Funding
2013 NHMRC Outcomes
Members of the Robinson Institute are associated with 18 grants that were successful in the 2013 NHMRC funding round, attracting a total of over $15 million.
Successful grants include the following schemes: 13 Project Grants, 1 Career Development Fellowship, 3 Research Fellowships and 1 Early Career Fellowship.
For more information visit the NHMRC website
ARC Project Funding
This year we also saw members receive project funding from the Australian Research Council in the way of Discovery and Linkage grants. $435,000 was awarded to 2 projects involving Robinson Institute members.
|
Project Title |
Investigators |
Amount Awarded |
|
ARC Discovery Interactions between cells and extracellular matrix in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of the avarian follicular stratified epithelium |
Prof Raymond J Rodgers, Dr Helen F Irving-Rodgers |
$285,000 |
|
ARC Linkage E-health communication strategy and design: evaluating the influence of new media interventions on the health of patients from vulnerable populations |
Dr Andrew J Skuse, A/Prof Vicki L Clifton, Dr Michael J Wilmore, Dr Sal (Alison) Humphreys, Dr Dean C Bruton |
$150,000 |
Fellowships
Congratulation to 9 Robinson Institute members who received fellowships from major funding bodies (NHMRC, ARC and the National Breast Cancer Foundation). In total members of the Institute were awarded $4,248,312 for these fellowships.
|
Name |
Funding Source |
Amount Awarded |
|
A/Prof Michael Davies |
ARC Future Fellowship |
$785,232 |
|
Prof Ray Rodgers |
NHMRC Research Fellowship |
$765,370 |
|
Dr Wendy Ingman |
National Breast Cancer Foundation Early Career Fellowship |
$600,000 |
|
Dr Natasha Rogers |
NHMRC Training Fellowship |
$372,528 |
|
Jacqueline Boyle |
NHMRC Training Fellowship |
$320,032 |
|
Dr Amanda Highet |
NHMRC Training Fellowship |
$290,032 |
|
Dr Sebastian Doeltgen |
NHMRC Training Fellowship |
$290,032 |
|
Dr Nicolette Hodyl |
NHMRC Training Fellowship |
$290,032 |
|
Dr Kerrilyn Diener* |
NHMRC Training Fellowship |
$290,032 |
|
Dr Dominic Wilkinson* |
NHMRC Training Fellowship |
$245,022 |
* joining the Institute shortly
Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation Funding
Seven Institute researchers were awarded $375,000 of funding from the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation:
|
Project Title |
Investigators |
Amount Awarded |
|
Dr David Parsons |
Optimised initial gene transfer for the lifetime correction of Cystic Fibrosis airway dysfunction |
$60,000 |
|
Dr Miles De Blasio |
Preventing insulin resistance and obesity following fetal growth restriction with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) |
$55,000 |
|
Dr Kylie Dunning |
Preservation of female fertility for young cancer patients: the importance of fatty acid oxidation in a 3-D Ovarian follicle culture system |
$35,000 |
|
Dr Wendy Ingman |
Understanding the inflammatory basis of mastitis |
$70,000 |
|
Dr Julia Pitcher |
Motor cortex facilitation during speech listening in children born preterm |
$70,000 |
|
Dr Michael Stark |
Placental PPAR pathways and respiratory morbidity following preterm birth |
$35,000 |
|
E/Professor Jeffrey Robinson |
Do maternal and infant obesity related genotypes influence efficacy of interventions to limit weight gain in obese pregnant women and obesity in their offspring? |
$50,000 |
