Research grants

American Australian Association Fellowships - Australia to USA

• American Australian Assoc - Australia to US Fellowship - Adaptation of coastal environments to climate change - seagrass resilience

Anti-Doping Research Program Funding Round

• Identification of products formed from reaction of oxidising adulterants with testosterone and epitestosterone in urine

ARC Discovery Projects

• Australia's Ocean Microbiome: How the diversity and functionality of microbes influence key oceanographic provinces
• Identifying how bacterial cells find their middle: a new perspective
• Quest for zero optical loss
• What happens to coral reefs without cleaner fish?

Australian Diabetes Council Diabetes Research Grants

• Gene and Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus

Australian Federal Police

• Forensic drug intelligence: A tool in intelligence-led policing

Australian Flora Foundation Research Grants

• Understanding the effects of temperature on gene flow and connectivity of Zostera capricornii seagrass- EOI

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Elucidating foodweb relationships to understand climate-induced changes to ecosystem function

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

• Deterministic Scheduling Models with Machine Cost and Buffers - Student: Joey Fung
• Fate of Light in Optically Complex Coastal Waters and the Physiological Implications of Bio-optical Niche Partitioning for Carbon Cycling by Phytoplankton - Student: Charlotte Robinson

Cooperative Research Centre Round 14

• Automotive Australia 2020 CRC (Stage 1 Approved) Stage 2 Approved

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

• Generalising a root-water uptake mechanism for successful land surface modelling

Fulbright Commission - U.S. Senior Specialist

• Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Application for Specialist, Professor Warner

National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

• Understanding the Pacific's Adaptive Capacity to Emergencies in the Context of Climate Change

NHMRC Project Grants

• Identifying critical windows of susceptibility to metal toxicants using a novel biomarker of intrauterine exposure

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Low temperature storage facility for production of insulin-secreting liver cells

St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney partnership fund

• Development of monoclonal antibodies against surface antigen proteins of Dientameoba fragilis for use in diagnostic assays.

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

• Novel biosensors for the early detection of aquatic pathogens: towards a better management of Australia's water resources
• Novel immunogenic reagents for the detection of latent fingermarks on non-porous and difficult surfaces
• Skin-associated bacteria and diabetes: novel perspectives on the role of indigenous microbial communities in diabetic wounds and infections
• Synthesis of Novel Mesoporous Structured Materials and Their Applications for High Power Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
• The Weathermakers: light-driven controls on sulphur production by Australian marine phytoplankton

UTS Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

• A novel immunogenic reagent for the detection of eccrine latent fingermarks on non-porous surfaces
• Development of a novel therapy for multiple myeloma
• Development of imaging mass spectrometry for the spatial analysis of host-pathogen interactions
• DHCR24 is an atheroprotective protein
• Endogenous neural stem cells for the repair of pediatric spinal cord injury
• Latitudinal shifts in the distribution of tropical reef fish: future temperature reef invaders
• Modelling the biogeography of the East Australian Current

UTS Partnership Grants

• Development of monoclonal antibodies against surface antigen proteins of Dientameoba fragilis for use in diagnostic assays.
• Forensic drug intelligence: A tool in intelligence-led policing

ARC Centre of Excellence Node

• ARC Centre of Excellence in Ultra-high band-width Devices for Optical Systems CUDOS

ARC Discovery Projects

• Beyond metamaterials: new composites for transforming photonics
• Fast Approximate Inference Methods for Flexible Regression
• Integrating remote sensing, landscape flux measurements, and phenology to understand the impacts of climate change on Australian landscapes
• Iron sources and cycling in the Tasman Sea
• Microscale insights into ocean-scale processes: Microbial behaviour as a driver of ocean biogeochemistry
• Peridinin-chlorophyll-protein complex: unraveling the unique photosynthetic apparatus of dinoflagellates in response to climatic variation.

ARC Future Fellowships

• Establishing an accurate chemical volatile profile of decomposition for use in victim recovery in mass disaster and forensic investigations
• Lithium-air battery: a green energy source for the sustainable future

ARC Linkage Projects

• Biotic connectivity within the temperate Australian marine protected area network at three levels of biodiversity: communities, populations and genes.
• Improving road safety: advanced hybrid vehicle-based technology for monitoring driver drowsiness
• Novel Oxygen Sensing Tools for Monitoring the Effects of Dredging on Australian Seagrass Communities
• Single cell imaging of trace elements by laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry

AusAID Australian Leadership Award Fellowship Program

• Microalgae Environmental Adaptations - A Technology Transfer Approach

Australian Conservation Foundation Partner Funds

• Victorian Sustainable Seafood Assessment Project - Stage 2

Australian Diabetes Council Research Trust

• Prevention of type 1 diabetes by using a combination of two novel parasite-derived molecules

Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment Fund

• Establishment of a comprehensive regional biophysical analysis facility.

Cancer Institute NSW - Research Equipment Grant

• Three dimensional lymph node imaging: improving detection of sentinel nodes to reduce false negatives

Charite University Hospital

• Improving road safety: advanced hybrid vehicle-based technology for monitoring driver drowsiness

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

• Building Thermal Performance and the Urban Heat Island - Student: Jose Luis Castro Aguilar
• Groundwater Flux Dynamics and the Effect of Climate Change in an Australian Mulga Savanna with a Shallow Water Table - Student: Stephen Fujiwara
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) EIF: AusCover

CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Fund - Clusters - Node Role

• Flexible Transparent Electrodes for Plastic Electronics (Burn) Flagship Cluster

Deirdre M. Radford Family Trust

• Deirdre M Radford Family Trust - Donation to Faculty of Science

Department of Sustainability & Environment Victoria - Marine Research Studies Program

• EOI: Seagrass resilience in Port Phillip Bay: Developing better predictions of how seagrass respond to environmental change

DFAT - Australia-China Council

• Implementing INFFER (Investment Framework for Environment Resources) in North-western China

DFAT - Australia-Thailand Institute

• Specialist Forensic Science Training in Thailand: A Capacity Building Activity

Human Frontier Science Program Young Investigator Grants

• A microfabricated coral to unravel the microbial ecology of coral disease

Integrated Marine Observing System

• Calibration of IMOS Working Group Bio-optical Problem

Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria

• Single cell imaging of trace elements by laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry

