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Grants Awarded Between 16 July 2014 and 11 August 2014

ARC FUTURE FELLOWSHIPS

Associate Professor Megan Ryan, School of Plant Biology, 'Crops for a phosphorus‑scarce future: plant adaptation to fluctuating phosphorus availability' - (2014 - 17)

Dr David Wacey , School of Earth and Environment, 'New insights into the Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth' - (2014‑17)

Dr Peter Munro, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, 'Computed microscopy: solving the inverse problem of optical microscopy to image deeper into biological tissue' - (2014‑17)

Professor Mark Edele, School of Humanities, 'Soviet War Experiences, 1937‑1950' -   (2014‑17)

BAKER IDI EX NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS

Professor David Dunstan, Winthrop Professor Daniel Green, Dr Kathryn Ellis, Prof Ester Cerin, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, 'Taking a Break for Brain Health: Interacting Effects of Exercise Bouts with Breaks in Sitting Time on Cognitive and

Cerebrovascular Function in Overweight Adults' -  $367,888  (2014‑16)

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS

Professor Vincent Chong, Professor Chong Lau, Professor Lokman Mia, Associate Professor John Sands, UWA Business School, Curtin University of Technology, Griffith University, 'Performance Measures Absorptive Capacity Knowledge Sharing and Innovation Capabilities' - $14,978  (2014)

INSURANCE COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Winthrop Professor Bruce Robinson, Adjunct Professor Richard Lake, Dr Jenette Creaney, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'Advancing Research Info Asbestos Related Disease' -   $1,958,335  (2013‑16)

INTERNATIONAL MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRE EX AUSAID

Winthrop Professor Andries Fourie, School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Engineering, 'Learning Through Failures: Preparation of a Series of Lectures for Teaching of Mine Waste Management Best Practice '-  $50,600  (2014)

Associate Professor Alexander Gardner, Associate Professor Takele Bulto, Law School, 'Mining and Water Law Reform for Ghana' -     $49,000  (2014)

INTERNATIONAL RETT SYNDROME FOUNDATION

Dr Helen Leonard, Dr Jennepher Downs, Dr Kim Carter, Dr Alison Anderson, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, 'The InterRett Database ‑ Looking Back and Looking Forward' -  $100,000  (2014‑15)

KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE LTD

Associate Professor Christophe Gaudin, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, 'Investigating Hybrid Foundation System for Jack‑up Foundation' -    $24,125  (2014)

MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIA

Assistant Professor Christina Davies, School of Population Health, 'The Impact of the Perpetual Foundation Musica Viva Live Performance Plus Program on New South Wales School Children' -   $9,910  (2014)

PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Professor Mark Everard, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, 'Telemedicine and regular feedback to improve quality of life and health outcomes for asthmatic patients' -           $75,174  (2015)

UWA RESEARCH COLLABORATION AWARDS

Dr Julien Bourget, Dr Jody Webster, Dr Michael O'Leary, Dr Alessio Rovere, School of Earth and Environment, University of Sydney, Curtin University of Technology, University of Bremen, 'Paleoshorelines and drowned reefs of WA: Predicting future sea‑level rise from past sea‑level change' -  $14,500  (2015)

Dr Claudia Lagos, Dr Timothy Davis, European Southern Observatory, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, University of Hertfordshire, 'Gas in galaxies: Exploring the connection between galaxy evolution and gas content' -  $10,610  (2015)

MD Sayed Iftekhar, Professor Uwe Latacz‑Lohmann, School of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Kiel, 'Making voluntary provision of environmental goods more efficient: The role of social networks and information feedback. '-   $19,981  (2015)

Assistant Professor Cyril Donnelly, Professor Scott Delp, Dr Jeff Reinbolt, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, Stanford University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 'The development of an open‑source, subject‑specific knee ligament model to assess lower limb injury risk in sport' -   $16,150  (2015)

Assistant Professor Jean‑Michel Le Floch, Dr Stefania Castelletto, School of Physics, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 'Schistosoma magneto optical‑microwave sensors '- $9,720  (2015)

Dr Yinglong Chen, School of Earth and Environment, Pennsylvania State University, 'Characterising root traits for efficient water and nutrient acquisition in barley' - $17,800  (2015)

Dr Weiguang Cui, Dr Alexander Knebe, Professor Volker Springel, Professor Stefano Borgani, Thierry Sousbie, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Universidad Autonoma De Madrid, University of Trieste, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, 'The properties of cosmological structures' -    $10,000  (2015)

Winthrop Professor Karol Miller, Professor Adam Wittek, Professor Ron Kikinis, School of Mechanical & Chemical Engineering, Harvard Medical School, 'Computational Biomechanics for Image‑Guided Surgery and Diagnosis: Biomechanics‑Based Whole Body Image Registration' - $19,860  (2015)

Dr Ben Jackson, Senior Lecturer Josh Compton, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, Dartmouth College, 'Promoting healthy attitudes and behaviours: Optimising the delivery of innoculation treatments in high school health education' -  $5,130  (2015)

Dr Lies Notebaert, Dr Patrick Shirras, Dr Bram Van Bockstaele, Professor Reinout Wiers, Assistant Professor Elske Salemink, School of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 'The relationship between cognitive bias modification and emotion regulation: The missing link'- $15,000  (2015)

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Newnham, Dr Mina Fazel, Dr Angela Nickerson, School of Psychology, University of Oxford, University of New South Wales, 'Long‑term trajectories of mental health and livelihoods among refugee youth in Australia' -  $19,840  (2015)

Dr Robert Ian Cover, Professor Farida Fozdar, Associate Professor Loretta Baldassar, Associate Professor Joanna Elfving‑Hwang, School of Social Sciences, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, National University of Singapore, Monash University, University of Auckland, La Trobe University, University of Wollongong, University of Leeds, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 'Community, Popular and Digital Media in Migrant Settlement, Integration and Resilience: Mobilities and Belonging' -  $16,000  (2015)

