Outcomes


ARC Funding Outcomes

University of Newcastle as lead institution

While the below funding outcomes list only the first-named Chief Investigator on a successful grant, the university also acknowledges the hard work of all members of the research teams who prepare, submit and participate in successful grant applications.

Announced May 2023
Project IDChief InvestigatorScheme NameProject TitleRecommended Budget

IE230100410

Dr Davide Guccione

Early Career Industry Fellowship Bridging the gap between rockfall theory and engineering practice $452,085
Announced  November 2022
Project IDChief InvestigatorScheme NameProject TitleRecommended Budget
DP230102986

A/ Prof William Leggat; Dr Claire Spillman; Mr Damian Thomson; A/Prof Scott Heron; A/Prof Tracy Ainsworth

Discovery Project Towards 2050 - managing recovery of Australia's coral reefs $660,607

DP230100495

Prof Brett Neilan; Dr Susanna Wood; Dr Tristan de Rond; Dr Leanne Pearson

Discovery Project

Biosynthetic Hooks for an Enigmatic Marine Toxin

$630,000
DP230100637 A/Prof Yuen Yong; Dr Van Dau; Prof Thomas Nann Discovery Project A New Nano Tip Fabrication Technique for Atomic Force Microscopy $560,000
DP230100126 Prof Shanyong Wang; Prof Hywel Thomas Discovery Project A novel whole-process analysis method for fractured rock slopes $532,000
DP230101240 A/Prof David Pontin; Dr Hannah Schunker; Prof Michael Wheatland; Dr Chun Ming Mark Cheung Discovery Project

Ensemble modelling of space-weather drivers

$500,000
DP230100047 Prof Olivier Buzzi; Dr Jubert Pineda; Profr Mark Jaksa; Assistant Prof Marti Lloret-Cabot Discovery Project

Infrastructure on reactive soils: fundamental advances and validation

$450,000
DP230102294 Dr Jubert Pineda; A/Prof Georgios Kouretzis; Prof David Potts Discovery Project Anisotropic behaviour of natural soft soils $448,254
DP230101868 Dr Danielle Verdon-Kidd; Prof Silvia Frisia; Dr Quan Hua; Associate Prof Francesco S.R. Pausata Discovery Project A Holocene history of rainfall extremes for the South Pacific $438,904

DP230100542

Dr Xianjue Chen; Associate Prof Luhua Li; Dr Lachlan Rogers; Prof Dr Marc Dubois Discovery Project

Diamane: A New Frontier in Materials Science

$364,430
DP230102963

Prof Ravendra (Ravi) Naidu; Dr Bhabananda Biswas; Dr Tom Cresswell

Discovery Project

Australian clays as raw materials of slow-release phosphate fertiliser

$268,080
Announced December 2021
Project ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title

Recommended Budget

DP220100098 Dr Hedda Askland; Dr Meg Sherval; Prof Nicola Mai Discovery Projects Mining voids and just transition: reimagining post-mining landscapes $318,659
DP220100152 Dr Julia Coffey; Dr Amy Dobson; Dr Akane Kanai; Prof Rosalind Gill Discovery Projects Understanding selfie-editing apps in youth visual digital cultures $175,496
DP220100199 Prof David Lubans; Dr Nicole Nathan; Dr Jordan Smith; Prof Mark Beauchamp Discovery Projects Investigating the direct and indirect effects of a student leader program $391,400
DP220101629 Prof Daniel Nyberg; Dr Vanessa Bowden; Prof Christopher Wright Discovery Projects About time: Climate change adaptation in Australian industries $364,000
DP220101621 A/Prof Stefania Paolini; Prof John Dixon; Prof Jake Harwood; A/Prof Mark Rubin; Prof Kevin Dunn Discovery Projects Investigating voluntary and involuntary intergroup contact $532,275
DP220102101 Dr Ali Eshragh; Emeritus Professor Jerzy Filar; Dr Konstantin Avrachenkov Discovery Projects Large Markov decision processes and combinatorial optimisation $383,000
DP220102758 Prof Mark Masia; Prof Mark Stewart Discovery Projects Structural safety and reliability of unreinforced masonry shear walls $511,000
DP220102969 A/Prof Xiaoli Deng; Prof Richard Coleman; Prof Ole Andersen Discovery Projects Enhancing marine bathymetry using new generation satellite sensors $525,000
DP220103044 A/Prof Hongyu Zhang; Dr Huong Ha Discovery Projects Intelligent Incident Management for Software-Intensive Systems $262,500
DP220103045 A/Prof Jiabao Yi; Dr Jangmee Lee; Dr Jae-Hun Yang; Prof Kazunari Domen Discovery Projects Cold catalysis for water splitting $340,000
DP220103381 Prof Jinsong Huang; Prof Anna Giacomini; Prof Andrei Lyamin; Dr Marc Elmouttie; Dr Jingjing Meng Discovery Projects A novel quantitative risk assessment framework for fractured rock slopes $453,000
DP220103637 Prof Richard Middleton; A/Prof Maria Seron; Dr Alejandro Donaire; Dr Joel Ferguson Discovery Projects Safe, Plug and Play, Multi Agent Dynamic Systems $415,000
DP220103928 Prof Graham Goodwin; A/Prof Galina Mirzaeva Discovery Projects Advanced multivariable nonlinear control methodology for matrix converters $495,000
LP210100436 A/Prof Jiabao Yi Linkage Project Nanoscale heating towards high efficient nitrogen reduction $520,000
LP210100192 Honorary Professor Nanthi Bolan Linkage Project Engineered clay-polysaccharide composites for efficient nutrient delivery $389,009
LE220100168 Professor Paul Dastoor Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) BioSHeM: A High-Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopic Helium Atom Microscope $420,347
Announced August 2021
Project ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title

