Grants and Funding

Outcomes

ARC Funding Outcomes
NHMRC Funding Outcomes

ARC Funding Commencing in 2018

University of Newcastle as lead institution

Project ID	Chief Investigator	Scheme Name	Project Title	Recommended Budget
Announced November 2018
DE190100965	Dr Siddulu Naidu Talapaneni	Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2019	Janus nanosheets for the capture of CO2 and its conversion into clean fuels	$408,000
DE190101134	Dr Melissa Harris	Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2019	Contraceptive choice for women with chronic disease	$342,338
DP190100091	Professor Phil Hansbro	Discovery Projects 2019	Elucidating the roles of steroid receptors in mitochondria	$441,000
DP190100113	Professor George Kuczera	Discovery Projects 2019	Optimal trade-offs for managing environmental water in inland wetlands	$505,000
DP190100646	Associate Professor Mark Harvey	Discovery Projects 2019	1 potato, 2 wotatoes, 3 otatoes: Lexical access in Australian languages	$484,000
DP190100770	Dr Lawrene Ong	Discovery Projects 2019	Information-theoretic secure communications via caching	$420,000
DP190100788	Professor Erica Wanless	Discovery Projects 2019	Unravelling the dominant drivers of ion specificity	$533,038
DP190100861	Dr Amy Waller	Discovery Projects 2019	Taking action: Increasing Advance Personal Planning by older adults	$542,000
DP190101558	Professor Olivier Buzzi	Discovery Projects 2019	Solving the Scale Effect for Rock Discontinuities	$370,000
DP190101592	Associate Professor Jinsong Huang	Discovery Projects 2019	Probabilistic Geotechnical Site Characterisation	$168,000
DP190102103	Dr David Farrugia	Discovery Projects 2019	Young Hospitality Workers and Value Creation in the Service Economy	$197,433
DP190102407	Dr Klaus Thoeni	Discovery Projects 2019	A new framework for large-scale dynamic geotechnical simulations	$320,000
DP190102455	Associate Professor Mark Baker	Discovery Projects 2019	Proteomic and genetic analysis of subfertile bull spermatozoa	$472,000
DP190102751	Professor Lyazid Djenidi	Discovery Projects 2019	Wall Turbulence Control: Beyond the Canonical Smooth Wall Case	$550,000
DP190102859	Professor Rick Middleton	Discovery Projects 2019	Robustness, Resilience and Security of Networked Dynamic Systems	$502,000
DP190103221	Associate Professor Kenneth Williams	Discovery Projects 2019	Modelling and Characterisation of Biomass Materials for Pneumatic Transport	$390,000
DP190103307	Dr Galina Mirzaeva	Discovery Projects 2019	Novel power system architecture and control for 'More Electric Aircraft'	$255,000
DP190103314	Professor Brett Neilan	Discovery Projects 2019	Novel ultraviolet radiation filters from extreme environments	$395,000
DP190103459	Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson	Discovery Projects 2019	Predicting the recovery of composite mineral particles in froth flotation	$540,000
IN190100044	Dr Dane Lamb	Discovery Indigenous 2019	Developing a predictive toxicity model for metallic anions in plants	$496,166
LE190100019	Professor Hugh Craig	Linkage Infrastructure Equipment &Facilities (LIEF)	Time-layered cultural map of Australia	$420,000
Announced August 2018
FT180100371	Professor Rosalind Smith	Future Fellowships 2018	Marginalia and the early modern women writer, 1530-1660	$1,054,816
FT180100123	Dr Karl Hassan	Future Fellowship 2018	Breaking through the Gram-negaive cell barrier	$874,125
Announced November 2017
DE180100894	Dr Zamira Gibb	Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2018	Molecular mechanisms of equine fertility and early recognition of pregnancy	$365,058
DP180100285	Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore	Discovery Projects 2018	Investigating the efficacy, complexity and sustainability of teacher change	$567,574
DP180101781	Professor Adam McCluskey	Discovery Projects 2018	Micro-dissection of clathrins role in mitosis via chemical biology probes	$802,912
DP180102064	Professor Daniel Nyberg	Discovery Projects 2018	Low carbon transition in the Australian energy sector	$184,426
DP180102334	Professor Mark Stewart	Discovery Projects 2018	Stochastic Hazard Assessment of Unreinforced Masonry Wall Systems	$473,315
DP180102421	Professor Christopher Grof	Discovery Projects 2018	Identification of novel plant transporters responsible for sucrose efflux	$353,664
DP180102522	Associate Professor Anthony Kiem	Discovery Projects 2018	Flooding in Australia - are we properly prepared for how bad it can get?	$333,267
DP180103026	Professor Steven Weller	Discovery Projects 2018	Uncertainty in the social cost of carbon dioxide: control theoretic methods	$357,999
DP180103497	Doctor George Kouretzis	Discovery Projects 2018	Large-scale geotechnical analysis of new and aged pipeline infrastructure	$365,812
DP180103613	Doctor Guy Hawkins	Discovery Projects 2018	The value of time during decisions	$327,019
DP180100448	Professor Allyson Holbrook	Discovery Projects 2018	Doctoral examiner feedback and its impact on doctoral outcomes	$163,460
DP180100452	Professor Julie Byles	Discovery Projects 2018	Beyond successful ageing: Longevity - healthy ageing among Australian women	$236,310
DP180100606	Professor Sarah Johnson	Discovery Projects 2018	Communications strategies for the internet of things	$433,122
DP180101617	Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin	Discovery Projects 2018	Hydrophobic Particle Recovery using Permeable Hydrophobic Media	$445,320
DP180103748	Professor Daichao Sheng	Discovery Projects 2018	Quantitative Risk Assessment of Unsaturated Soil Slopes	$400,901
DP180103834	Professor Yong-Ling Ruan	Discovery Projects 2018	Improving plant reproductive success under heat stress: A sweet approach	$412,121
DP180103971	Professor Geoffrey Evans	Discovery Projects 2018	Tuneable energy dissipation for optimal flotation recovery	$488,418



