News Archive

These research grants were awarded between 17 June 2014 and 15 July 2014

ARC FUTURE FELLOWSHIPS

Associate Professor Jacqueline Batley, School of Plant Biology:  'Building Better Brassicas ‑ Understanding Disease Resistance Mechanisms across the Brassicaceae'-(2014-17)

ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

Winthrop Professor Paul Flatau, Winthrop Professor Sharon Parker, Ramon Wenzel, Dr Timothy Bednall, Leslie Hems, Amy Lyden, UWA Business School, University of New South Wales, Australian Scholarships Foundation, Net Balance Foundation Limited:  'Facilitating Capacity Building in the Australian Not-For-Profit Sector through Improved Work Learning'-$340,000 (2014-16)

Dr Josephine McDonald, Professor Peter Veth, Associate Professor Alistair Paterson, Assistant Professor James Hampson, Associate Professor Katie Glaskin, Assistant Professor Thomas Whitley, Associate Professor Paul Bourke, Dr Kenneth Mulvaney, School of Social Sciences, iVEC@UWA, Rio Tinto Ltd:  'Murujuga ‑ Dynamics of the Dreaming'-$720,000 (2014-16)

Professor Andrew Whiteley, Emeritus Professor Lynette Abbott, Doctor Abdul Hashem, Paul Storer, School of Earth and Environment, WA Department of Agriculture and Food, Australian Mineral Fertilisers Pty Ltd:  'Characterisation of soil microbial interactions for increased efficacy of herbicides using novel fertiliser management practices'-$375,000 (2014-16)

Professor Mark Jessell, Associate Professor Eun‑Jung Holden, Professor Adrian Baddeley, Dr Peter Kovesi, Dr Laurent Ailleres, Daniel Wedge, Mark Lindsay, Dr Klauss Gessner, Mr Jonathan Hronsky, School of Earth and Environment, Monash University, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Aarhus University, Western Mining Services Australia Pty Ltd:  'Reducing 3D Geological Uncertainty via Improved Data Interpretation Methods'-$320,000 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Muhammad Hossain, Winthrop Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Yuxia Hu, Dor Jonghwa Won, Dr Jong-Sik Park, Dr Seong-Jong Kim, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd:  'Investigation of Alternative Footing Shapes to Mitigate Instabilities During Installation of Offshore Drilling Platforms'-$410,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Jie Pan, Dr Xiaojun Qiu, Em/Professor Colin Hansen, David Hlatky, Professor Christopher Fuller, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, RMIT University, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd:  'Integrated Passive and Active Control of Humming Noise from KCGM's Haul Trucks'-$270,000 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Stephen Humphry, Winthrop Professor David Andrich, A/Professor Goran Lazendic, Andrew Kyngdon, Dragana Surla, Graduate School of Education, Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority ACARA, NSW Office of the Board of Studies, WA School Curriculum and Standards Authority:  'Innovative Measurement Approaches to Optimise the Comparability of Large Scale and High Stakes Performance Assessment'-$378,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Stephen Powles, Associate Professor Qin Yu, Dr Roland Beffa, School of Plant Biology, Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd:  'Gene identification and functional characterization for metabolism-based herbicide resistance in Lolium rigidum'-$327,561 (2014-16)

Professor Erik Veneklaas, Dr Kingsley Dixon, Dr Ben Miller, Dr Gavan McGrath, John Callow, Dr Alan Aitken, Andrew Malcolm, School of Earth and Environment, School of Plant Biology, WA Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority (Kings Park), SpecTerra Services Pty Ltd:  'Managing Ecosystem Change Requires the Integration of Above and Below Ground Hydrological Processes at Relevant Scales'-$300,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor David Blair, Winthrop Professor Grady Venville, Dr Nancy Longnecker, A/Professor Marjan Zadnik, Professor David Treagust, Professor Gary Partington, Professor Francis Chun, Dr Brian Hewitt, Neil Jarvis, School of Physics, Edith Cowan University, Curtin University of Technology, Gravity Discovery Centre Foundation, Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation, United States Air Force Academy:  'Einsteinian Physics ‑ A New Paradigm for School Science'-$400,000 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Daniela Ciancio, Professor Rachel Cardell‑Oliver, Professor Christof Huebner, Luke Mahony, David Carpenter, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, WA Department of Housing, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Earth Dwellings Australia Pty Ltd:  'Investigation of the Thermal Performance of Rammed Earth Residential Buildings and Implications in Energy Saving Design'-$122,454 (2014-15)