Recommended Budget

DE220100006 Dr Jessie Sutherland Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Determining the regulation of ovary development with single cell sequencing $383,872
DE220100032 Dr Tessa Lord Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Banking on spermatogonial stem cells to safeguard Australian native fauna $379,264
DE220100071 Dr Julia Cook Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)

Understanding intergenerational financial assistance with home ownership

$368,000

DE220100084 Associate Professor  Helen English Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Creative ageing through transformative engagement with music

$447,148

DE220100121 Dr Aleona Swegen Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)

Effects of environmental heat stress on male fertility in livestock species

$452,824
Announced March 2021 

Project ID

Chief Investigator

Scheme Name

Project Title

Recommended Budget

LP200200300

Prof Graham Goodwin

Linkage Projects Combustion Modelling and Control for Biomass Fuelled Boilers $160,000
LP200201066 Dr Paul Hodge, Prof Sarah Wright Linkage Projects Juungambala: More-than-human agreement making with/as Gumbaynggirr Country $1,356,005
LP200201079 A/Prof Jiabao Yi, Prof Shaobin Wang; Dr Thavamani Palanisami; Dr Kavitha Ramadass; Mr James Marsh; Dr Antonio Belperio Linkage Projects Removal and degradation of microplastics using halloysite nanocomposite

$352,000

Announced November 2020

Project ID

Chief Investigator

Scheme Name

Project Title

Recommended Budget

DP210100426 A/Prof Hans Kieser Discovery Project The ‘Peace’ of Lausanne (1923): Genesis, Legacies, Paradoxes $158,991
DP210100437 Prof Shanyong Wang Discovery Project The pull-out capacity of a newly developed grouted soil nailing system $360,000
DP210101122 Prof Anna Giacomini Discovery Project Efficient geotechnical risk management of rock cliffs $385,000
DP210101487 Prof Mark Stewart Discovery Project Stochastic Assessment of Terrorist Blast and Fragmentation Casualty Risks $703,561
DP210102073 Prof Robert Melchers Discovery Project Short- and long-term corrosion of steels in highly calcareous seawaters $405,000
DP210102239 Prof Sarah Johnson Discovery Project Novel Techniques for Uncoordinated Massive Access in the Internet of Things $400,000
DP210103025 Prof Jianglong Yu Discovery Project Novel H2 production technology using brown coal for clean power generation $370,552
DP210103304 A/Prof Stephan Chalup Discovery Project Estimating the Topology of Low-Dimensional Data Using Deep Neural Networks $411,000
DP210103383 Prof Andrew Fleming Discovery Project Subsurface Atomic Force Microscopy using Dual Probes $210,000
DP210100285 Dr Tamara Bucher Discovery Project Understanding the impact of nature imagery on healthy food choices $353,227
DP210100313 Prof Scott Brown Discovery Project Quantitative psychological theories for a dynamic world. $366,000
DP210100553 Dr Karl Hassan Discovery Project Bacterial polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon transport and degradation $416,025
DP210100709 A/Prof David Pontin Discovery Project Understanding the sources of the slow solar wind $375,000
DP210100873 A/Prof Alister Page Discovery Project Optimising One-Dimensional van der Waals Heterostructures $277,000
LP200100537 Prof Brett Neilan Linkage Projects A novel platform for the biosynthesis of commercially valuable saxitoxins $419,059
LP200100367 Prof Jinsong Huang Linkage Projects Bayesian back analysis for settlement prediction of soft soils $263,112
LP200100261 A/Prof Matt Hayward Linkage Projects Surviving the inferno: how threatened macropods survive catastrophic fire $234,427
Announced May 2020
LP190101283 Prof Rob Melchers Linkage Projects Ship response under corrosion, fatigue and complex sea-state environments $672,447
Announced March 2020
