with Acoustic FWI' — $87,075  (2015)

MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA

Associate Professor Shane Maloney, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, 'Heat Management in the Middle East - Phase 2' — $59,550  (2015)

MINERALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Dr Sandra Occhipinti, Mr Mark Lindsay, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET, Curtin University of Technology, 'Deep crustal-scale structure, geological evolution and multi-commodity prospectivity analysis in the Halls Creek Orogen, Kimberley region, Western Australia' — $41,446  (2015-17)

NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION

Dr Graham Hillis, Clinical Professor Peter Thompson, Associate Professor Clara Chow, Professor David Brieger, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Sydney, 'Vanguard Grant - Low Dose Colchicine After Acute Myocardial Infarction - LoDoCo MI' — $85,000  (2015)

NHMRC-ARC DEMENTIA RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS

Dr Andrew Ford, Professor Osvaldo Almeida, Royal Perth Hospital, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 'Depression in Dementia' —  (2016-19)

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD

Professor Michael Dentith, School of Earth and Environment, 'Petrophysical Study of the Plutonic Mine Area, Western Australia' — $5,000  (2015)

ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Dr Sonia Fernandez, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 'The Effects of IFN-a on B Cell Activation and Differentiation on HIV Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy' — $17,175  (2015)

WA DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITIES

Professor Fiona Haslam-McKenzie, Dr Paul Maginn, School of Earth and Environment, 'Census of Western Australian Local Councillors' — $34,088  (2015)

WA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, 'Request for Quotation: Port Geographe, Post Reconfiguration Coastal Modelling and Analysis' — $105,679  (2015)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX WOODSIDE R2D3

Associate Professor Zachary Aman, Professor Eric May, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, 'Pluto Water Handling Desktop Study' — $36,450  (2015)

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