NHMRC Equipment Grant

• NHMRC Standard Equipment Grant 2011

NHMRC Project Grants

• Prevention of beta cell destruction in type 1 diabetes by immunotherapy using parasite-derived molecules

NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships

• Element labeling antibodies for bio-imaging of proteins: a case study of beta-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease mouse models

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Analysis of human liver cells engineered to store and secrete insulin

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellows

• Climate change, tropical invasions and the consequences for temperate ecosystems

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

• Arsenic bioavailability, biomagnification, detoxification in aquatic systems and ecotoxicological validation of a remediation technology for As in water
• The effect of high density lipoprotein on decreasing hepatic inflammation and modulation of insulin resistance

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

• A novel immune-therapeutic for the prevention of auto-immunity and transplant rejection

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme

• Biomimicry in scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

UTS Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

• Bacterial behaviour and the ocean carbon cycle
• How do Australian arid plants avoid overheating during high-temperature extremes?
• Novel circulating prostate cancer biomarkers: Potential for early detections, diagnosis and prognosis

UTS Internal Funds

• NHMRC Standard Equipment Grant 2011

UTS Partnership Grants

• Building an understanding of seagrass resilience in estuarine management

AINSE grants

• Measuring Leaf, tree ring and pholem sap a13C and a180 of groundwater dependant ecosystems in a changing climate

Anti-Doping Research Program Funding Round

• Culture, knowledge, 'Spirit of Sport': Understanding alternative therapy use and doping in aquatic-sports.
• Detection of banned substances in sports after urinary manipulation by oxidising chemicals

ARC Discovery Projects

• Bacterial filamentation as a survival strategy: a goldmine for the discovery of new cell division regulators
• Choice experiments to improve predictive power for policy makers
• Graphene - the new frontier electromaterial for rechargeable lithium batteries and supercapacitors
• New Valuation and Parallel Simulation Methods for Finance and Insurance
• Novel technologies to resolve the role of organic matter on iron chemistry and bioavailability in the South Pacific Ocean

ARC Linkage Infrastructure

• A high performance computing cluster and storage for the INTERSECT Consortium of NSW
• A laser optical plankton counter for laboratory and in situ size distributions of zooplankton, to assess the basis and outcomes of changing ecosystems
• A tunable femtosecond light source for materials and biological sciences (ANU Administered Grant)
• Dual frequency identification SONAR (DIDSON) facility for sampling benthic and pelagic fish populations
• High-resolution ITRAX XRF core scanning facility for global change research
• Single-grain optically-stimulated luminescence and dosimetry instruments to service the Sydney metropolitan and greater New South Wales region
• Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy - UNSW admin LIEF

ARC Linkage Projects

• A new end use of recycled water for sustainable Australian water
• Feeding and breeding: Rainfall effects on connectivity and fidelity of iconic coastal fishes
• Innovative approaches to identifying regional responses of biodiversity to climate chang
• Investigating the Ability of Honey to Inhibit Bacterial Biofilms Found in Chronic Wounds
• Investigation of endocrine disruption in Australian aquatic environments
• The Effectiveness of Forensic Science in the Criminal Justice System

ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness

• ER stress and leptin resistance - fundamental element underlying metabolic disorders imposed by maternal obesity

Australian Conservation Foundation Partner Funds

• Victorian Sustainable Seafood Assessment Project

Australian Coral Reef Society

• Impact of ocean acidification on sediment dwelling marine calcifiers
• Impacts of climate change on symbolic properties of Hexa and Octocorallia

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Shape-memory alloy actuators for nanoscale opto-mechanical applications

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Post Graduate Research Awards

• Shape-memory alloy actuators for nanoscale opto-mechanical applications

Banksia Environmental Foundation

• Understanding coastal ecosystem resilience in preparation for global change

BUPA Foundation

• EOI - Impact and cost of gastrointestinal infections in a hospital setting

Call on UTS RIBG Block funding

• Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN): Australian National Flux Network - Alice Springs Region Mulga (Northern Territory): OzFlux

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

• Approximation Algorithms for Scheduling Problems in Bulk Materials Supply Chain - Student: Joey Fung
• Predator Prey Interactions for Tropical Vagrant Fishes: Interactions with Climate-change Water Temperature Rises - Student: Christopher Baiada

CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Fund - Clusters - Project Funding

• Enhanced bio-optical capability to improve the estimation of primary production within the CSIRO environmental modelling suite

Department of Defense (US)

• The Potential of Non-coding RNAs in Saliva and Urine as Biomarkers of Prostate Cancer

DIISR - French Australian Science and Technology Programme

• Combining novel techniques to understand coastal marine fish conservation and connectivity.

DIISR ISL Australian Academy of Science - Science Academies Program

• Investigating phytoplankton population structure to assess connectivity along Australia's East coast - Visit to North America.

John T Reid Charitable Trusts

• Preventing asbestosis and mesothelioma

Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grants 2009-2010

• The Movement and Status of Marine Turtles in Lake Macquarie, NSW

Marine National Facility

• Impact of The East Australian Current on Water Chemistry, Bio-Optical Properties and Coastal Primary Productivity in the NSW Region

National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy

• Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN): Australian National Flux Network - Alice Springs Region Mulga (Northern Territory): OzFlux

National Science Foundation (NSF)

• NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Institutional Allowance

NHMRC Equipment Grant

• NHMRC Standard Equipment Grant 2010

NHMRC Project Grants

• The Bidirectional Liver TRIAL

NSW Environmental Research Grant - OLD

• Assessing groundwater Fungi as novel bioindicators of contamination

Prana Biotechnology Ltd

• Investigation of metal-protein attenuated compounds (MPACS) in animal models for Parkinson's disease

Ramaciotti Foundation

• Inhibition of endoplastic reticulum stress early in life to reverse metabolic disorders imposed by maternal obesity

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Purification of lenitiral vectors for gene theraphy of diabetes

Save Our Seas Foundation Grant

• Population assessments, defining key habits long-term movements of juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in eastern Australia: (a) aerial surveys

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Fellowship

• Bio-optical properties of Antarctic sea-ice algae

SIMS Postgraduate Scholarship

• Fish movements and habitat use: implications for coastal ecosystems management and conservation.

