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Grants awarded between 13 August and 9 September 2013

DEEBLE INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY EX AUSTRALIAN HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITALS ASSOCIATION AHHA Associate  Professor Julia Marley, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Rural Clinical School:  'Evidence Brief - Primary Care Interventions that will Reduce the Onset and Progression of Kidney Disease among Aboriginal Australians'-          $13,200 (2013)

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING ATSE Assistant Professor Chunbo Ma, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics:  'Australia-China emerging future leaders in low emissions coal technology fellowship'-            (2013)

BURU ENERGY LIMITED Dr Neil Coles, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA), Centre for Ecohydrology:  'Provision of Services Specialist Independent Peer Reviewer and Advisor - Water Resources'-            $48,750 (2013)

CURTIN UNIVERSITY EX WA OFFICE OF SCIENCE RESEARCH FACILITY PROGRAM Professor Malcolm McCulloch, School of Earth and Environment:  'Building Research Capacity Scheme'-   $40,000 (2013)

DAFF CARBON FARMING FUTURES FILLING THE RESEARCH GAP Associate Professor Philip Vercoe, School of Animal Biology, Murdoch University, WA Department of Agriculture and          Food, Meat and Livestock Australia, VIC Department of Environment and Primary Industries:  'Round 2 - Innovative Livestock Systems to Adapt to Climate Change and Reduce Emissions'-           $1,248,634 (2013-15)

Associate Professor Philip Vercoe, School of Animal Biology, CSIRO, University of Aberdeen, University of New England, NSW Department of Primary Industries, AgResearch NZ, Utah State University:  'Round 2 - International Coordination of the Ruminant Pangenome Project'-       $333,256 (2013-15)

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE AUSTRALIA CHINA COUNCIL Associate Professor Grace Oakley, Associate Professor Mark Pegrum, Professor Cher Lim, Professor Yan Hanbing, Graduate School of Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education, East China Normal University:  'Multimodal Stories for Language and Cultural Exchange'-   $25,336 (2013)

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Dr Klaus Regenauer‑Lieb, Dr Jie Liu, School of Earth and Environment:  'Structure and Physical Properties of Archean Granulites and Fault Rocks'-        $35,000 (2013)

INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN AUSTRALIA Professor Paul Gerrans, UWA Business School:  'Advising Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Trustees - The Role of Cognitive Functioning'-        $15,703 (2013)

MONASH UNIVERSITY EX CSIRO FLAGSHIP COLLABORATION FUND Professor Paul Gerrans, UWA Business School, Monash University, CSIRO, Griffith University, University of Warwick:  'Flagship - Digital Productivity and Services Flagship - Superannuation Cluster'-                 $127,000 (2013-15)

NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES EX GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION GRDC Assistant Professor Sheng Chen, Winthrop Professor Kadambot Siddique, Winthrop Professor Wallace Cowling, School of Plant Biology, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA):  'Western Node of the National Brassica Genetic Improvement Program - (NBGIP-2) Heat Tolerance Research'-           $215,000 (2013)

PERPETUAL PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES Dr Matthew Linden, Professor Anthony O'Donnell, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), Faculty of Science:  'Fluorescent cell sorting of rare populations for scientific and medical research'-   $65,000 (2013)

PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOUNDATION Associate Professor Peter Richmond, Assistant Professor Lea‑Ann Kirkham, Assistant Professor Ruth Thornton, Doctor Andrew Currie, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Murdoch University:  'Cytotoxic Immune Responses to Bacteria in Otitis-prone Children'-            $20,000 (2013)

SHIRE OF COLLIE Professor Peter Cook, Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management:  'Monitoring Program Associated with the Collie River Management Plan - Nardoo'-                 $8,985 (2013-14)

UWA ALBANY TRAVEL GRANT SCHEME Associate Professor Sandy Toussaint, Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management:  'Toward Cultural Understanding:  In conversation with Ted Snell about the Jimmy Pike's Artlines Exhibition at the Western Australian Museum, Albany'- $850 (2013)

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY EX COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEME Professor Martin Saunders, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, Australian National University, University of Queensland, Flinders University, University of New South Wales, University of South Australia:  'Australian Microscopy Microanalysis Research Facility AMMRF'-$564,635 (2013-14)

WA DEPARTMENT OF WATER Dr Neil Coles, Assistant Professor Chun Baek, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA), Centre for Ecohydrology:  'Model Upgrade and Development of Input Data Generating Tool for DAMCAT5 and RAINTANK2'- $27,071 (2013)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE (WAMSI) Professor Euan Harvey, Assistant Professor Dianne McLean, Benjamin Saunders, School of Plant Biology, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), WA Department of Fisheries, WA Department of Environment and Conservation:  'Effects of Dredging-Related Pressures on Critical Ecological Processes for Finfish - Theme 8'-          $69,345 (2013)

WOUND MANAGEMENT INNOVATION CRC Assistant Professor Hilary Wallace, Dr Mark Fear, Winthrop Professor Fiona Wood, Dr Phillip Melton, School of Surgery, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease:  'Epigenetic Influences on Keloid Scarring after Cutaneous Injury: