Download NHMRC Project and Development Grants, ARC Discovery Project

NHMRC Project Grants 2011, ARC Discovery Project Grants
for 2011, and ARC Linkage Grants for 2011 awarded to brain
sciences researchers at UNSW.
NHMRC Project Grants
41 NHMRC Project Grants with more than $21.23 million were granted to UNSW
of which 16 projects (39 %) with more than $7.32 million (34.5 %) were awarded to
brain sciences researchers.
Note: The list presented below is not an exhaustive account of funding approved to brain
sciences researchers in that it includes only grants administered by UNSW.
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Prof. Brian Draper, A/Prof. Julian Trollor et al. Improving service provision for
early onset dementia: The INSPIRED study. $715,349.80
Dr Zachary Steel. Ethnographic, treatment, and policy responses to patients
presenting for care with chronic medically unexplained symptoms in Viet Nam: A
randomized control trial of cognitive behaviour therapy, structured care and
treatment as usual. $471,278.00
A/Prof. Gavan McNally. Prefrontal cortical mechanisms for fear learning.
$277,524
A/Prof. Kay Double et al. Copper pathways are altered in Parkinson’s disease:
Implications for cell vulnerability. $328,918
A/Prof. Michelle Moulds. Rumination and deficits in the recall of positive
autobiographical memories in depression. $254,208
Dr Michael Valenzuela, A/Prof. Colleen Loo et al. Role of neurogenesis in
clinical recovery from depression during ECT: Application of a novel in vivo
magnetic resonance spectroscopy technology. $505,312
Prof. Peter Gunning, Prof. Edna Hardeman et al. Regulation of cell proliferation
by the actin cytoskeleton. $586,732
Prof. Maree Teesson et al. The effectiveness of a comprehensive ‘universal’ and
‘targeted’ intervention to prevent substance use and related harms in adolescents:
The CAP project. $723,665
Prof. Louisa Degenhardt, Prof. Richard Mattick et al. Determining the impact of
opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A
22-year data linkage study. $204,472
Dr John Kwok, Prof. Peter Schofield et al. Investigation of dysfunction of
SIGMARI in transgenic mouse models, a novel gene implicated in
neurodegeneration. $475,048
Prof. Margaret Morris et al. How does paternal obesity influence offspring
glucose tolerance? $486,022.80
Dr Arun Krishnan, Prof. Matthew Kiernan et al. NEU-HORIZONS: The
neuroprotection and therapeutic use of riluzole for the prevention of oxaliplatin
neurotoxicity study. $369,208
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Dr Lorimer Moseley et al. Refining and testing a promising new treatment for
chronic pain. $595,392
Prof. Glenda Halliday, Prof. Brett Garner et al. Cellular effects of
glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutations in Lewy body diseases. $506,706
Prof. Richard Mattick et al. Investigating the relationships between cannabis and
other drug use, mental health, early-life factors and life-course outcomes:
Integrative analyses of data from four Australasian cohort studies. $284,472
Dr Gilles Guillemin, Prof. Bruce Brew et al. The involvement of the kynurenine
pathway in blood brain barrier disruption and its relevance for neuroinflammatory
diseases. $538,390
5 NHMRC Career Development Awards with $2 million were granted to UNSW of
which one grant with $384,160 (19.2%) was awarded to a brain sciences researcher.
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Dr Michael Valenzuela. Regenerative neuroscience strategies for brain ageing
and dementia. $384,160
ARC Discovery Project Grants and Linkage Grants for 2011
ARC Discovery Project Grants for 2011
85 projects with more than $25.65 million were granted to UNSW of which 5
projects (5.9 %) with $1,887,143 (7.4 %) were awarded to brain sciences
researchers.
Note: The list presented below is not an exhaustive account of funding approved to brain
sciences researchers in that it includes only grants administered by UNSW.
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Prof. Richard Bryant. The causes of intrusive memories. $216,819
Prof. Barbara Gillam et al. The role of monocular regions in stereoscopic depth
perception. $240,000
Dr Michael Hornberger, Prof. John Hodges et al. Make up your mind! –
Dissociating the roles of orbitofrontal cortex and striatum in human decision
making. $794,339
A/Prof. Gavan McNally and Prof. Rick Richardson. When is extinction not
extinction? $375,575
Prof. Reginald Fred Westbrook. Learning to control fear. $260,410
ARC Linkage Grants for 2011
30 projects with more than $8.34 million were granted to UNSW of which 4 projects
(13.3 %) with $886,794 (10.6 %) were awarded to brain sciences researchers.
Note: The list presented below is not an exhaustive account of funding approved to brain
sciences researchers in that it includes only grants administered by UNSW.
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Prof. Vaughan Carr, Prof. Rhoshel Lenroot et al. The NSW child development
study. $429,099
Dr Jennifer Chalmers, Dr Rebecca McKetin et al. Drunk, high or sober: How do
alcohol and illicit drug prices affect young Australian’s plans for Saturday night?
$70,596
Prof. Valsamma Eapen, Prof. Derrick Silove, Prof. Mark Dadds et al. Separation
anxiety in pregnancy: Associations with oxytocin release, attachment styles and
mother-infant interactions. $232,767
Dr Richard Kemp, A/Prof. Michelle Moulds. Towards a safer workplace:
Promoting healthy work environments through strategic research in memory and
behaviour change. $154,332