UTS Challenge Grants

• Modeling Spatio-temporal Patterns of Storms Using Radar and Land Data
• Remote sensing systems for identifying hazards, falls and medical trauma at home: user-centred design
• Synthesis and characterization of a new type of soft magnetic composite for high frequency electromagnetic devices

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme

• Catching the drift and staying connected: A hitch-hikers' guide to climate change
• Circulating microRNA biomarkers of prostate cancer: a new non-invasive tool to diagnose and monitor disease
• The response of Australian riverine freshwater communities and their ecosystems process to sediments and salinity

UTS Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme for funding commencing 2010

• Long term effect of exendin-4 treatment in early life to reverse the detrimental impact of maternal obesity
• Morbidity and mobile genes - Investigating the role of gene transfer in the emergence of pathogenic vibrio

UTS Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

• Testing resilience theories in seagrass ecosystems

UTS Partnership Grants

• Chip Liquid Chromatography, Inductively Coupled Plasma, Mass Spectrometry: A new a micro fluidic chip-based technology for trace element speciation
• Development of a green instant cement
• Investigation of metal-protein attenuated compounds (MPACS) in animal models for Parkinson's disease

AINSE grants

• In-situ nucleation and growth of gold nanorods
• Unraveling foodweb relationships in the Northern Tasman Sea: A hotspot for climate change

ARC Discovery Projects

• Development of direct-write focussed electron beam processing techniques for nano-fabrication applications
• Novel effects of metamaterials on propagation and localisation of electromagnetic waves in photonic crystal structures
• Optimisation of the electrical and optical properties of ZnO nanowires for advanced nanodevice applications
• Radiative Cooling Tuned to the Spectral and Directional Infra-red Properties of the Atmosphere
• Tunable metallophthalocyanine complexes for molecular electronics

ARC Linkage Infrastructure

• Dynamic texture measurement facility
• Microbial and Cellular Imaging and Analysis Facility

ARC Linkage Projects

• Development of Low Cost, High Quality Nitrides for Solid-State Lighting and Other Power Saving Applications
• Devices that use Ion Channels
• Evaluation of train driver work culture and environment for improving railway safety
• Near Infrared (IR) Laser Dyes for Latent Fingermark Detection
• Novel lithium iron based olivine phosphates as cathode materials for the development of new generation power batteries
• Photodesorption Phenomena and Photoreactive Nanosorbent Materials for Water and Wastewater Purification
• Silent witness: New analytical approaches to advance and enhance the forensic value of human hair

Australian Conservation Foundation Partner Funds

• Australian Sustainable Seafood Assessment Criteria (ASSAC) SRP pilot assessment projecct

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Structural Characterisation of AuCuAl Alloys: ANSTO scientist support for Vijay Bhatia during P987 (Bragg Institute)

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

• Impact of Invasive Species on Semi-arid Plant Communities and Response to Increased Drought and Temperature Under Climate Change - Scholarship Agreement: Tara Morgan

CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Fund - Clusters - Project Funding

• From the Ice to the Open Ocean: Threats to Phytoplankton Productivity in Antarctica from a Changing Climate - Scholarship: Katerina Petrou

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research

• Development of high performance metal matrix composites

Ensoo Chemicals Co. Ltd, China

• Novel lithium iron based olivine phosphates as cathode materials for the development of new generation power batteries

Hunter Water

• Hunter Water Corporation Grahamstown Dam Adaptive Management Strategy: Algal Nutrient Limitation & Sediment Source Studies

Land and Water Australia

• Ecosystem services: A concept linking management actions and ecosystem outcomes

NHMRC Project Grants

• The Ongoing Evolution of Class 1 Integrons and the Recruitment of New Resistance and Virulence Genes into Pathogens

NHMRC Research Fellowship Application 2008

• NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship

PJ Scientific

• PJ Scientific Donation for PG C3 Research Support

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Examination of pancreatic transdifferentiation in liver cells

SEQWater Partnership Fund

• Estimating Primary Production in Reservoirs Using Advanced Optical Techniques
• Estimating rates of zooplankton grazing and nutrient regeneration
• Improved Phytoplankton Community Composition Estimates Using HPLC
• Zooplankton as Indicators of Water Quality in Reservoirs

The Australian Academy of Science

• Developing peptide toxins as biopesticides and therapeutics

UTS 2009 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

• An investigation into the physical and hydrological drivers of waterbird breeding in Australian wetlands
• Using novel technologies to assess trace element bioavailability in acquatic systems

UTS Challenge Grants

• A social-ecological resilience project to reduce the risk of pesticide in NSW rivers, using the Hawkesbury Nepean (H-N) River as a case-study
• Developing remote tele-monitoring techniques to support recovery at home for survivors of a critical illness
• Formation of Fuels from Carbon Dioxide using Solar Energy and New Photocatalysts

UTS ECRG 2009

• Evaluating impacts of climate change to photosynthetic marine calcifiers
• Global responses of invasive and native species to climate change
• Invalid Urine Drug Test Results - Identification of Markers Formed by Oxidising Adulterants

UTS Special Purpose Fund

• ARC/NWC National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training

AINSE grants

• Small punch testing of advanced Metal Matrix composites

ARC Discovery Projects

• Boundary Crossing Analysis for Random Processes with Applications to Risk Management
• Generalised Linear Mixed Models: Theory, Methods and New Areas of Application
• Naturalisation to Invasion: How do Naturalised Plants Become Successful Invaders?
• New metal-molecule binding motifs for self-assembled monolayers and nanodevices
• Pricing and Hedging Extreme Maturity Contracts
• Spatially integrated estimates of landscape water fluxes at several contrasting sites
• The biology of integrons and their role in bacterial adaptation
• The training and job decisions of nurses: an integrated approach using panel surveys and dynamic choice experiments

ARC Linkage Infrastructure

• An analytical field emission gun scanning electron microscope

ARC Linkage International

• Impacts of changing detrital source biodiversity on estuarine ecosystems

ARC Linkage Projects

• Novel methods for enhancing room temperature figure of merit of project title thermoelectric/thermionic materials for refrigeration applications

Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association

• Acupuncture and Major Depressive Disorder: Is Pattern Differentiation Necessary?