LP190100510 Dr Geoff MacFarlane Linkage Projects Oyster biomonitor for endocrine disrupting chemicals $150,000
Announced January 2020
LP190100378 Prof Craig Wheeler Linkage Project Deep Learning Augmented Intelligent Grinding Mill Simulation and Design $545,000
LE200100016 Prof Brett Neilan Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Synthetic Biology: from Genomics to Valuable Bioproducts $400,000
LE200100220 Prof Behdad Moghtaderi Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Adaptive Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography for Multiphase Flows $760,000
Project ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title Recommended Budget
Announced November 2019
IN200100047 Dr Olivia Evans Discovery Indigenous Improving the Well-Being of Low Socioeconomic Status Students at University $488,698
DP200103287 Prof Michael Stockenhuber Discovery Project Catalytic conversion of Australia's natural gas to value added products $528,000
DP200103507 Prof Minyue Fu Discovery Project Distributed Estimation, Control and Optimisation for Networked Systems $450,000
DP200103390 Prof Andrei Lyamin Discovery Project Efficient Computational Strategies for Three-Dimensional Limit Analysis $395,000
DP200102940 A/Prof Hongyu Zhang Discovery Project Data-driven Approach to Resilient Online Service Systems $250,000
DP200102605 A/Prof Elham Doroodchi Discovery Project Bubble Dynamics in Fine Droplets: Behaviour and Control $280,000
DP200102122 L/Prof Kevin Galvin Discovery Project Enhanced Fractionation of Mineral Particles According to Density $520,000
DP200102364 Prof Pablo Moscato Discovery Project Multiobjective Memetic Algorithms for Multi-task Symbolic Regression $518,000
DP200102346 Prof Juanita Todd Discovery Project Moving from assumptions to new learning $171,196
DP200101969 Prof Graeme Murch Discovery Project Control of Thermodiffusion in Liquid Multicomponent Alloys $490,000
DP200101079 A/Prof Bill Palmer Discovery Project Landscape, language and culture in Indigenous Australia. $445,000
DP200100746 Prof Robert Melchers Discovery Project Longer-term progression of localised corrosion of critical infrastructure $550,000
DP200100375 Prof Victoria Haskins Discovery Project Ayahs and Amahs: Transcolonial Servants in Australia and Britain 1780-1945 $191,437
DP200101471 Prof Frini Karayanidis Discovery Project Linking arterial, brain and cognitive integrity in healthy older adults $539,056
DE200101834 Dr Mat Langford Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Developing our understanding of the structure of singularities in mean curvature and related flows, with certain applications in mind. $418,410
DE200101622 Dr Yanpeng Liu Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Synthesis of High-quality 2D Perovskites for Efficient Light Harvestings $424,498
DE200100099 Dr Kate Ariotti Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Between Death & Commemoration: An Australian History of the War Corpse $379,405
Announced October 2019
CE200100009 L/Prof Kevin Galvin ARC Centres of Excellence ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals $35,000,000
Announced September 2019
SR180200015 Dr Cheng Fang Special Research Initiatives Combination of electrochemistry with sono to destroy and detoxify PFAS $589,007
SR180200059 Prof Behdad Moghtaderi Special Research Initiatives PFAS Harvester: A Technology for Destruction / Resource Recovery from PFAS $820,000
Announced April 2019
LP180100704 Prof Rosalind Smith Linkage Projects 2018 Transforming the Early Modern Archive: the Emmerson Collection at SLV $247,000
Announced February 2019
LP180100835 Prof Brett Neilan Linkage Projects 2018 Mitigating the Risk of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Wastewater Ponds $456,527
Project IDChief InvestigatorScheme NameProject TitleRecommended 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 Prof Phil Hansbro Discovery Projects 2019 Elucidating the roles of steroid receptors in mitochondria $441,000
