Prof. Michael (Mike) Calford

Work Phone	(02) 492 15441
Fax	(02) 492 17052
Email	Mike.Calford@newcastle.edu.au
Office	CH308, Chancellery

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	28
Total funding	$3,565,710

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2012 (2 grants)

2011 Awards for Research Excellence - Shared Account$4,000

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford, Professor Mark Parsons, Doctor Juanita Todd, Doctor Robert Imre, Doctor Michael Ondaatje, Doctor Dmitri Kavetski
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Award for Research Excellence
Total Amount	Role
$4,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1200056

2011 Awards for Supervision Excellence - Shared Account$4,000

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford, Associate Professor Jim Jose, Associate Professor Helen Warren-Forward, Doctor Keri Glastonbury, Professor Mirka Miller, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Award for Supervision Excellence
Total Amount	Role
$4,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1200057

2011 (1 grants)

CRC for Social Inclusion$30,000

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2011
GNo:G1100797

2010 (1 grants)

Effects of therapeutic hypothermia and rewarming on intracranial pressure in experimental stroke$2,064

Project Team
Doctor Damian McLeod, Doctor Neil Spratt, Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
National Stroke Foundation
Scheme
Honours Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,064	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2011
GNo:G1000608

2009 (4 grants)

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Peter Lewis
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$495,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189122

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

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Peter Lewis
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$50,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189948

Establishing Computed Tomography Perfusion (CTP) imaging in an animal stroke model$20,000

Project Team
Doctor Damian McLeod, Doctor Neil Spratt, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Chris Levi, Professor Mark Parsons
Funding Body
National Stroke Foundation
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189942

2008 (1 grants)

Hypoxic culture chamber and low-pressure gas regulators$11,500

Project Team
Doctor Neil Spratt, Professor John Rostas, Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$11,500	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2008
GNo:G0188544

2007 (3 grants)

Improving stroke outcomes: New targets and therapies$1,229,800

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford, Professor Geoff Donnan, Professor Stephen Davis, Professor Graeme Hankey, Dr David Howells
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Program Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,229,800	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2011
GNo:G0186741

Neuroplasticity, behaviour and therapeutic training in an animal model of tinnitus$97,171

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford, Dr Carl Parsons
Funding Body
American Tinnitus Association
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$97,171	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0186754

Investigating neuroplasticity underlying tinnitus$20,000

Project Team
Dr Carl Parsons, Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Near Miss Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0187192

2006 (3 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Brain & Mental Health Research (CBMHR)$524,282

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Chris Levi, Professor Amanda Baker, Professor Mike Calford, Professor Trevor Day, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Michael Hazelton, Professor Andrew Heathcote, Professor Brian Kelly, Conjoint Professor Vaughan Carr, Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie, Professor David Pow, Professor John Rostas, Professor Ulli Schall, Professor Alistair Sim, Professor Mike Startup
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Priority Research Centre
Total Amount	Role
$524,282	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2013
GNo:G0186947

Investigating the link between auditory cortex plasticity and chronic tinnitus$20,000

Project Team
Dr Carl Parsons, Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Near Miss Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0186087

Is correlated neural activity necessary for developmental brain plasticity?$20,000

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford, Assoc. Prof John Morley, Assoc. Prof Trichur Vidyasagar
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Near Miss Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0186049

2005 (2 grants)

2005 RIBG allocation$85,000

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)
Total Amount	Role
$85,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0185792

Investigating the link between auditory system plasticity and chronic tinnitus$13,400

Project Team
Dr Carl Parsons, Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
Hunter Medical Research Institute
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$13,400	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0184846

2004 (1 grants)

Role of cortico-cortical connections in plasticity$25,500

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford, Professor B Dreher
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$25,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2007
GNo:G0184189

2003 (2 grants)

Assessment of somatosensory function in subjects with schizophrenia: touch, pain and axon reflex flare.$11,000

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Loris Chahl, Conjoint Professor Vaughan Carr, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Doctor Carmel Loughland, Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$11,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2003
GNo:G0182466

International Brain Research Organisation Congress. Prague 10-16 July 2003$2,500

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2003
GNo:G0183576

2002 (2 grants)

Neurosteroid modulation of GABA-inhibition in vivo: central auditory pathway models$330,000

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford, Dr Carl Parsons, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$330,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2004
GNo:G0180876

Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, USA 2 - 8 November 2002$2,500

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0182626

2001 (4 grants)

Bilateral Interactions in Adult Brain Plasticity.$210,285

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$210,285	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2003
GNo:G0180541

Sampling of brain synthesised steroids involved in increasing inhibition in anxiolytic response.$20,000

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki
Funding Body
Hunter Medical Research Institute
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2001
GNo:G0181500

Structural changes, new neurons and stem cell implantation in adult cerebral cortex.$10,000

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2001
GNo:G0180102

Movement and Sensation - International Symposium, Queensland 2-6 September 2001$1,482

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,482	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2001
GNo:G0180978

2000 (2 grants)

Models of inhibitory plasticity: adult somatosensory cortex and auditory midbrain.$31,226

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$31,226	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2000
GNo:G0179857

Project Team
Professor Mike Calford
Funding Body
Australian Spinal Research Trust
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2000
GNo:G0180167

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