Australian Federal Police

• Evidential value of textiles fibres

Carrick Institute Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching projects

• A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Language Support for First Year Students in the Science Disciplines

JDRF Islet Transplantation Program in Australia

• Parasite Immunomodulatory Molecules Prevent Rejection of Islet Transplants

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• High Through-Put Screening of Plasmodium Falciparum Aminopeptidases: M1 & M7 Neutral Aminopeptidases
• Identification of inhibitors of the plasmodium falciparum M18 Metalloprotease

New South Wales Department of Health

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Schizophrenia

NHMRC Equipment Grant

• NHMRC Equipment Grant 2008

NHMRC Project Grants

• Characterisation of extracellular DNases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their contribution to disease
• Regulation of immune mechanisms by pathogen cysteine proteases

NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change

• Modelling connectivity and metapopulation structures of benthic habitats along the coast of NSW

Oligos Etc Ltd Partnership

• A Molecular Approach to Insulin Resistance in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes by Targeting at RBP-4 and MCP-1 Genes

Photo and Environmental Technology (P&E) Co.Ltd Partnership

• Improving a Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination (SWRO) Process: Novel Ti-Salt Flocculation as Pretreatment

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Expansion of Tissue Culture Facilities for a Preclinical Trial: Reversal of Diabetes in Dogs Using Liver Directed Gene Therapy

SEQWater Partnership Fund

• How Does Grazing Contribute to the Development of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Drinking Water Reservoirs?

The Australian Academy of Science

• Bayesian statistical methods for estimating loss reserving in insurance

UTS Challenge Grants

• Energy efficient airconditioning employing a combination of indirect-evaporative cooling and night sky radiation, using water as the refrigerant
• Securing Sydney's water: Optimising pre-filtration methods of intake water before desalination
• Sustainable approach towards a possible new end use in water recycling schemes for Sydney urban water
• Visual analytics methods for discovering and evaluating functional relationships between genes for paediatric cancer and diabetes sufferers

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

• How will calcium carbonate forming marine organisms respond to climate change
• Protection Against Human Inflammatory Diseases by Helminth Cysteine Proteases

UTS Early Career Researcher Grants starting 2008

• Evolution of Personality and Life-History Traits in Fish: Effects on Survival and It's Importance for Effective Management and Conservation
• Protection Against Human Inflammatory Diseases by Helminth Cysteine Proteases
• Targeting Cell Division: Evaluation of novel antimicrobial targets in Staphylococcus aureus and development of new drug screening assays

UTS Partnership Grants

• A Molecular Approach to Insulin Resistance in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes by Targeting at RBP-4 and MCP-1 Genes
• How Does Grazing Contribute to the Development of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Drinking Water Reservoirs?
• Improving a Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination (SWRO) Process: Novel Ti-Salt Flocculation as Pretreatment

AINSE grants

• Characterisation and Analysis of Sol-Gel Derived Hydroxyapatite and Zirconia Nano-coating Interfaces with Anodised Titanium Sustrates
• Microstructural study of VO2 phase transition
• Relationships amongst water-use efficiency (carbon isotope discrimination) climate and hydraulic architecture of Australian trees

ARC Discovery Projects

• An Optimal Integrated Immersed Membrane System as Pre-Treatment for Reverse Osmosis Desalination
• Bio-optical model of Antarctic sea-ice algae photosynthesis
• First principles for development of novel hybrid electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems
• Investigating Linkages Among Individual Decision Rules, Properties of Experimental Designs and Choice Models In Environmental Economics Applications
• Large-Scale Simulation Methods for Measuring Financial Performance under the Benchmark Approach
• Microbial Oceanography: Community Heterogeneity Fuelled by Environmental Variability

ARC Linkage Infrastructure

• Tesla physical property measurement system (PPMS)

ARC Linkage Infrastructure starting in 2007

• 16 Tesla Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS)
• Development of 4G Wireless Communication Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks
• Environmental Research Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (ERIRMS)
• Laser Flash Thermophysical Properties Analyzer for the Development of Advanced Materials, Food Processing Technologies and Biomedical Components
• Structural elucidation by chemical degredation mass spectometry using a linear ion trap with electron transfer dissociation

ARC Linkage International

• Pharmacological and biochemical characterisation of Australian mygalomorph spider venoms

ARC Linkage Projects

• Ecological impacts of QX Oyster disease and its management strategies
• Effect of Deep-Sea Drilling on Sustainability of Deep-Sea Ecosystems
• Exploration of new catalyst materials for hydrogen/air fed proton exchange membrane fuel cells
• Gastrointestinal parasites and their diagnosis
• Mechanistic and probabilistic approaches to assessing the impact of pesticide mixtures in Australian waterways

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2006

• Mitigation of Impacts on Groundwater Dependent Vegetation Through Adaptive Abstraction Regimes

Australian Antarctic Science Grant

• Subsurface investigations of Marine Plain, Antarctica

Australian Diabetes Council Research Trust

• Investigations of the anti-atherogenic properties of a histidine-containing dipeptide, carnosine, in a murine model of diabetes-accelerated atherosclerosis

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Compositional Variation of Organic Detritus in Botany Bay during the Holocene

Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation - Perpetual Trustee

• Utilisation of Fluorescence Microscopy for the Reversal of Diabetes and for Ion Channel Analysis

DEST International Science Linkages

• An Innovative method for monitoring the in-service mechanical performance of advanced metal matrix composite

Land & Water Resources Research & Development Corporation

• The Ecohydrology of Australian Landscapes: An Analysis and Synthesis

NHMRC Equipment Grant

• NHMRC Equipment Grant 2006
• NHMRC Equipment Grant 2007

NHMRC Project Grant starting in 2006

• Molecular toxinology of Australian box jellyfish venoms

NHMRC Project Grants

• Nucleic Acid Synthesis and Cell Division in Model Pathogenic Bacteria

NSW Department of Environment and Conservation

• Mechanistic and probabilistic approaches to assessing the impact of pesticide mixtures in Australian waterways

NSW Environmental Research Grant - OLD

• Assessment and Management of Groundwater Fauna at Contaminated Sites - 1-1-08-06/7

NSW Environmental Trust Research Grants

• Salinity and river biodiversity: varying salinity and other stressors

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Correction of autoimmune diabetes using insulin secreting liver cells

St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney partnership fund

• Gastrointestinal parasites and their diagnosis

Sydney Aquarium Conservation Foundation

• Ecology of the Weedy Seadragon and its Implications for Conservation and Management
• Hitchhiking on the EAC: The Expatriation of Tropical Fishes to Southern NSW

The Hermon Slade Foundation

• Forecasting impacts of changing detrital biodiversity on Australia's estuarine ecosystems

The University of Queensland

• Designing effective store release covers for the long term containment of mine waste - The role of vegetation (stage 2)