DP190100113 Prof George Kuczera Discovery Projects 2019 Optimal trade-offs for managing environmental water in inland wetlands $505,000
DP190100646 A/Prof 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 Prof 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 Prof Olivier Buzzi Discovery Projects 2019 Solving the Scale Effect for Rock Discontinuities $370,000
DP190101592 A/Prof 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 A/Prof Mark Baker Discovery Projects 2019 Proteomic and genetic analysis of subfertile bull spermatozoa $472,000
DP190102751 Prof Lyazid Djenidi Discovery Projects 2019 Wall Turbulence Control: Beyond the Canonical Smooth Wall Case $550,000
DP190102859 Prof Rick Middleton Discovery Projects 2019 Robustness, Resilience and Security of Networked Dynamic Systems $502,000
DP190103221 A/Prof 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 Prof Brett Neilan Discovery Projects 2019 Novel ultraviolet radiation filters from extreme environments $395,000
DP190103459 L/Prof 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 Prof Hugh Craig Linkage Infrastructure Equipment &Facilities (LIEF) Time-layered cultural map of Australia $420,000
Announced August 2018
FT180100371 Prof 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-negative cell barrier $874,125
Announced February 2018
LP170100576 Prof Graham Goodwin Linkage Projects 2017 Control strategies for Bagasse-fuelled boiler units $243,627
Project IDChief InvestigatorScheme NameProject TitleRecommended Budget
Announced November 2017
DE180100894 Dr Zamira Gibb Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Molecular mechanisms of equine fertility and early recognition of pregnancy $365,058
DP180100285 L/Prof Jennifer Gore Discovery Project Investigating the efficacy, complexity and sustainability of teacher change $567,574
DP180101781 Prof Adam McCluskey Discovery Project Micro-dissection of clathrins role in mitosis via chemical biology probes $802,912
DP180102064 Prof Daniel Nyberg Discovery Project Low carbon transition in the Australian energy sector $184,426
DP180102334 Prof Mark Stewart Discovery Project Stochastic Hazard Assessment of Unreinforced Masonry Wall Systems $473,315
DP180102421 Prof Christopher Grof Discovery Project Identification of novel plant transporters responsible for sucrose efflux $353,664
DP180102522 A/Prof Anthony Kiem Discovery Project Flooding in Australia - are we properly prepared for how bad it can get? $333,267
DP180103026 Prof Steven Weller Discovery Project Uncertainty in the social cost of carbon dioxide: control theoretic methods $357,999
DP180103497 Dr George Kouretzis Discovery Project Large-scale geotechnical analysis of new and aged pipeline infrastructure $365,812
DP180103613 Dr Guy Hawkins Discovery Project The value of time during decisions $327,019
DP180100448 Prof Allyson Holbrook Discovery Project Doctoral examiner feedback and its impact on doctoral outcomes $163,460
DP180100452 Prof Julie Byles Discovery Project Beyond successful ageing: Longevity - healthy ageing among Australian women $236,310
DP180100606 Prof Sarah Johnson Discovery Project Communications strategies for the internet of things $433,122
DP180101617 L/Prof Kevin Galvin Discovery Project Hydrophobic Particle Recovery using Permeable Hydrophobic Media $445,320
DP180103748 Prof Daichao Sheng Discovery Project Quantitative Risk Assessment of Unsaturated Soil Slopes $400,901
DP180103834 Prof Yong-Ling Ruan Discovery Project Improving plant reproductive success under heat stress: A sweet approach $412,121
DP180103971 Prof Geoffrey Evans Discovery Project Tuneable energy dissipation for optimal flotation recovery $488,418
Announced June 2017
FL170100032 Prof 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

