News Archive

Grants awarded between 1 March and 28 March 2013

ADVANCED GEOMECHANICS EX CHEVRON

Associate Professor Christophe Gaudin, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems:  'Investigation of PLET Foundation under Cyclic Horizontal and Torsional Loadings for Wheatstone Development'-  $116,750 (2013)

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Mr Philippe Bouchet, Professor Jessica Meeuwig, Centre for Marine Futures:  'Margaret Middleton Fund - Characterising the diversity of mobile ocean predators in a biological hotspot and proposed marine reserve, the Perth Canyon'-    $14,950 (2013-14)

BARCELONA CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH EX BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION GRAND CHALLENGES

Winthrop Professor Peter Le Souef, Dr Holly Clifford, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'Development of Novel Gastrointestinal Biomarkers for use in HIV Incidence Determination in a Sub Saharan African Setting'-            $161,925 (2013-15)

COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Professor Paul Gerrans, Winthrop Professor Raymond Da Silva Rosa, Winthrop Professor Richard Heaney, UWA Business School:  'Equity Preference in Australian Managed Fund Flows'-         $42,450 (2013)

DAFF CARBON FARMING FUTURES ACTION ON THE GROUND

Winthrop Professor Lynette Abbott, Dr Natasha Pauli, School of Earth and Environment:  'Grazing Into the Future: Building Soil Health and Carbon with Pasture Management'-            $291,545 (2012-15)

ECR FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM

Dr Ferdous Sohel, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering:  'Scalable 3D Video Quality Control for Multiresolution 3D Displays'-    $29,979 (2013)

Dr Fred Chen, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science:  'A comparison of two automated microperimeters'-            $30,000 (2013)

Dr Duc Dau, School of Humanities:  'The Song of Songs in Victorian Literature and Culture'-            $29,142 (2013)

Dr Peter Kindgren, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Understanding how RNA editing Factors recognize their RNA targets'-          $29,960 (2013)

Dr Clelia Gasparini, School of Animal Biology:  'Relating Sperm DNA Integrity with Pre and Postcopulatory Selection - Developing a New Approach for Evolutionary Studies'-            $29,245 (2013)

ECR NEAR MISS SUPPORT PROGRAM

Caitlin Wyrwoll, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology:  'Fetal and Placental Cardiovascular Changes as a Consequence of Stress Hormone excess in Pregnancy'-   $63,000 (2013)

NEUROTRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM (NRP)

Winthrop Professor Sarah Dunlop, Dr Andrew Garrett, Assistant Professor Jennifer Rodger, Dr Lindy Fitzgerald, Professor Thomas Salt, School of Animal Biology:  'Loss of Function in Spared Neural Circuits During Secondary Degeneration and the Therapeutic Effects of Red Light'-            $100,000 (2013)

ROSS DIVETT FOUNDATION

Winthrop Professor Bruce Robinson, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Ross Divett Foundation Scholarship ‑ Robinson'-           $200,000 (2013)

VICTORIA DPI EX GRAPE AND WINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Associate Professor Daniel Murphy, Dr Linda Maccarone, Assistant Professor Deirdre Gleeson, School of Earth and Environment:  'Harnessing Soil Biological Functions to Improve Grapevine Management for a Sustainable Industry'- $40,500 (2013-14)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE (WAMSI)

Winthrop Professor Gregory Ivey, Mr R Brinkman, Professor Ryan Lowe, Associate Professor Nicole Jones, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, School of Earth and Environment, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS):  'Physical Oceanograhic Dynamics in the Kimberley'-            $700,000 (2013-15)

Professor Ryan Lowe, Assistant Professor James Falter, School of Earth and Environment:  'Benthic community production and response to environmental forcing'-     $148,983 (2013-14)

Associate Professor Kimberly Van Niel, Dr Renae Hovey, School of Earth and Environment:  'Present and future impacts of climate change on calcification of coral reefs and crustose coraline algae'-       $99,321 (2012-14)

Professor Malcolm McCulloch, Assistant Professor James Falter, Assistant Professor Julie Trotter, School of Earth and Environment:  'Present and future impacts of climate change on calcification of coral reefs and crustose coraline algae'- $200,000 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Anya Waite, School of Environmental Systems Engineering:  'Biogeochemical processes supporting productivity of Kimberley coastal'-            $168,475 (2013-15)

Winthrop Professor Gary Kendrick, Mr Mathew Vanderklift, Dr Christen Sawstrom, School of Plant Biology, Edith Cowan University, CSIRO:  'Benthic primary productivity:  Production and herbivory of seagrasses, microalgae and macroalgae'-        $410,000 (2013-15)