UTS Challenge Grants 2007

• Facilitation of Interdisciplinary Research in Estuary Management
• Integrating Urban Models of Population, Land Use Planning, Transport and Environmental Impacts for Improved Decision-Making
• Monte Carlo Simulation in Finance: Meeting it's Challenging Real-Time Requirements

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

• Novel Impact of Invasive Species on Native Organisms

UTS Partnership Grants

• Nanostructured multilayer coatings on glass

UTS Research Strength Funding

• Centre for Forensic Science (CFS)
• UTS Research Strength: Centre for Built Infrastructure Research
• UTS Research Strength: Centre for Forensic Science
• UTS Research Strength: Centre for Health Technologies
• UTS Research Strength: Centre for Intelligent Mechatronic Systems
• UTS Research Strength: Centre for Real-Time Information Networks
• UTS Research Strength: Centre for Study of Choice
• UTS Research Strength: Innovation in IT Services Applications
• UTS Research Strength: Institute for Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases
• UTS Research Strength: Institute for Nanoscale Technology
• UTS Research Strength: Institute for Water and Environmental Resource Management
• UTS Research Strength: Quantitative Finance Research Centre

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• A large memory, high performance computing system

AGR Matthey Partnership Fund

• Development of new methods for the synthesis of plasmonically-active precious metal rods and shells

ARC Discovery Projects

• Aminopeptidases involved in regulating the amino acid pool in malaria parasites
• Establishing how bacterial cells position the division site
• Innovative hands-free technology to give the severely disabled greater mobility control
• Parasite virulence: the role of activation and suppression of P2X7 receptors
• Self-assembled surface arrays of mesoscale plasmonic devices for switchable control of coloured surfaces
• The biosynthesis of structural proteins in parasites

ARC Linkage Infrastructure starting in 2006

• A large memory, high performance computing system
• Advance Surface and Porosity Characterisation Facility
• Enhancing Australia's Terahertz Infrastructure
• High Resolution Bioanalytical Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer Combined With Liquid Chromatograph
• Infrastructure for design and testing of implantable and non-invasive intelligent medical devices - LE0668541
• Nanostructure Deposition Facility
• Sydney Harbour Institute of Marine Science (SHIMS) aquarium facility

ARC Linkage International

• Nanostructured materials for development of advanced lithium energy storage system

ARC Linkage International starting in 2006

• Establishing the relationship between water characteristics and fouling of membranes used in water reuse

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2005

• Development of a light detection system for enhanced scanning electron microscopy imaging of fully hydrated biological specimens at room temperature.
• Risk Measurement for Large Portfolios under the Benchmark Approach
• Seagrass tolerance of oil spills - scaling of pollution impacts
• SmartData: developing intelligent database system for communicating information to aviation and professional vehicle operators: towards safer transport industries

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2006

• Development of new methods for the synthesis of plasmonically-active precious metal rods and shells
• Stabilization of hydrology at waste disposal sites through revegetation

Australian Antarctic Division

• Photosynthetic condition of Southern Ocean phytoplankton
• Photosynthetic condition of Southern Ocean phytoplankton

Australian Antarctic Science Grant

• Photosynthetic condition of Southern Ocean phytoplankton

Australian Diabetes Council Research Trust

• Immunological characterization and encapsulation of a bioengineered insulin secreting liver cell

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Determining compositional changes in estuarine detritus in Botany Bay since European colonization.
• Physical and mechanical properties of nanoscale sol-gel derived coatings on titanium substrates
• Study of bone derived hydroxyapatite powders

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

• Seagrass tolerance of oil spills - scaling of pollution impacts

Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations - perpetual trustees

• Surgical Imaging System for the Treatment and Cure of Diabetes Mellitus

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

• Development of Male-Specific Antibodies for Use In Immunological Sexing Of Salmon Sperm
• Meta-materials for optically-functional devices and coatings
• The Feasibility of Forest Face Experimentation in Australia

Cotton Catchment Communities CRC Partner Funds

• Groundwater Scoping Studies Queensland - Project Number 2.2.10
• Robust and sensitive indicators of groundwater health and biodiversity
• Robust and sensitive indicators of groundwater health and biodiversity

DEST International Science Linkages

• Spider neurotoxins and molecular toxinology of ion channels

Forge Partnership Funding

• SmartData: developing intelligent database system for communicating information to aviation and professional vehicle operators: towards safer transport industries

Group Credit, St George Bank Partnership Funding

• Risk Measurement for Large Portfolios under the Benchmark Approach

IWERM scholarship fund

• Development of Methodology for Phytotoxicity Assessment

Meat and Livestock Australia

• Thiol Metabolism in Parasitic Nematodes

NHMRC Project Grant starting in 2006

• Application of discrete choice experiments to value multi-attribute health states for use in economic evaluation

NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Scholarship Fund

• Development of Methodology for Phytotoxicity Assessment

NSW Environmental Trust Research Grants

• Amphipod embryogenesis as a rapid bio-indicator of sediment quality
• Assessment and management of groundwater fauna at contaminated sites

PADI Foundation

• Identification of the trigger of coral bleaching and the role of photoprotective mechanisms

PROJET INTERNATIONAL DE COOPERATION SCIENTIFIQUE

• Structure, pharmacology and applications of novel Australian spider toxins

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Correction of autoimmune diabetes using gene therapy

St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney partnership fund

• Gastrointestinal parasites and their diagnosis

The Hermon Slade Foundation

• Assessing the impacts of inorganic carbon availability on coral bleaching

UTS Challenge Grants

• A soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer model for Australian woodlands and forests.
• Developing a trans-disciplinary team and approach to integrated catchment management, using visual communication design and a cooperative decision-making model.
• Green Cement: The Development of Eco-Friendly, Novel Construction Materials
• Improving water quality and catchment management through integrating real-time monitoring using wireless sensor networks
• Photocatalysis-nanofiltration Hybrid System in Water Reclamation
• Synthesising Physical & Subjective Perspectives, and Evaluating Frontier Technologies via Digital Presentation: An Investigation of the UTS Fluorosolar Lighting System

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships 2006

• Ecological consequences of local increases in biodiversity
• What are the population-level consequences of behavioural variation in marine reef fishes: can behavioural tradeoffs explain variation in growth and survival of reef fish populations in the tropics?