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For unsuccessful applications

The unsuccessful, ineligible or withdrawn applicants will receive an email notification from Research Grants, 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 Research Grants.

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.

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NHMRC Funding Outcomes

University of Newcastle as lead institution

While the below funding outcomes list only the first-named Chief Investigator on a successful grant, the university also acknowledges the hard work of all members of the research teams who prepare, submit and participate in successful grant applications.

NHMRC Funding Commencing in 2023

APP ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title Recommended Budget
2020768Prof Chris DayasIdeas GrantsA new mechanism for targeting stress-related mental health disorders$831,378
2020113A/Prof Brett Graham Ideas Grants Network level decoding of touch and pain in the spinal cord$738,587
2020111 Prof Hubert Hondermarck Ideas Grants Predict, prevent and treat bone metastases in prostate cancer$599,657
2021587 Dr Gerard Kaiko Ideas Grants Combining multi-omic causal-prediction networks from large patient datasets with a human intestinal organoid pipeline to identify new therapies for IBD$984,565
2020762 Dr Elizabeth Manning Ideas Grants Striatal population involvement in OCD symptom domains$644,116
2020737 Dr Jonathan Paul Ideas Grants Targeting Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal (BET) Proteins for Preventing Preterm Birth$529,026
2019934 Dr John Schjenken Ideas Grants Novel determinants of male fertility carried by seminal fluid extracellular vesicles$899,842
2016283 Dr Heather Lee Investigator Grants Detailing epigenetic mechanisms in cancer evolution for improved patient outcomes $1,576,390
2016686 Professor Xu Dong Zhang Investigator Grants Harnessing long noncoding RNAs for cancer diagnosis and treatment $2,382,170

NHMRC Funding Commencing in 2022

APP ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title Recommended Budget
2013829 Prof Michael Breakspear Postgraduate Scholarship Negative Symptoms of Psychosis $93,904.17
2010866 Prof David Lubans Partnership Project Optimising the implementation of an evidence-based school program to engage adolescents in muscle-strengthening activities consistent with national guidelines $709,054.50
2010310 A/Prof Christopher Grainge Ideas Grant Impaired mucociliary clearance drives Bronchiectasis progression $909,817.40
2012273 Prof Lee Smith Ideas Grant Adrenal-Targeted Nanobiotechnology: A Novel Therapy for Adrenal Disease $733,194.50
2012583 Dr Jonathan Paul Ideas Grant Targeted Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics for Preventing Preterm Birth $732,334.40
2012600 Dr Kristen Coupland Ideas Grant New pathways to improved stroke outcome: the importance of managing intracranial pressure $497,265.58
2012718 Dr Suzi Edwards Ideas Grant Effectiveness of empirically based tackle technique intervention to reduce the in-game risk of concussion $1,026,166.20
2013580 A/Prof Nikki Verrills Ideas Grant A dual approach to activate a tumour suppressor for breast cancer therapy $597,824.10
2008612 Prof Michael Breakspear Investigator Grant Generative models of brain disorders $2,872,570
2009340 Prof Clare Collins Investigator Grant Personalised Nutrition Support $3,927,015
2008392 Prof Brett Mitchell Investigator Grant Building evidence for strategies to prevent healthcare acquired infections $1,570,120

NHMRC Funding Commencing in 2021

APP ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title Recommended Budget
1197022 Prof Luke Wolfenden Investigator Grant Transforming approaches to chronic disease prevention in community settings $2,776,555.10
1197131 Prof Frances Kay-Lambkin Investigator Grant Transforming treatment for mental health and substance use disorders: Leveraging technology to bridge the evidence-practice gap $2,119,844.08
1196514 Dr Kelvin Kong Investigator Grant Improving Aboriginal Children's Access to Better Ear and Hearing Health through Telehealth ENT $1,139,024.30
2007255 Prof Chris Levi MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission - Cardiovascular Health Yarning up After Stroke $485,061.66
2007317 Prof Chris Levi MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission - Cardiovascular Health Stroke in patients with large Ischaemic Core: Assessment of Reperfusion therapy Impact on Outcome (SICARIO) $1,515,113.87
2011006 A/Prof Tracy Dudding-Byth MRFF - EPCDRI - Neurofibromatosis The Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) Cutaneous Neurofibroma Consortium: Identifying Genetic modifiers of disease burden to inform treatment pathways. $1,607,737.60
2010271 L/Prof Robert Sanson-Fisher Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Developing and testing a community-informed intervention to increase VIA cervical cancer screening in Eswatini $1,206,526.00
2009206 A/Prof Gillian Gould Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases SISTAQUIT scale-up in Indigenous populations in Australia $1,800,000.00
2002882 Prof Michael Nilsson Ideas Grants Using a national level multi-registry analysis to determine whether prescribed anti-platelet therapies post-stroke can modify the risk of cognitive decline or dementia $446,302.05
2001767 Dr Michelle Bovill Ideas Grants Yindymarra (to honour, respect) Aboriginal experiences
in the conduct of health research: the development of practical recommendations to enhance the uptake of ethical research guidelines
$1,015,164.00
2002953 Prof Peter Wark Ideas Grants ER stress-Unfolded Protein Response a critical metabolic pathway for airway remodelling in asthma $789,474.50
2002141 Prof Jon Hirst Ideas Grants Neonatal therapy for improving myelination and long term outcome following preterm birth $799,883.00
2003933 Prof Juanita Todd Ideas Grants Perceiving is believing: Perceptual inference anomalies in schizophrenia. $344,823.00
2004514 Prof Peter Gibson Ideas Grants Bushfire smoke exposure during pregnancy and epigenetic changes in offspring $1,707,578.55
2004860 Prof Simon Keely Ideas Grants Wheat proteins, the duodenal microbiome and immune activation in the aetiopathogenesis of non-coeliac gluten sensitivity and functional dyspepsia
$1,997,149.50

