A/Prof. David McCurdy

Work Phone	(02) 4921 5879
Fax	(02) 4921 5472
Email	David.McCurdy@newcastle.edu.au
Office	BG13, Biological Sciences

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	41
Total funding	$4,695,934

For project grants received while at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.

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2013 (1 grants)

Refurbishment of the Newcastle Plant Growth Facility$160,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy, Professor Christopher Grof, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$160,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2013	2013
GNo:G1200380

2012 (1 grants)

2011 Emerging Research Leaders Program$15,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Emerging Research Leaders Program
Total Amount	Role
$15,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1200646

2011 (2 grants)

Specialised Greenhouse Space for New Initiatives $500,000

Project Team
Professor Christopher Grof, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$500,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2011
GNo:G1000631

Wall Ingrowth Formation in Plant Transfer Cells - Discovering Regulatory Transcription Factor Cascades$294,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Discovery Projects
Total Amount	Role
$294,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2013
GNo:G1000128

2010 (4 grants)

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000

Project Team
Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$350,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2010
GNo:G0190369

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000

Project Team
Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$215,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2010
GNo:G1000874

ARE - Researcher of the Year 2010$10,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Award for Research Excellence
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2011
GNo:G1001075

Faculty of Science and IT - Award for Research Excellence$2,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Award for Research Excellence
Total Amount	Role
$2,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2010
GNo:G1001019

2009 (3 grants)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$650,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189120

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy for Live Cell Imaging$275,000

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Rick Thorne, Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$275,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189038

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$70,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0190441

2008 (1 grants)

ComBio 2008 (Combined Annual Meeting of ASPS, ASBMB, ANZSCDB), National Convention Centre Canberra, 21/9/2008 - 25/9/2008$1,110

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,110	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2008
GNo:G0189550

2007 (2 grants)

Functional characterisation of membrane transporters responsible for sugar accumulation in tomato fruit$8,273

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Pilot Grant
Total Amount	Role
$8,273	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0187849

International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2007, Academic Sinica Taipei, Taiwan, 7/5/2007 - 11/5/2007$2,500

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0187777

2006 (2 grants)

Induction of Plant Transfer Cells - Discovering Regulatory Networks$322,000

Project Team
Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Discovery Projects
Total Amount	Role
$322,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2008
GNo:G0185249

8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Adelaide Convention Centre, 20 - 25/8/2006$1,500

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0186879

2005 (2 grants)

Plant Transfer Cells - Discovering the Mechanisms of Wall Ingrowth Formation$300,000

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Discovery Projects
Total Amount	Role
$300,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2007
GNo:G0184327

High throughput proteomics - Thermo Finnigan ProteomeX LCQ Integrated Proteomicis Workstation$207,189

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Peter Lewis, Conjoint Associate Professor Renate Griffith, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Professor Adam McCluskey, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Alistair Sim, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Dr Fraser Ross
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$207,189	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0184185

2004 (2 grants)

Upgrade and expansion of Newcastle Plant Growth Facility$329,504

Project Team
Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Mr Michael Cole, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Professor John Rodger
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$329,504	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0183029

Mechanisms of wall ingrowth deposition intransfer cells.$9,500

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$9,500	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0183471

2003 (1 grants)

ComBio 2003 28/0903 to 2/10/03$873

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$873	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2003
GNo:G0183737

2002 (2 grants)

Molecular and cellular analysis of cell division induction in totipotent plant cells$6,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$6,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0181467

Gordon Research Conference on the Plant and Fungal Cytoskeleton New Hampshire, 11-16 August 2002$1,425

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,425	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0181995

2001 (2 grants)

The role of the cytoskeleton in regulating development of plant transfer cells.$12,000

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor V Franceschi, Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$12,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2001
GNo:G0180129

Analysis of the biochemical and live cell properties of the fimbrin family of actin-binding proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana.$7,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy, Assoc. Prof C Staiger
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$7,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2001
GNo:G0180131

2000 (5 grants)

Genetic engineering of enhanced sweetness and flavour in tomato fruit$78,240

Project Team
Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT)
Total Amount	Role
$78,240	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2002
GNo:G0178642

Genetic engineering of enhanced sweetness and flavour in tomato fruit$30,000

Project Team
Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
Yates Vegetable Seeds Pty Ltd
Scheme
SPIRT Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2002
GNo:G0181250

The Role of the Cytoskeleton During Differentialtion of Transfer Cells.$7,000

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$7,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2000
GNo:G0178974

Functional Characterisation of the Fimbrin-Like Gene Family in Arabidopsis Thaliana.$5,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$5,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2000
GNo:G0178975

Gordon Research Conference.$2,400

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,400	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2000
GNo:G0180304

1999 (2 grants)

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Facility.$203,107

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Doctor Tim Roberts, Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones, Doctor John Clulow, Professor John Rostas, Professor Alistair Sim, Professor Gordon Burns, Conjoint Professor Loris Chahl, DR DAVID KAY
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$203,107	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1999	1999
GNo:G0177945

The role of the cell cytoskeleton during differentiation of transfer cells$7,000

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$7,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1999	1999
GNo:G0178190

1998 (3 grants)

Specialised Environmental Space for Newcastle Plant Growth$250,000

Project Team
Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Mr Michael Cole
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$250,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1998	1998
GNo:G0177584

Functional characterization of novel actin filament-bundling proteins and their genes identified in the higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana.$3,000

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$3,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1998	1998
GNo:G0177294

Gordon Research Conference: The Plant and Fungal Cytoskeleton, USA 9-13 August 1998$1,866

Project Team
Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,866	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1998	1998
GNo:G0180348

1996 (1 grants)

Molecular biology of plasma membrane hexose porters in developing tomato fruit$180,000

Project Team
Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor David McCurdy
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Grant
Total Amount	Role
$180,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1996	1998
GNo:G0175260

1995 (3 grants)

Laboratory Upgrade$17,600

Project Team
Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Mr Michael Cole
Funding Body
Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs
Scheme
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)
Total Amount	Role
$17,600	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1995	1995
GNo:G0175592

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