UTS Early Career Researcher Grants starting 2006

• Environmental relevance of water quality guidelines
• Investigating Innovation Bayesian Statistical Methods for Improving Insurance Industry Ability to Estimate Loss Reserves
• Measuring tree water use in Australian ecosystems
• You are what you eat: using ecological stoichiometry to predict impacts of nutrient enrichment on detritus-based assemblages

UTS Partnership Grants

• Environmental sustainability of water re-use using pulp mill effluent for irrigation
• Gastrointestinal parasites and their diagnosis
• Improving quality of life, learning outcomes and mental health in behavioural school students: An innovation psychosocial intervention.

Weathertex Pty Ltd

• Environmental sustainability of water re-use using pulp mill effluent for irrigation

WSN Environmental Solutions partnership funding

• Stabilization of hydrology at waste disposal sites through revegetation

AINSE 2005 Awards

• Fracture Toughness and Interfacial Fracture Energy of Sol-Gel Developed Nanocoatings
• Late Deglaciation - Early Holocene El Nino variability on Peru margin
• Study of Bone Derived Hydroxyapatite

AINSE grants

• The sedimentary record of ENSO in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean over the past 18,000 years

AMBRI

• Development of Planar Patch-clamp Electrophysiology to Investigate Liposome-based Artificial Nanosensor Devices

ARC Discovery Projects

• Statistical Methods for Flow Cytometric Data
• Synthesis of nanowires and application as nanosensors for chemical and biological detections

ARC Discovery Projects Starting 2005

• A new approach to understanding community variation in marine soft-sediments
• A New Integrated Approach to Managing Risk in Financial Markets
• Enhancing the independence of the severely disabled: Improving the detection rates of an EEG based brain computer interface (BCI)
• Exploiting the properties of gold nanoparticles for nanolithography using visible wavelengths
• Formation of bone-like materials for bone repair and regeneration
• Functional and structural diversity of the cathepsin L peptidase from the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni
• Identifying novel insecticides and their targets: probing Australian arachnid venoms
• Measuring tree water use and calculating stand water use
• The mechanisms of settlement success in coral reef fishes
• Trophic cascades in Australian seagrasses: linking nutrients to survival and growth of commercially-important fishes
• When corals bleach, what is the weakest photosynthetic link?

ARC Linkage Infrastructure starting in 2005

• A high-speed PIV facility for kinematic investigation of rapid transient and pulsatile fluid flow
• Advanced Deformation Simulation Laboratory
• Scanning Cathodoluminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy Facility
• Surface Mechanical Property Analysis Facility
• The Macquarie National Low Temperature Optoelectronic Thin Film Growth Facility

ARC Linkage International starting in 2005

• An innovative wastewater treatment system for the removal of persisting organic pollutants (POPs)

ARC Linkage International starting in 2006

• Identification of structural proteins in the tissue cyst wall of Toxoplasma gondii

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2003

• Bacterial Proteomics: From Cell Division to Novel Antibiotic Targets

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2004

• Coal-ash as a resource for sustainable soil-management in plant production systems
• Development of natural herbal medicines for managing metabolic syndrome in order to prevent type 2 diabetes
• Impact of industrially based endocrine disrupting chemicals on aquatic biota

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2005

• Conservation ecology of the black cod (Epinephelus daemelii)
• Development of Planar Patch-clamp Electrophysiology to Investigate Liposome-based Artificial Nanosensor Devices
• Optically-selective window coatings of precious metal nanoparticles
• Optimising train driver vigilance system: reactivation of a fatigued driver
• Use of effects-based bioassays to assess the endocrine disruption potential of advanced tertiary treated sewage effluent

ARC Research Networks commencing in 2004

• Australian Research Council Network for Parasitology - partner contributions
• Financial Integrity Research Network (FIRN)
• Fluorescence Applications In Biotechnology And Life Sciences (FABLS)
• The ARC Research Network for Earth System Science

ATN Research Challenge

• ATN Centre For Metabolic Fitness
• Land - use change and ecosystem services: An integrated, transdisciplinary study across environmental, social and economic sciences

Australian Antarctic Science Grant

• Photokinetic Adaptation Of Sea-Ice Algae

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Cellulose co-crystallisation and the ageing of paper
• Characterisation of reinforced hydroxyapatite ceramics and their applications to strengthening biocompatible implants.

Australian Wool Innovation Postgraduate Scholarship

• Transport Proteins as Drug Targets in Parasitic Nematodes

Cotton Catchment Communities CRC Partner Funds

• Ground Water Modelling Projects: Cox's Creek Project
• Groundwater Modelling Project - Scoping Studies

Murray Limited & Water Manangement Plans Research and Development Program

• Mitigating soil acidity and minimising recharge of groundwater through coal-ash treatment

NHMRC Equipment Grant

• NHMRC Equipment Grant 2005

NHMRC Project Grant starting in 2005

• Correction of diabetes in an autoimmune model using insulin-secreting liver cells
• Recruitment and activation of alternatively activated macrophages by thioredoxin peroxidases in helminth infections

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Detection of Insulin Levels in Liver Cells Engineered to Secrete Insulin.
• Macrophage Function in Type 1 Diabetes.

Sydney Water Corporation

• Pure Solutions - Sydney Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant and Ancillary Work Project
• Technology Evaluation Agreement - Pilot Scale Experimental Investigation of a Combined Powder Activated Carbon Adsorption and Membrane Filtration Hybrid System for Wastewater Reuse

UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship 2005

• Valuing the services of groundwater ecosystems

UTS Early career researcher grants starting 2005

• Characterisation of a novel apple domain containing protein adhesin from the apicomplexan parasite Eimeria Maxima
• Connectivity and metapopulation structure of the marine communities of the east coast of Australia
• Immune cell function in Type 1 Diabetes
• New optically-activated molecular switches: molecular circuits based on self-assembled anthracene derivatives
• Optimizing production planning in an electricity market
• Spatially resolved photoluminescence in silicon nanocrystals: developing novel materials for future photonic devices
• Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography for Identification of Trace Levels of Explosives to Safeguard Australia.