NHMRC Funding Commencing in 2020

APP ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title Recommended Budget
1193234 Laureate Professor Robert Sanson-Fisher Partnership Projects The impact of individualised care plans for elderly patients discharged home from hospital after neck of femur fracture: A randomised controlled trial $475,920.50
1198362 Professor Vanessa McDonald Centres of Research Excellence - Centres of Clinical Research Excellence (CRE) Centre of Research Excellence in Asthma Treatable Traits (CREATT) $2,500,000.00
1197131 Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin Investigator Grant Transforming treatment for mental health and substance use disorders: Leveraging technology to bridge the evidence-practice gap $2,090,576.00
1197022 Associate Professor Luke Wolfenden Investigator Grant Transforming approaches to chronic disease prevention in community settings $2,738,220.00
1196514 Dr Kelvin Kong Investigator Grant Improving Aboriginal Children's Access to Better Ear and Hearing Health through Telehealth ENT $1,123,450.00
1180782 Doctor Heather Lee Ideas Grant Probing Epigenetic Clonal Evolution in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. $546,800.00
1181024 Doctor Tessa Lord Ideas Grant Investigating the role of hypoxic niche microenvironments and hypoxia-induced transcription factors in regulating spermatogonial stem cell function $559,753.00
1181825 Professor Hubert Hondermarck Ideas Grant The perineural niche to predict the development of bone metastases in prostate cancer $372,612.00
1182153 Doctor Daniel Beard Ideas Grant Shear-activated nanotherapeutics to selectively enhance collateral cerebral blood flow during ischaemic stroke $462,635.00
1182379 Associate Professor Susan Hua Ideas Grant Development of Improved Treatments for Oesophageal Diseases $564,008.00
1182948 Associate Professor Mark Baker Ideas Grant Heat-shock induced alternative splicing and its role in oligoasthenoteratozoospermia $673,293.00
1184974 Associate Professor Brett Graham Ideas Grant Projection neuron axon collaterals in the dorsal horn: the missing link in spinal pain processing? $500,185.00
1188181 Professor Alan Brichta Ideas Grant The Efferent Vestibular System as a new target to treat balance disorders and motion sickness $637,703.00
1188400 Doctor Nicole Verrills Ideas Grant Targeting DNA-PK in acute myeloid leukaemia $741,610.00
1188493 Professor Murray Cairns Ideas Grant Dysregulation of the RNA regulatory matrix in schizophrenia $982,622.00
1186216 Doctor Gerard Kaiko Targeted Call for Research - Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) Using advanced technologies to investigate the impact of PFAS exposure on the human mucosal barrier and interaction with pre-existing medical conditions $910,060.00
1189415 Professor Brett Nixon Targeted Call for Research - Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) Utilising male fertility as a biomarker of health to understand the biological effects of PFAS $1,301,122.00
1178993 Associate Professor Kym Rae Targeted Call for Research into Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Winanga-li: Indigenous worldview's incorporated into m-health approaches for Indigenous women and children $1,127,874.50
1173252 Laureate Professor Nick Talley Investigator Grant Immune-microbiota interactions in functional gastrointestinal disorders: understanding pathogenesis for improved diagnosis and targeted treatment. $3,000,000
1173681 Associate Professor Tracy Burrows Investigator Grant Better Treatments for addictive and compulsive overeating behaviours $1,554,485
1173892 Doctor Matt Dun Investigator Grant Mechanistic and translational studies to improve the outcomes of high-risk paediatric cancers $627,250
1177087 Doctor Lei Jin Investigator Grant Insight of the regulatory roles of pan-cancer deregulated lncRNAs in cancer cell adaptation to cellular stress $1,399,339
1177226 Doctor Christopher Williams Investigator Grant Advancing integration of care for musculoskeletal conditions and chronic disease risks $1,515,540
APP ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title Recommended Budget
1156997 Doctor Geoffry De Iuliis Project Grant Utilising the male germline to define our understanding of the biological effects of radio frequency electromagnetic energy $425,394
1156898 Doctor Malcolm Starkey Project Grant Understanding how group 2 innate lymphoid cells in early-life regulate postnatal lung development and susceptibility to chronic respiratory diseases $501,022
1156589 Conjoint Professor Peter Wark Project Grant Development of new therapies for COPD $886,503.60
1158344 Professor Lee Smith Project Grant The Importance of Classical Versus Backdoor Androgen Production Pathways in Masculinisation, Fertility and Lifelong Male Health $507,127
