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Grants awarded between 16 July and 12 August 2013

ANZ TRUSTEES FOUNDATION

Associate Professor Andrew Ford, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:  'The Ron and Peggy Bell Family Legacy'-          $25,000 (2013-13)

CRC FOR MENTAL HEALTH LTD

Adjunct Professor Ralph Martins, Pratishtha Chatterjee, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:  'Investigating Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid CSF Biomarkers in Autosomal Dominantly Inherited Alzheimers Disease ADAD'-    $20,000 (2013-14)

Adjunct Professor Ralph Martins, Kathryn Goozee, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:  'McCusker Karviah - Investigating the Role of Curcumin in Preventing Alzheimers Disease'-           $30,000 (2013-15)

CARPE DIEM STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS EX WA DEPARTMENT OF TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Professor Matthew Tonts, School of Earth and Environment:  'Regional Workforce Planning'-                 $16,500 (2013-13)

CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH COUNCIL

Winthrop Professor Donna Chung, Professor Colleen Fisher, Dr Carole Zufferey, Dr Ravi Thiara, School of Population Health, University of South Australia, University of Warwick:  'Preventing and Improving Responses to Sexual Violence for Women from African Communities'            -        $76,500 (2013-13)

CURTIN UNIVERSITY EX ARC LIEF

Dr Peter Kinny, Professor Birger Rasmussen, Professor Simon Wilde, Professor Neal McNaughton, Dr Anthony Kemp, Dr Michael Wingate, School of Earth and Environment, Curtin University of Technology, Geological Survey of Western Australia:  'A Self Fragmentation Mineral Separation Facility for Geochemistry and Isotope Science'-            (2013-13)

CURTIN UNIVERSITY EX AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LOW EMISSIONS COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Professor Michael Johns, Winthrop Professor Eric May, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, CSIRO:  'Laboratory Core Flooding of Formation Water Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide'-      $96,986 (2013-13)

DAFF CARBON FARMING FUTURES FILLING THE RESEARCH GAP

Assistant Professor Deirdre Gleeson, Associate Professor Daniel Murphy, Associate Professor Peta Clode, Dr Lynne Macdonald, Dr Jeff Baldock, Dr Clayton Butterly, Associate Professor Caixian Tang, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), School of Earth and Environment, WA Department of Agriculture and Food, CSIRO, La Trobe University:  'Round 2:  Managing Biological Physical and Chemical Constraints to Soil Carbon Storage'-           $1,216,388 (2013-15)

Professor Ross Kingwell, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, WA Department of Agriculture and Food, University of Melbourne, NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre:  'Round 2:  Novel Business Structures for Adaptation to a Changing Climate'-            $226,162 (2013-15)

Associate Professor Philip Vercoe, School of Animal Biology, CSIRO, University of Queensland, University of New England, Meat and Livestock Australia, NSW Department of Primary Industries, AgResearch NZ, Utah State University:  'Round 2:  Host Control of Methane Emissions from Sheep'-               $1,428,732 (2013-15)

FISHER RESEARCH PTY LTD

Dr Joseph Dortch, James Stedman, School of Social Sciences:  'Survey and Heritage Survey Report for FRPL and CBH, Dowerin'-        $6,038 (2012-12)

FUTURE FARM INDUSTRIES CRC

Associate Professor Megan Ryan, Kevin Foster, School of Plant Biology:  'Mechanisms of drought tolerance of tedera (Bituminaria bituminosa var albomarginata)'-          $2,000 (2013-13)

Associate Professor Megan Ryan, Mr Dion Nicol, School of Plant Biology:  'Opportunistic sampling of Cullen field experiment regrowth'-    $8,500 (2013-13)

GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Assistant Professor Kenneth Flower, Assistant Professor Bryan Boruff, Dr Christian Nansen, School of Animal Biology, School of Earth and Environment, School of Plant Biology, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA), UWA Oceans Institute:  'Proof of Concept - Remote Sensing of Frost Induced Stress in Wheat Paddocks'-      $40,000 (2013-13)

HERMON SLADE FOUNDATION

Dr Etienne Laliberte, School of Plant Biology:  'Native Phytophthora Species in Megadiverse Kwongan Shrublands:  Friends or Foes?'-    $87,000 (2013-15)

INTERNATIONAL MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRE EX AUSAID

Professor Matthew Tonts, Professor Saleem Ali, Dr Sarah Prout, School of Earth and Environment, University of Queensland:  'Rapid Assessment Frameworks for Mining and Regional Development'-      $345,000 (2013-14)

MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH EX NHMRC CENTRES OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Associate Professor Gail Garvey, Professor Joan Cunningham, Professor Dianne O'Connell, Associate Professor Patricia Valery, Winthrop Professor Sandra Thompson, Associate Professor John Condon, Professor Pam McGrath, Adjunct Professor Michael Adams, Shaouli Shahid, Michele Holloway, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Cancer Council of NSW, University of Otago, Menzies School of Health Research, James Cook University, Griffith University, Massey University, NZ, University of Manitoba:  'Centre for Research Excellence in Discovering Indigenous Strategies to improve Cancer Outcomes Via Engagement Research Translation and Training (DISCOVER-TT)'-   $326,444 (2013-17)

NHMRC PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS

Winthrop Professor Jacqueline Fritschi, Professor Michael Abramson, Associate Professor Timothy Driscoll, Dr Deborah Glass, Dr Susan Peters, Associate Professor Alison Reid, Dr Geza Benke, Renee Carey, UWA Centre for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Monash University:  'The Extended Australian Workplace Exposures Study - AWES2'-     $384,515 (2013-16)

PEEL HARVEY CATCHMENT COUNCIL INC

Associate Professor Megan Ryan, Dr Carlos Ocampo, School of Plant Biology, Centre for Ecohydrology:  'Assessing the Effectiveness of Hydraulic Structures on Reducing Nutrients Outputs from Wetlands - The Jenkins Weir at the Mayfield Drain Catchment'-  $90,000 (2013-15)

R OYAL PERTH HOSPITAL

Dr Keith Giles, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research:  'Postdoctoral Fellowship'-      (2013-13)

STATE HEALTH RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL (SHRAC)

Assistant Professor Angela Ives, Dr Hooi Ee, Rupert Hodder, Assistant Professor Claire Johnson, School of Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital:  'TRF Round 2 2012 - Does Enhancement of the Referral Prioritisation System Reduce Colonoscopy Waiting Times for Patients at High Risk of Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis?  A Pilot Study'-   $156,287 (2013-15)

WA HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION HEALTHWAY

Sarah Foster, K Martin, Associate Professor Lisa Wood, School of Population Health:  'The neighbourhood influences on parents' fear of stranger danger'-        $27,916 (2013-13)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX WOODSIDE R2D3

Daniel Wedge, Associate Professor Eun‑Jung Holden, Dr Peter Kovesi, School of Earth and Environment, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET:  'Development of an automated image analysis method for sedimentary grain size distribution estimation - a feasibility study'-          $38,122 (2013-13)