Dr Boris Baer, Professor Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, Dr Bill Bosch, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, iCeutica Pty Ltd:  'Safeguarding Honeybees ‑ Increasing Parasite Effectiveness using Nano Technology'-$430,000 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Francis Morgan, Doctor Caroline Spiranovic, Professor Alfred Allan, Professor Stephen Smallbone, Jenny Lynas, Sheena Neill, Deborah Dawson, Professor Stephen Wong, Dr Hilda Tubex, Ms Anna Ferrante, Hayley Millhouse, Jayson Ware, Catherine Garrington, Dr Kay Cuellar, Jenny Hosking, Law School, Edith Cowan University, Curtin University of Technology, University of Nottingham, University of Tasmania, Griffith University, WA Department of Corrective Services, Queensland Corrective Services, Northern Territory Government, SA Department for Correctional Services, ACT Corrective Services, Tasmanian Department of Justice, NSW Corrective Services, Corrections Victoria:  'Aboriginal and Non Aboriginal Sex Offenders in Australia ‑ Assessing Risk for Practice and Policy'-$636,590 (2014-16)

AMGEN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Winthrop Professor Peter Barrett, Winthrop Professor Gerald Watts, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Single Site Study to Evaluate the Effects of Evolocumab (AMG 145) Treatment Alone and in Combination with Atorvastatin on Lipoprotein Kinetics'- $1,471,410 (2014)

ATTERIS PTY LTD

Winthrop Professor Liang Cheng, Mr Hongwei An, Scott Draper, Professor David White, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems:  'Wheatstone Platform Scour Protection Design'-$99,027 (2014)

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE (AIMS)

Professor Ryan Lowe, Helen Macdonald, Ms Anne-Christine Pequignet, Associate Professor Nicole Jones, Winthrop Professor Gregory Ivey, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, School of Earth and Environment:  'Research on the Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on Offshore Coral Reefs and Shoals in Northwestern Australia'-$30,000 (2014)

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EX ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Dr Elinor McKone, Romina Palermo, A/Prof Richard O'Kearney, A/Prof Tirin Moore, School of Psychology, Stanford University, Australian National University:  'Perceptual and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Individual Differences in Face Identity and Face Expression Processing'-$39,200 (2012-14)

CRC FOR LIVING WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Associate Professor Andrew Whitehouse, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, La Trobe University, University of New South Wales, Mater Medical Research Institute:  'Creation of Autism BioBank'-$40,883 (2014-16)

CSIRO

Professor Raphael Didham, School of Animal Biology:  'Climate Change and Biodiversity Research'-$419,380 (2014-17)

CURTIN UNIVERSITY EX ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Associate Professor Lynn Meuleners, Dr Lisa Keay, Dr Jonathon Ng, Associate Professor Nigel Morlet, Professor Peter McCluskey, School of Population Health, University of Sydney, Curtin University of Technology:  'Characterisation of deficits in driving performance and self-regulation practices among older drivers with bilateral cataract'-(2014-16)

CURTIN UNIVERSITY EX CANCER COUNCIL OF WA

Winthrop Professor Eric Moses, Dr Iris Lansdorp-Volgaar, Dr Hooi Ee, Professor R Donovan, School of Population Health, Curtin University of Technology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease:  'Integrating Personalised Genomics into Risk Stratification Models of Population Screening for Cancer'-$272,280 (2014-16)

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE AUSTRALIA KOREA FOUNDATION

Dr Se-heon Oh, Professor Soo-Chang Rey, Doctor Miju Kang, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Chungnam National University, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute:  'Star Formation and Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies'-$3,560 (2014)

FIONA WOOD FOUNDATION EX CHEVRON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Associate Professor Robert McLaughlin, Winthrop Professor David Sampson, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering:  'Improving Breathing of Burn Patients ‑ Measuring the Airway Capacity of Burn Patients using Optical Convergence Tomography OCT'-  $726,676 (2014-16)

INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN AUSTRALIA

Winthrop Professor Philip Hancock, Professor Neil Marriott, Professor Angus Duff, UWA Business School, University of the West of Scotland, University of Winchester:  'The Teaching Research Nexus:  Myth or Reality?'-$19,425 (2014)

INTERNATIONAL MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRE EX AUSAID

Dr Steven Micklethwaite, Assistant Professor Arianne Ford, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET:  'A GIS-based Exploration Initiative to Help Steer Sustainable Development:  A Pilot Project for Indonesia'-$61,065 (2014)

LANDCORP (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LAND AUTHORITY)

Winthrop Professor Joerg Baumeister, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts:  'Demonstration of affordable, ecological infill developments in the metropolitan area of Perth'-$150,000 (2014-16)

MED‑EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERTE GES.M.B.H.