1159616 Doctor Yogavijayan Kandasamy Project Grant The Relationship between Maternal Health and Infant Renal Development and Function $1,552,841.60
1160245 Professor Billie Bonevski Project Grant A trial of vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation following discharge from drug and alcohol residential withdrawal services $1,833,513.20
1161957 Associate Professor Kirsty Pringle Project Grant Factors regulating maternal levels of soluble (pro)renin receptor and its role in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia $578,527.80
1161981 Professor Jon Hirst Project Grant Replacement therapies for improving outcome following preterm birth $892,047
1162515 Professor Adam McCluskey Project Grant Dynamin modulators for reversing immunotherapy resistance in head and neck cancer $1,493,752
1162684 Doctor Jonathan Paul Project Grant Uterine-Targeted Delivery of Dual Action Therapy for Preventing Preterm Birth $461,472.80
1162753 Professor Xu Dong Zhang Project Grant Role of lncRNA glycoLINC in coordinating the Warburg effect and serine metabolism $702,521
1163319 Professor Brett Nixon Project Grant Targeted disruption of lipoxygenase enzymes to prevent oxidative stress-mediated pathologies in the male germline $572,393.60
1165487 Laureate Professor Paul Foster Project Grant Modelling the role of innate immune cells in exacerbation of asthma $1,266,560
1165679 Professor Chris Dayas Project Grant A novel pathways linking stress with mood disorders $751,653
1159094 Associate Professor Pradeep Tanwar Career Development Fellowships Translational Research Program in Gynaecological Cancers $483,404
1162666 Doctor Gerard Kaiko Career Development Fellowships Investigation of the role of novel cell types and metabolites in the pathogenesis of asthma $437,036
1153479 Associate Professor Luke Wolfenden Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) - Centres of Population Health Research Excellence NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Implementation for Community Chronic Disease Prevention. $2,497,647.70
1170893 Laureate Professor Nick Talley Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) - Centres of Clinical Research Excellence Centre for Research Excellence in Digestive Health
$2,484,034
1158670 Doctor Michelle Bovill Early Career Fellowships Non-pharmacological strategies for smoking cessation during pregnancy with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women $338,192
1160419 Doctor Rebecca Hodder Early Career Fellowships Improving the translation of school-based interventions targeting health risk behaviours for chronic disease $327,192
1159582 Dr Caitlin Gillis Early Career Fellowships Apoptotic cell clearance: from basic biology to new therapeutic strategies for chronic respiratory disease $417,192
1169324 Professor Christine Paul Partnership Projects Improving outcomes for cancer patients who smoke: The Care to Quit stepped wedge randomised trial to implement best-practice cessation care in cancer centres $1,408,506.30
1169822 Doctor Steve Smith Partnership Projects Testing the impact of an Interactive Health Communication Application on days alive out of hospital and quality of life following surgery for colorectal cancer $298,835.44
1170042 Doctor Serene Yoong Partnership Projects A randomised trial of a multi-component implementation intervention to support childcare services with scheduling opportunities for outdoor free play consistent with sector guidelines $941,274.50
1170181 Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin Partnership Projects The eCliPSE Project: implementing evidence-based eHealth interventions for comorbid mental health and alcohol/other drug use problems into health and community settings $196,973.70
1155810 Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson Practitioner Fellowships Targeted treatment to reduce asthma prevalence and the impact of severe asthma $585,270
1154503 Professor Geoff Isbister Research Fellowship Improving Health Outcomes for Envenoming and Poisoning: Studies of Risk Assessment and Interventions $792,275
1154507 Professor David Lubans Research Fellowship Optimising the adoption and implementation of evidence-based physical activity interventions in schools $724,175
1154837 Professor Brett Nixon Research Fellowship Mechanistic and translational studies in male reproductive health $649,175
1170385 Laureate Professor Robert Sanson-Fisher Targeted Call for Research into Healthy Ageing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Improving implementation of Health Assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in mainstream general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial $745,056.50
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

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For unsuccessful applications

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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.