UTS Industry Link Seeding Research Grant to start in 2005

• The impacts of nutrient enrichment and blue swimmer crabs on seagrass growth and survival in the Hawkesbury river estuary

UTS Partnership Grants

• Vegetation Water Use and Groundwater Recharge

UTS Research Excellence Grants starting 2005

• Improving The Quality Of Life Of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury
• Neurophysiological and Psychophysiological Outcomes in Spinal Cord Injury following Activity-based Therapy

WSN Environmental Solutions partnership funding

• Contract Research - Vegetation Water Use and Groundwater Recharge
• Vegetation Water Use and Groundwater Recharge

6th Framework Programme On Research, Technological Development And Demonstration

• Advanced sensor development for attention stress, vigilance & sleep/wakefulness - SENSATION PROJECT

AINSE 2004 Awards

• Elemental Analysis of Layers in Banded Opals
• High Resolution climate studies in temperate Eastern Australia estuaries
• Investigation of residual stress distribution in mollusc shells
• Magmatic Evolution and Tectonic Setting of Bitter Ground Volcanics, NSW
• Palaeo-El Nino activity on the Peru margin over the past 20,000 yr BP.

Animal Health in the Developing World

• Liver Fluke - Animal Health in the Developing World Initative

ARC Discovery Projects

• Nanoparticle fluorescent labels as a platform for high throughput data gathering

ARC Discovery Projects Starting 2004

• Bacterial cell division: discovering how it begins and the network of protein interactions it requires
• Development of growth strategies to fabricate wide band gap ferromagnetic semiconductors for spin electronics applications
• New methods to harvest light: Towards better dye-sensitized solar cells

ARC Linkage Infrastructure starting in 2004

• Electron beam induced deposition and ablation nanofabrication facility
• High Performance Optical and Electrical Coatings Facility
• Innovative Assistive Technology for Severely Disabled People
• New Technology to Fight Crime and Terrorism: Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer Facilities (LA-ICP-MS)

ARC Linkage Projects

• Large-scale rechargeable lithium battery for power storage and electric vehicle applications
• Lithium/Sulfur rechargeable battery for power applications funding

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2003

• One Step Pre-forms for Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibre

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2004

• The molecular basis for oocyst and cyst wall formation in apicomplexan parasites

ARC Research Networks commencing in 2004

• Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN)
• Australian Research Council Network for Parasitology

ATN Research Staff Exchange

• Phagocytic Defects in Macrophages from Individuals Predisposed to Type 1 Diabetes

Australian Antarctic Science Grant

• Are Antarctic macroalgae more sensitive to contaiminants than lower latitude species?

Australian Diabetes Council Diabetes Research Grants

• Does Beta Cell Death Initiate Autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes?
• Elucidation of glucose-responsive insulin secretion in genetically engineered liver cells

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Post Graduate Research Awards

• High temperature fatigue behaviour and life prediction of advanced engineering materials

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

• Research into effects of oil and dispersed oil on temperate seagrasses
• Seagrass tolerance of oil spills - scaling and modelling pollution impacts

Australian Wool Innovation Postgraduate Scholarship

• Reversal of ivermectin resistance in the sheep parasite Haemonchus contorus

Bettersafe Weed Management

• Biodiversity of Golf Course Wetlands

Department Education Training and Science - Innovation Access Program - International Science and Technology

• OzNano2Life: Australian Nanobiotechnology Cluster Integrated with a European Union Network of Excellence

Department Education Training and Science Innovation Access Program

• New Technologies for the study of parasite genetics

DEST International Science Linkages

• OzNano2Life: Australian Nanobiotechnology Cluster Integrated with a European Union Network of Excellence

Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust

• The impact of exotic plants on ecosystem structure and function

Junior Research Fellowship

• Meat and Livestock Association (MLA) Junior Research Fellowship

Microptics Pty Ltd

• One Step Pre-forms for Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibre

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Ceramics Division

• Theoretical modelling of x-ray reflectrometry - NIST SEMATECH x-ray reflectometry collaboration

NHMRC Equipment Grant

• NHMRC Equipment Grant 2003
• NHMRC Equipment Grant 2004 - Purchase of a gamma counter

NHMRC R Douglas Wright Award

• Molecular Analysis of Preudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenesis - R Douglas Wright Biomedical Career Development Award

NSW BioFirst

• Fasciola Hepatica: A model for investigating the regulation of host immune responses by Helminth parasites

PADI Foundation

• Functional and Genetic Complexities of Coral Bleaching at Multiple Scales

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Development of rapid and sensitive technology for SARS diagnosis

Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation

• Correction of diabetes using primary liver cells

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Travel fund

• 2nd International Conference on Sustainable agriculture, food, energy and industry - Travel / Conference Grant

The National Institute of Forensic Science

• Evaluating the role and impact of forensic DNA profiling in the criminal justice system

The Spinal Research Foundation Seed Funding Research Project

• The association between cortical activity, regional brain chemistry and neuropathic pain in people who have suffered complete/incomplete spinal cord injury

UTS Early career researcher grants starting 2004

• Establishing a scientifically-based framework for predicting invasive plant species
• Functional consequences of PTEN gene mutations in colorectal cancer
• Improved Methods for the Analysis of Explosives to Minimise the Potential Use of Explosives in Australia
• Trophic cascades in Australian seagrasses: linking nutrients to survival and growth of commercially-important fish
• Water quality protection for groundwater ecosystems

UTS Incentive Research Grants starting in 2004

• A New Approach to Managing Risk in Financial Markets
• Characterization and modelling of magnetic properties of nanostructured magnetic materials
• Efficient transduction of primary hepatocytes with the human insulin gene
• Hands-Free Technology and Shared Control Strategies to Provide Mobility Assistance for Elderly and Disabled People
• Mechanisms underlying glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in genetically engineered human liver cells
• Nanoparticle structure and the performance of a new class of energy efficient windows and skylights
• Stepping-stones to New Generation Medical technologies: Computational Modelling and Analysis of ABC Transporters

UTS Industry Link Seeding Research Grant to start in 2004

• Assessing the endocrine disrupting capacity of treated sewage effluent using the estrogen receptor competitive binding assay
• Evaluating the role and impact of forensic DNA profiling in the criminal justice system
• Novel Procedures for the Forensic Analysis of Trace Evidence
• Seagrass tolerance of oil spills - scaling and modelling pollution impacts

UTS Large Research Infrastructure Fund 2004

• A gas chromatograph, atomic absorption spectrophotometer, image analysis system and technical support to build water resource management capabilities at UTS
• Celluar Imaging and Analysis Facility
• Confocal Imaging Facility for Advanced Studies of Diabetes

UTS Research Excellence grants starting 2004 (UTSREG)