Professor Gunesh Rajan, School of Surgery:  'Peripheral and Central Effects of Electoracoustic Stimulation'-$238,000 (2013-15)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Associate Professor Michael Rosenberg, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health-$20,620 (2014)

Dr Susan Peters, UWA Centre for Medical Research, School of Population Health-$10,000 (2014)

Dr Hannah Moore, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Kids Institute-$10,000 (2014)

Dr Esther Ooi, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$10,000 (2014)

Associate Professor Jennifer Stone, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease-$10,000 (2014‑)

MONASH UNIVERSITY EX DIISR AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DATA SERVICE

Winthrop Professor Andrew Millar, Dr Cornelia Hooper, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'UWA Major Open Data Collections Project'-$200,000 (2014)

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY EX OFFICE FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING

Dr Susan Young, Dr Megan Paul, Dr Kirsten Holmes, Dr Rowena Scott, School of Population Health, Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University, Curtin University of Technology:  'Volunteering to Learn: Enhancing learning in the student volunteering experience in Australian Universities'-$24,000 (2013-14)

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Professor Timothy St Pierre, Assistant Professor Robert Woodward, School of Physics, 'Blood Magnetic Susceptibility'-$71,466 (2014)

PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Amy Page, Professor Rhonda Clifford, Professor Christopher Etherton‑Beer, Dr Kathleen Potter, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care:  'Concordance of deprescribing recommendations made by pharmacists and medical practitioners for frail older people living in residential aged care'-$7,700 (2014)

ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Associate Professor Seng Gan, Professor Grant Morahan, Dr Theodore Ng, Professor Frank Van Bockxmeer, Dr Fred Chen, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA:  'Genetic and metabolomic predictors of outcomes and complications of diabetes'-$150,000 (2014)

RURAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Associate Professor Dominique Blache, Professor Shane Maloney, Assistant Professor Amin Mugera, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Animal Biology:  'Method of Castration in Alpacas'-$97,852 (2014-16)

SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Vivian Chiu, Associate Professor Flavie Waters, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:  'SRI Daniel Beck Memorial PhD Student Award 2014 ‑ Melatonin and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT for the Treatment of Insomnia in People with Schizophrenia'-$2,560 (2014)

SHELL DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Winthrop Professor Michalakis Efthymiou, Wenhua Zhao, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems:  'The Effect of Liquid Cargo Motion in Spherical Tanks on Vessel Motion'-$46,403 (2014)

SUBCON TECHNOLOGIES

Scott Draper, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems:  'Flow Visualisation and Measurement for a Model Scale Structure'-$3,900 (2014)

THE CHRISTENSEN FUND

Professor James Leach, School of Social Sciences:  'Toolkit to Facilitate the Collaborative Documentation and Revaluation of Biocultural Knowledge in PNG-$85,240 (2014-15)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE EX ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

Associate Prof Sharon Goldfeld, Associate Prof Robert Tanton, Professor Ilan Katz, Dr Sally Brinkman, Professor BIllie Giles‑Corti, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of British Columbia, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Canberra, Queensland Health, SA Department of Education and Child Development, NSW Department of Education and Communities, Mount Saint Vincent University, Wesley Mission Brisbane, Community Services Directorate ‑ ACT, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Department of Education (Commonwealth), The Smith Family, VIC Department of Education and Early Childhood Development:  'The Kids in Communities Study ‑ National Investigation of Community Level Effects on Childrens Developmental Outcomes'-$80,652 (2014-16)

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND EX ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

Professor Janeen Baxter, Dr Stephen Zubrick,  Deborah Cobb‑Clark, Professor Mark Western, Professor Lorraine Mazerolle, Professor Matthew Sanders,  Colm Harmon, Associate Professor Michelle Haynes, Professor David Lawrence, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Wesley Mission Brisbane, Department of Education (Commonwealth), VIC Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Department of Social Services (Commonwealth), Brotherhood of St Laurence, Department of Employment (Commonwealth), Queensland Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability:  'ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families Over the Life Course'-$4,270,000 (2014-20)

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY EX AUSTRALIAN HOUSING AND URBAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Dr Nicole Gurran, Professor Peter Phibbs, Associate Professor Paul Maginn, Dr Robin Goodman, Dr Kadir Atalay, Associate Prof Judy Yates, Professor Mike Berry, Professor Christine Whitehead, School of Earth and Environment, University of Sydney, Harvard University, London School of Economics, University College Dublin, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology:  'Housing Markets, Economic Productivity, and Risk ‑ International Evidence and Policy Implications for Australia'-$10,470 (2014)