MRFF Funding Outcomes

University of Newcastle as lead institution

While the below funding outcomes may list only the first-named Chief Investigator on a successful grant, the university also acknowledges the hard work of all members of the research teams who prepare, submit and participate in successful grant applications.

Project ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title Recommended Budget
Funding Commencing in 2022
2017053 A/Prof Aaron Sverdlov, Prof Michael Kelso, Kerry Doyle, Dr James Lynam, Dr Tatt Jhong Haw, A/Prof Craig Gedye, Dr Heather Lee, A/Prof Anoop Enjeti, Dr Susan Dent, A/Prof Nicole Verrills, Prof Murray Cairns, Prof John Attia, Daniel Tillett, A/Prof Doan Ngo 2021 Cardiovascular Health Cardiovascular disease and cancer: identifying shared disease pathways and pharmacological management $999,998
2015952 Prof Luke Wolfenden, Dr Rachel Sutherland, Dr Jannah Jones, Dr Andrew Milat, Prof Philip Morgan, Prof Heather McKay, Dr Li Kheng Chai, Prof Corneel Vandelanotte, Dr Nicole Nathan 2021 Cardiovascular Health Using existing digital infrastructure for the national scale-up of an effective school nutrition program to reduce population CVD risk $997,350
2016035 Dr Michelle Kelly, Dr Jennifer White, Prof Briony Dow, Prof Claudia Cooper, Prof Mariko Carey, Dr Anita Goh, Dr Penny Rapaport, Dr Joan Ostaszkiewicz, Dr Kylie Wales, A/Prof Joel Rhee, Dr Jacqueline Wesson, Dr Joanne Allen 2021 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care A Preventative Care Program to optimise mental health during transition into residential aged care $200,000
Project ID Chief Investigator Scheme Name Project Title Recommended Budget
Funding Commencing in 2021
1194785 Dr Nicole Nathan MRFF - Investigator Sustaining the implementation of evidence-based chronic disease prevention programs in education $1,583,701.76
1194768 Dr Rachel Sutherland MRFF - Investigator A big problem needs a big solution: Advancing the science of scaling up chronic disease prevention interventions $1,563,136.13
1196252 Dr Vanessa Murphy MRFF - Investigator Personalised biomarker-guided management of asthma during pregnancy $1,563,658.05
2007095 Prof David Lubans MRFF - PPHRI - Maternal Health and First 2000 Days, Early Childhood, and Exercise and Nutrition Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a time-efficient school-based
physical activity intervention for adolescents living with disability
$712,779.71
Funding Commencing in 2020
1199620 A/Prof Nikola Bowden MRFF - EPCDR - Ovarian Cancer Australian Program for Drug Repurposing for Ovarian Cancer Treatment $2,693,815.00
1194768 Dr Rachel Sutherland MRFF Investigator A big problem needs a big solution: Advancing the science of scaling up chronic disease prevention interventions $1,562,250.00
1194785 Dr Nicole Nathan MRFF Investigator Sustaining the implementation of evidence-based chronic disease prevention programs in education $1,562,250.00
1196252 Dr Vanessa Murphy MRFF Investigator Personalised biomarker-guided management of asthma during pregnancy $1,562,250.00
1200481 Prof Clare Collins MRFF - Primary Health Care Addressing the evidence gap on medical nutrition therapy for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in regional and rural communities $1,028,236.00
1200267 Prof Chris Levi MRFF - RCRDUN - Neurological Disorders Reducing debilitating fatigue after stroke to improve Quality of Life $1,006,075.00
1201228 Prof Peter Gibson MRFF - EPCDR - Bushfire Impact Bushfire Impact on Vulnerable Groups: the respiratory burden and effective community solution $865,011.00
1201096 Prof Jennifer Bowman MRFF - Preventative and Public Health Building the capacity of community mental health services to provide preventive care to people with a mental health condition $1,365,093.00
Funding Commencing in 2019
1179938 Dr Peter Pockney MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations Sunrrise Australia - A randomised clinical trial of Single Use Negative pRessure dressing for Reduction In Surgical site infection following Emergency laparotomy $783,383.96
MRF9100007 Prof Christine Jorm MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant Rapid Applied Research Translation $2,000,000.00
MRF9100007 Prof Christine Jorm MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant NSW Regional Health Partners – MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation, Stage Two $4,061,587.00