The
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Australian
Research Council (ARC) have awarded UniSA the following Project Grants.
UniSA won the following NHMRC Project Grants.
Administering institution: University of South Australia
Lifestyle strategies for the management of reproductive function
in polycystic ovary syndrome
Investigators: A/Prof Peter Clifton (CSIRO), A/Prof Manny Noakes
(CSIRO), Jonathan Buckley (UniSA) and Dr Grant Brinkworth (CSIRO).
Amount awarded: $375,500 over 2 years
Administering institution: University of South Australia
Long-term efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets
Investigators: A/Prof Peter Clifton (CSIRO), A/Prof Manny Noakes
(CSIRO), Dr Grant Brinkworth (CSIRO), Dr Jonathan Buckley (UniSA); Dr
Michael Fenech (CSIRO) and Dr Carlene Wilson (CSIRO)
Amount awarded: $488,750 over 3 years
Administering institution: Walter and Eliza Hall
Medical Research Institute
Finding better targets for new epilepsy treatment
Investigators: Professor Simon Foote, A/Professor Terence O'Brien and
Professor Ross Mckinnon (UniSA)
Amount awarded: $457,500 over 3 years
UniSA is ranked 1st nationally in the ARC Linkage Project Scheme, which provides funding for collaborative research projects between higher education researchers and industry. Our combined ARC Linkage and Discovery Project results place us 9th nationally.
Investigators:
Prof E Carson; Dr L Kerr
Exploring new opportunities for Local Government to facilitate
innovative partnership options that link social, economic and employment
development
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $24,650; 2007 - $24,650; 2008 -
$24,650
Partner Organisation(s): City of Salisbury
Investigators: Prof WA Dawson; Ms K McCulloch; Dr GD Roach; Dr
AA Baker; Mr A Simmonds; Capt P Randell
Evaluation of a Fatigue Risk Management System in the Australian
aviation industry
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $74,340; 2007 - $74,340;
2008 - $74,340
Partner Organisation(s): National Jet Systems; Royal Flying Doctors
Service [RFDS, central operations inc.]
Investigators: Dr NK Dutta; A/Prof NR Choudhury; Mr MJ Butcher
Novel Waterborne Multifunctional Sealer for Asphalt Pavement
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $77,000; 2007 - $77,000;
2008 - $77,000
Partner Organisation(s): RoadSAVE Holding Pty. Ltd.
Investigators: Dr C Garnaut; A/Prof R Freestone; Prof A Alanen
Cultural heritage in the sustainability of remote planned communities
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $40,331; 2007 - $25,494;
2008 - $25,494
Partner Organisation(s): Department for Environment and Heritage;
BAE Systems Australia
Investigators: Prof AG Mackinnon; Dr PJ O'Leary; A/Prof P Bishop;
Ms VR Szekeres
Doing Social Sustainability: the utopian imagination of youth on the
margins
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $58,000; 2007 - $52,000; 2008 -
$57,000
Partner Organisation(s): Bowden Brompton Community School; Youth
Education Centre; The Migration Museum; Social Inclusion Unit, Dept of
Premier and Cabinet; Dept of Further Education, Employment, Science &
Technology
Investigators: Dr GE Morris; Dr MS Zbik; Prof RS Smart; Dr M Coghill;
Mr WA Wright
Control Of Aggregate Structure, Settling And Dewatering In Mineral
Tailings Processing
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $90,012; 2007 - $81,907;
2008 - $84,355
Partner Organisation(s): Rio Tinto Technical Services; High Power
Ultrasonics Pty Ltd
Investigators: Prof J Ralston; Prof TW Healy; Prof GJ Jameson; Prof
DV Boger; Prof DY Chan; Prof TJ Napier‑Munn
Australian Mineral Science Research Institute: Transformation of
resource‑based industries through the generation and application of new
technologies.