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY EX NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS

Dr Adam Guastella, Associate Professor Andrew Whitehouse, Associate Professor Simon Gregory, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of Sydney, David H Murdock Research Institute:  'A Course of Oxytocin to Improve Social Communication in Young Children with Autism'-$144,189 (2013-15)

WA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DAFWA EX MEAT AND LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA MLA

Dr William Erskine, Assistant Professor Janine Croser, Dr Parwinder Kaur, School of Plant Biology:  'Pre Breeding in Annual Legumes'-$483,667 (2013-16)

WA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Professor Peter Quinn, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research:  'Core Funding for the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR):  Phase 2 ‑ 2014'-$1,550,000 (2013)

WA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Jeremy Smith, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology:  'Merit Award ‑ Fellowships ‑ Kisspeptin is the Nexus between Metabolism and Reproduction'-$50,000 (2014)

Associate Professor Nathan Pavlos, Winthrop Professor Ming Zheng, Dr Tak Sum Cheng, School of Surgery:  'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ Elucidating the Role of Sorting Nexins in Skeletal Development and Disease'-$75,000 (2014)

Dr Wai Lim, Professor Richard Prince, Clinical Professor Peter Thompson, Associate Professor Patrick Coates, Dr Joshua Lewis, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Royal Adelaide Hospital:  'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ A Randomised Controlled Trial of Vitamin D Replacement on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Vitamin D Deficient Chronic Kidney Disease Patients'-$75,000 (2014)

Professor Bruce Gardiner, Professor David Lloyd, Dr Thor Besier, Professor David Smith, Doctor Lihai Zhang, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Melbourne, University of Auckland, Griffith University:  'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ Towards an Integrated Understanding of Cartilage Remodelling in the Human Knee'-$75,000 (2014)

Dr Elysia Hollams, Dr Deborah Strickland, Dr Guicheng Zhang, Adjunct Professor Prudence Hart, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ The Role of Vitamin D in Postnatal Maturation of Immune Functions Associated with Risk from Infection and Allergic Disease in Early Life and the Subsequent Development of Persistent Asthma'-$75,000 (2014)

Associate Professor Vincent Wallace, Dr Mark Fear, Winthrop Professor Fiona Wood, Professor Bruce Tromberg, School of Surgery, School of Physics, University of California Irvine:  'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ Modulated Light Imaging for Burn Assessment'-$75,000 (2014)

Assistant Professor Ingrid Laing, Adjunct Professor Jack Goldblatt, Associate Professor Richard Allcock, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, King Edward Memorial Hospital KEMH:  'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ Investigation of steroid responsive genes found to have altered regulation on micro‑array analysis during childhood acute asthma'-$5,000 (2014

Dr Deborah Strickland, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Merit Award ‑ Fellowships ‑ Towards Prevention of Atopic Asthma'-$50,000 (2014)

Assistant Professor Maxine Croft, Professor Vera Morgan, Winthrop Professor Assen Jablensky, Dr Janine Duke, School of Surgery, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences:  'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ Healthy Pregnancy Outcomes for Mothers with Severe Mental Illness ‑ A Population Study of Early Physical and Neurological Outcomes for WA Infants Exposed in Utero to Psychotropic Medications'-$5,000 (2014)

WA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

Paula Hooper, Professor Fiona Bull, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, School of Population Health, School of Earth and Environment:  'Evaluation of the City of Cockburn Your Move Initiative'-$28,981 (2014)

WA DEPARTMENT OF WATER

Associate Professor Matthew Hipsey, Ana Ruibal Conti, School of Earth and Environment:  'Peel Harvey Estuary System Model Development- $40,000 (2014)

WA HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION HEALTHWAY

Associate Professor Michael Rosenberg, Associate Professor Lisa Wood, Winthrop Professor Stephen Houghton, Assistant Professor Renee Ferguson, Graduate School of Education, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, School of Population Health:  'Provision of Evaluation Services to Healthway (2014-16)'-$919,981 (2014-15)

WA MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION

Dr Zoe Hyde, Professor Christopher Etherton-Beer, Dr Kathleen Potter, Matthew Tilley, Associate Professor Kieran McCaul, Dr Maryanne Doherty, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Curtin University of Technology:  'General Practitioner Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Trans People in Western Australia'-$8,421 (2014)

WA ROYALTIES FOR REGIONS PILBARA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Professor Matthew Tonts, Professor Paul Plummer, Dr Valeria Paul, Dr Sharon Biermann, School of Earth and Environment:  'Western Australian Regional Development Partnership'-$200,000 (2014)