Announced June 2017
FL170100032	Professor George Willis	Australian Laureate Fellowship	Zero-dimensional symmetry and its ramifications	$2,837,520
FT170100460	Dr Michael Rotkowitz	Future Fellowship	Decentralisation and robustness for practical control of complex systems.	$780,000
FT170100077	Dr Nicole Verrills	Future Fellowship	Novel models to advance our understanding of mammalian development.	$928,140
Announced November 2016
DE170100177	Dr Guy Hawkins	DECRA	Cognitive models of mental architectures in consumer preference	$365,000
DE170100381	Dr Mariano Heyden	DECRA	A global analysis of the effectiveness of corporate board diversity quotas	$379,000
DE170100234	Dr Amir Salehipour	DECRA	Exact and hybrid algorithms for the Aircraft Landing Problem	$360,000
DE170100952	Dr Kalpit Shah	DECRA	A Novel Chemical Looping Process For Carbon Fiber Production From Plastics	$375,000
DE170100226	Dr Malcolm Starkey	DECRA	Understanding how innate lymphoid cells regulate mammalian lung development	$372,000
DE170100382	Dr Sze Lin Yoong	DECRA	Theory-based implementation of nutrition guidelines into childcare settings	$330,000
DP170103979	Professor Paul Dastoor	Discovery Project	Phonon based condensed matter imaging	$379,500
DP170100756	Professor Frini Karayanidis	Discovery Project	Modelling trajectories of cognitive control in adolescents and young adults	$492,500
DP170103737	Professor Robert Melchers	Discovery Project	Microbiological and abiotic marine corrosion of steel in particulate media	$423,000
DP170101812	Professor Graeme Murch	Discovery Project	Investigation of Mass Transport in High Entropy Alloys	$309,000
DP170103439	Professor Rosalind Smith	Discovery Project	Early Modern Women and the Poetry of Complaint, 1540-1660	$116,000
DP170100578	Professor Erica Wanless	Discovery Project	Electrostatic Formation of Liquid Marbles	$235,000
DP170102324	Associate Professor Christopher Wensrich	Discovery Project	Bragg-Edge Neutron Transmission Strain Tomography	$381,000
DP170101813	Dr Yuen Yong	Discovery Project	Novel Microcantilevers for Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy	$296,000
FT160100353	Associate Professor Sarah Wright	Future Fellowship	Weather cultures: Enhancing adaptive capacity to environmental change	$930,000

Previous funding announcements are available on the ARC Website.

To receive an email containing ARC funding announcements, please subscribe to the research-arc mailing list.

For successful applications

We will send the first named Chief Investigator an electronic copy of the ARC official documentation when we receive it. This will list any ARC special conditions and include an Acceptance Form which needs to be completed and returned to the Research Office.

For unsuccessful applications

The unsuccessful, ineligible or withdrawn applicants will receive an email notification from the Research Office, however the ARC no longer provides individual unsuccessful letters. A ranking will be provided for those in the top 10% and top 25% of unsuccessful proposals in the email notification received from the Research Office.

For grants held at other universities

Please advise research-grants@newcastle.edu.au as soon as possible if you are a named Investigator on an ARC grant administered elsewhere and whether you expect to receive ARC funds from the Administering Institution.

The ARC requires a MIA (sharing agreement) to be signed by all universities whether funds are transferred or not and this should be emailed to research-grants@newcastle.edu.au when received.