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $1800,000; 2007 -
$1800,000; 2008 - $1800,000; 2009 - $1500,000; 2010 -
$1500,000
Partner Organisation(s): AMIRA International; Primary Industries &
Resources SA
Investigators: Dr R Sedev; Prof J Ralston; Dr JG Kaldi; Dr MB
Clennell; Dr D Dewhurst; Dr PJ Boult; Mr NP Tupper; Dr RJ Suttill
Model Studies of the Wettability of Reservoir and Seal Rocks as
Recovered and After Treatments to Alter Surface Properties
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $75,000; 2007 - $75,000;
2008 - $75,000
Partner Organisation(s): Primary Industries and Resources SA;
Santos Ltd; Origin Energy Ltd
Investigators: Dr SJ Semple; Prof RA McKinnon; Dr J Wang; Mr DJ
Claudie
Pharmacological investigation of medicinal plant products from Kaanju
Homelands, Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers, Cape York Peninsula
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $50,000; 2007 - $55,500;
2008 - $50,000
Partner Organisation(s): Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation
Administered via Charles Darwin University
Investigators: Prof I M Buchanan; Dr S H Luckman (from UniSA);
Dr C R Gibson
Creative Tropical City: Mapping Darwin's Creative Industries
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $85,000; 2007 - $72,000;
2008 - $72,000
Partner Organisation(s): NT Tourist Commission; Darwin City
Council; Department of Chief Minister.
Investigators:
Prof JA Filar; Dr SK Lucas; Prof VS Borkar; Prof W
Murray
Doubly Stochastic Matrices & The Hamiltonian Cycle Problem
**Amount Awarded: 2006 - $110,000; 2007 -
$111,000; 2008 - $112,000; 2009 - $113,000; 2010 -
$114,000
**Note: Includes funding for a prestigious Australian Professorial Fellowship
for Professor Jerzy Filar
Investigator: Prof V Gaitsgory
Occupational Measures Approach to Long Run Average and Singularly
Perturbed Optimal Control Problems
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $73,000; 2007 - $75,000;
2008 - $77,000
Investigator: Dr J Liu
Normalizing XML Documents
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $140,000
Investigators: Dr Z Lu; Dr J Trogdon
The effects of child disability on carer's labour market outcomes in
Australia
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $28,988; 2007 - $28,955;
2008 - $31,745
Investigators: Prof LK Rasmussen; Prof AJ Grant
Complexity Constrained Iterative Information Processing
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $133,000; 2007 - $99,000 -
2008 - $107,000
*Investigators: A/Prof F Burstein; A/Prof JR Warren; Prof S M
McKemmish; A/Prof J Fisher
Smart Information Portals: Meeting knowledge and decision support needs
of health care consumers for quality online information.
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $60,000; 2007 - $62,000;
2008 - $64,000
*Note: Professor Warren has commenced an academic appointment
in NZ which commenced this week
Administering Institution: The University of Adelaide
Investigators: Prof AG Williams; A/Prof MA Buntine; Dr PD Coddington;
A/Prof DB Leinweber; Dr FA Vaughan; Dr CA Abbott; Prof JH Bowie; Prof MI
Bruce; Prof DE Catcheside; Prof GC Dandy; Dr J Denier; Prof GB Fincher;
A/Prof AR Gerson (UniSA); Prof CH Hansen; Prof P Langridge; Prof
WD Lawrance; Prof SF Lincoln; Dr GF Metha; Prof TM Monro
South Australian Supercluster Facility
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $560,000
Partner Organisation(s): The University of Adelaide; South
Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (SAPAC); The Flinders
University of South Australia; University of South Australia
Administering Institution: Australian National University
Investigators: Dr TR Griffiths; Dr D Langmore; Dr NP Brown; Prof DM
Horner; Prof P Jalland; Prof SF Macintyre; Prof JS McCalman; Mr GJ
McCarthy; Prof SR Garton; Prof JI Roe; Prof AG Mackinnon; A/Prof PJ
Buckridge; Prof GJ Davison
The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National
Information Systems: Networking Research Capability
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $350,000
Partner Organisation(s): The Australian National University; The
University of Melbourne; The University of Sydney; Macquarie University;
University of South Australia; Griffith University; Monash University;
National Library of Australia; National Museum of Australia; National
Archives of Australia
Administering Institution: The Flinders University of South Australia
Investigators: Dr MR Johnston; Prof JA Carver; Prof HJ Griesser;
Prof KP Wainwright; Prof JG Matisons; Dr NH Voelcker; Dr GW Booker;
A/Prof GP Jones; Prof JH Bowie; A/Prof NR Choudhury; Prof RA McKinnon;
Prof JC Wallace; A/Prof ML Whitelaw; Dr MV Perkins; Dr SM Pyke; Prof SF
Lincoln; Dr GM Elsey
South Australian NMR Infrastructure Consortium
Amount Awarded: 2006 - $800,000
Partner Organisation(s): The Flinders University of South
Australia; The University of Adelaide; University of South Australia;
The Australian Wine Research Institute