Dr Barry Doyle, Assistant Professor Grand Joldes, Professor Janet Powell, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, 'An exploration into iliac aneurysms: Site‑specificity and rupture prediction' -  $19,200  (2015)

Dr Joshua Mylne, Kalia Bernath‑Levin, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 'The structural enzymology behind a ligating protease' - $6,700  (2015)

Dr Hannah Moore, Dr Pia Hardelid, Associate Professor Christopher Blyth, Dr Richard Pebody, Associate Professor Ruth Gilbert, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College London, 'Utilising unique data linkage infrastructure to conduct international comparisons of acute respiratory infections in children' -   $18,437  (2015)

Professor Michael Johns, Assistant Professor Sarah Vogt, Dr Marijke Fagan, Professor Sue Harrison, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, 'Optimising Acid and Biological Leaching of Low Grade Ores using Tomographic Techniques' -  $15,000  (2015)

Professor Shaun Collin, Assistant Professor Kara Shaw, Associate Professor Andrew Iwaniuk, Professor Doug Wylie, Assistant Professor Kathryn Heel, School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Animal Biology, University of Alberta, University of Lethbridge, 'Anatomical Proxies for Cognitive Abilities in Vertebrates' -  $15,000  (2015)

Dr Prajwal Kafle, Assistant Professor Aaron Robotham, University of Sydney, University of Durham, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, 'Galaxies Joining a Party: Finding a Group' -  $18,726  (2015)

Associate Professor Matthew Hipsey, Louise Bruce, School of Earth and Environment, 'Expanding cross‑site synthesis through virtual lake domains within the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network'-   $14,000  (2015)

Daniel Creedon, School of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder, 'Coupling crystal resonators and novel cavities to highly coherent quantum devices'-  $8,800  (2015)

Assistant Professor Miriam Munoz‑Rojas, School of Plant Biology, Universidad de Sevilla, Spanish National Research Council, Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (CSIC), 'Soil water repellence in biodiverse semi arid environments: new insights and implications for ecological restoration' - $18,600  (2015)

Samuel Baron, Assistant Professor Michael Rubin, Dr Jasmin Asay, Dr Lina Jansson, Professor David Braddon‑Mitchell, Professor Mark Colyvan, Dr Kristie Miller, Dr Jonathan Tallant, Dr Alastair Wilson, Professor Daniel Nolan, School of Humanities, University of Sydney, University of Nottingham, Australian National University, University of Birmingham, Nanyang Technological University, University of Hong Kong, 'Explanation in Science and Metaphysics: Bridging the Gap' -  $20,000  (2015)

Benjamin Grafton, Professor Elaine Fox, Professor Nazanin Derakhshan, Julian Basanovic, School of Psychology, University of Oxford, University of London, 'Anomalies of attention: Determining the functional relationship between attentional bias, attentional control, and anxiety vulnerability' - $16,236  (2015)

Dr Nadine Kloth, Professor Gillian Rhodes, Professor Stefan Schweinberger, Romina Palermo, School of Psychology, University of Jena, 'Watching the brain recalibrate: Determining the neural correlates of face protoype formation' -   $15,512  (2015)

Professor Ryan Lowe, Dr Jeffrey Hansen, School of Earth and Environment, Zhejiang University, UWA Oceans Institute, 'Nearshore dynamics of complex coastlines' - $15,000  (2015)

Dr Luke Davies, Professor Jonathan Davies, Professor Steven Phillipps, University of Bristol, Cardiff University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, 'Identifying Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Local Universe' -  $5,847  (2015)

Dr Ryan Dosselli, Professor Jacobus Boomsma, Morten Schiott, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, University of Copenhagen, 'Molecular immune defences: how ant queens control sexually transmitted diseases' -  $20,000  (2015)

Dr Ozren Bogdanovich, Professor Ryan Lister, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, University of Washington, Ruder Boskovic Institute, 'Building the vertebrate: evolutionary implications of DNA methylation in zebrafish body plan formation' -  $16,800  (2015)

Professor Farida Fozdar, Professor Ros Edwards, Dr Chamion Caballero, Professor Yin Paradies, Dr Kristen McGavin, School of Social Sciences, University of Queensland, Deakin University, University of Southampton, London South Bank University, 'Mixed Race in Australia' -   $15,000  (2015)

Associate Professor Nicole Jones, Dr Andrew Lucas, Ms Cynthia Bluteau, Distinguished Professor Robert Pinkel, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of California San Diego, 'The Nonlinear Evolution of the Internal Tide over the Tasmanian Continental Shelf' -  $19,850  (2015)

UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA EX EDUCATION INVESTMENT FUND EIF

Winthrop Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, 'Integrated Marine Observing System IMOS Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network ACORN' - $584,000  (2014‑15)

WA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Dr Thomas Snelling, Professor Jonathan Carapetis, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, Professor Peter McIntyre, Professor Nigel Curtis, Dr Michael Gold, Professor Dianne Campbell, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, 'Merit Award ‑ Projects ‑ Randomised Controlled Trial of Whole Cell Pertussis Vaccine in Infants to Reduce the Risk of IgE Mediated Food Allergy' - $35,000  (2014)

Dr Lynette Colvin, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, 'Merit Award ‑ Fellowships ‑ Post Marketing Surveillance of Medicines Prescribed in Pregnancy and Early Childhood to Promote the Safe Use of Medicines in Vulnerable Populations' -$50,000  (2014)

WOMEN & INFANTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Dr Yong Song, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, 'Impact of antenatal betamethasone exposure on preterm diaphragm integrity' -  $20,000  (2014)