NHMRC Funding Commencing in 2018

University of Newcastle as lead institution

APP ID	Chief Investigator	Scheme Name	Project Title	Recommended Budget
1137995	Prof Philip Hansbro	Project Grant	Elucidating the role and potential for therapeutic targeting of TLR7 in emphysema and COPD	$925,780
1138004	Prof Philip Hansbro	Project Grant	Defining the roles and targeting interferon-epsilon as a new therapy for influenza in asthma and COPD	$905,904
1138402	Dr Chantal Donovan	Project Grant	Targeting remodelling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF)	$386,634
1139125	Prof Amanda Baker	Project Grant	Quitlink: Accessible smoking cessation support for people living with severe and enduring mental illness	$1,141,189
1142861	A/Prof Rohan Walker	Project Grant	Microglial paralysis in post-stroke neurodegeneration: help or hindrance?	$512,351
1142862	A/Prof Rohan Walker	Project Grant	Stroke induced disturbances in glymphatic clearance: implications for brain repair?	$491,688
1143614	Dr Heather Lee	Project Grant	Targeting cancer-initiating cells with DNA methyltransferase inhibitors: single-cell analysis to decipher molecular mechanisms and improve efficacy.	$175,000
1144638	A/Prof Brett Graham	Project Grant	Excitatory interneurons: a sensory amplifier for pathological pain	$649,848
1145332	A/Prof Christopher Grainge	Project Grant	How does bronchoconstriction worsen asthma?	$1,064,747
1145998	Dr Kirsty Pringle	Project Grant	Maternal Recognition of Fetal Sex in the Regulation of Labour	$455,821
1146524	Dr Gerard Kaiko	Project Grant	Functional characterisation of novel metabolites in asthma and identification of new biomarkers	$818,464
1147207	A/Prof Christopher Dayas	Project Grant	Cognitive inflexibility and the development of pathological habits in brain diseases	$871,742
1147271	Prof Xu Dong Zhang	Project Grant	Role of lncRNA IDH1-AS1 in regulating c-Myc driven-glycolysis and tumorigenesis	$675,585
1147533	A/Prof Joerg Lehmann	Project Grant	First ever system to continuously and directly measure the internal anatomy to guide breast cancer radiation treatment under deep inspiration breath hold	$404,109
1147644	A/Prof Murray Cairns	Project Grant	Complete genomics for mechanistic insight and precision treatments of schizophrenia	$1,133,341
1147894	A/Prof Murray Cairns	Project Grant	Network biomarkers of traumatic stress resilience and sensitivity	$638,407
1147932	Prof Brett Nixon	Project Grant	Elucidating the role of epididymosomes in the transfer of fertility-modulating proteins and regulatory classes of RNA to maturing spermatozoa	$531,978
1150165	A/Prof Gillian Gould	Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Fellowship	Translating evidence based smoking cessation care for pregnant Indigenous smokers	$179,118
1150661	Mrs Rachel Sutherland	Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Fellowship	A randomised trial of an intervention to facilitate the implementation of evidence based secondary school physical activity practices.	$179,118
1150476	Dr Melaine Kingsland	Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Fellowship	Improving the implementation of screening, brief advice and referral for alcohol use by pregnant women attending public antenatal clinics	$179,118
1141606	A/Prof Mitch Duncan	Career Development Fellowship	Enhancing understanding of the combined influence of physical activity and sleep as CVD risk factors	$476,728
1135901	Prof Amanda Baker	Research Fellowship	‘Equally Well’: Addressing Comorbid Physical, Mental, and Substance Use Disorders with Psychological Interventions	$715,210
1136064	Prof Chris Levi	Practitioner Fellowship	Discovery to therapy implementation in acute stroke	$577,189
1150636	Dr Michael Potter	Postgraduate Scholarship	The role of wheat proteins in dyspepsia	$87,956

Additional information, including previous funding announcements, can be obtained directly from the NHMRC website.

To receive future NHMRC funding announcements please subscribe to the research-nhmrc mailing list.

For successful applications

We will send the first named Chief Investigator an electronic copy of the NHMRC official documentation once received. This will list any NHMRC special conditions and include an Acceptance Form which needs to be completed and returned to the Research Office.

For unsuccessful applications

We will send the NHMRC documentation to the first named Chief Investigator once received.

For grants held at other universities

Please advise the Grants Team via research-grants@newcastle.edu.au as soon as possible if you are a named Investigator on an NHMRC grant administered elsewhere and whether you expect to receive NHMRC funds from the Administering Institution.

The NHMRC requires a MIA (sharing agreement) to be signed by all universities whether funds are transferred or not and this should be emailed to research-grants@newcastle.edu.au once received.