• Analysis of boundary functionals of stochastic processes
• Comparing the efficacy of neural network techniques and spectral analysis for detecting fatigue from the EEG of professional drivers: optimising a countermeasure algorithm
• Control of Water Loss From Two Native Eucalyptus Species From Different Habitats
• Improving the capability of the mind switch control system for the severely disabled
• Is catalase a molecular scavenger in the life-cycle of the chicken parasite, Eimeria maximum ?
• Photon Conductance in Photonic Crystal Devices
• Reproductive asynchrony across 23 degrees of latitude in a coral-reef fish: mechanisms and consequences
• Rotation systems to restore soil health and hydrologic balance in agricultural landscapes
• Synthesis and in-situ post processing studies of sulphide non-particles containing rare earth ions
• Target characterisation and pharamacophore mapping of novel insecticidal neurotoxins

XTEK Pty Ltd

• Novel Procedures for the Forensic Analysis of Trace Evidence

AINSE grants

• Elemental analysis of layers in banded opals
• Encapsulation of Enzymes and Bacteria in Sol-Gel Matrices

ARC Centre of Excellence Node

• ARC Centre for Excellence for Ultra-high bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems

ARC Discovery Projects starting 2003

• Approximation and Simulation of Large Diversified Portfolios
• Living on the edge: settlement dynamics of reef fishes across their ranges
• Modelling the Choices of Individuals
• Novel insecticidal neurotoxins from Australian spider venoms

ARC Linkage Infrastructure starting in 2003

• Development of a High Performance Computing Cluster for ac3 Research

ARC Linkage International starting in 2003

• Co-doping and transition metal doping of Gallium Nitride
• Photonic Crystals and Microstructural Optical Fibres for Optical Device Applications

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2002

• Tree water use and amelioration of dryland salinity

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2003

• Detection of peptide hormone performance enhancing agents in sport using mass spectrometry.
• Developing vehicle-based advanced warning countermeasures for driver fatigue
• Development of new-generation autoclaved cellulose fibre-cement composites using alumina-silica rich industrial waste
• The impact of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in sewage contaminated waters on aquatic biota and identification of the causative compounds.

ARC Seed Funding for Research Networks

• Australian Semiconductor Nanotechnology Network

ARC Special Research Initiatives Seed Funding for Research Networks for projects starting 2003

• Australian Research Council Research Network for Parasitology - Seed Funding
• Financial Integrity Research Network (FIRN) - Seed Funding

Australian Diabetes Council Diabetes Research Grants

• Engineering surrogate beta cells from primary hepatocytes

CrimeSafe

• The Evidential Value of Petrol residues in cases of suspected vehicle arson

CSR Gyprock Fibre Cement Partnership Funds

• Development of new-generation autoclaved cellulose fibre-cement composites using alumina-silica rich industrial waste

Department Education Training and Science - Innovation Access Program - International Science and Technology

• Australian delegation to France to attend a major international nanobiotechnology conference and associated events

Department Education Training and Science Innovation Access Program

• Australian-European Union Nanotechnology Capabilities Workshop, 17-18 November 2003

Derelict Mines Committee Partner Funds

• Assessing impacts of derelict mines on stream invertebrate communities

Gosford City Council Ecological Sustainability

• Assessing impacts of urban development on stream invertebrate communities

Herbwang Partnership funding

• Developing natural herbal product to manage metabolic syndrome and prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus

Innovative Access Programme- International S&T Competitive Grants

• A Novel Diagnostic Test for Diabetic Retinopathy

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Ceramics Division

• Theoretical and computational modelling of x-ray scattering from bulk and thin film materials

NSW EPA Partnership funding

• The impact of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in sewage contaminated waters on aquatic biota and identification of the causative compounds.

Orthoplan Partnership funding

• Modelling of the Human Hip Joint, in its Healthy Osteoarthritic State and the Design of an Optimal Hip Resurfacing Device

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Centrifugation system for the production of high titre lentiviral vectors

Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation

• Correction of diabetes using insulin-secreting liver cells

Sydney Water Partner Funds

• The impact of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in sewage contaminated waters on aquatic biota and identification of the causative compounds.

UTS Early career researcher grants starting 2003 (ECRG)

• Characterisation of Cathepsin L, a cysteine protease from Toxoplasma gondii: an important factor in parasite virulence?
• Molecular dynamics for the design of peptide inhibitors of P-glycoprotein

UTS Incentive Research Grants starting in 2003

• Mechanisms underlying glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in genetically engineered human liver cells
• Modelling of financial instruments with Levy processes: theory, implementation and robustness
• Multiplying the opportunities for future professionals in the mathematical sciences
• Nano-engineering of optical resonances for applications to solar control glazing, radiative cooling and photonics
• Nanometre spatial resolution vacuum ultra-violet scanning cathodoluminescence imaging and analysis of wide band gap opto-electronic materials and devices

UTS Industry Link Seeding Research Grant to start in 2003

• Developing natural herbal product to manage metabolic syndrome and prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Modelling of the Human Hip Joint, in its Healthy Osteoarthritic State and the Design of an Optimal Hip Resurfacing Device

UTS Internal Funds

• Approximation and Simulation of Large Diversified Portfolios
• Detection of peptide hormone performance enhancing agents in sport using mass spectrometry.
• Developing vehicle-based advanced warning countermeasures for driver fatigue
• Development of a High Performance Computing Cluster for ac3 Research
• Development of new-generation autoclaved cellulose fibre-cement composites using alumina-silica rich industrial waste
• Living on the edge: settlement dynamics of reef fishes across their ranges
• Modelling the Choices of Individuals
• Novel insecticidal neurotoxins from Australian spider venoms
• The impact of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in sewage contaminated waters on aquatic biota and identification of the causative compounds.
• Tree water use and amelioration of dryland salinity

UTS Research Excellence Grants starting 2003 (UTSREG)

• A novel approach to the forensic examination of automotive paints using pyrolysis gas chromatography- mass spectrometry , chemometrics and pattern recognition through a web interface
• Can the symbiotic micro-algae of coral survive bleaching?
• Early life stage exposure of the mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, to the reproductive endocrine distrupting (RED) hormone, estradiol, and consequent effects on reproduction
• Estimating the socio-economic and personal cost of stuttering in the community
• Forensic Examination of Textile Fibres Using Raman Microprobe and FTIR Chemical Imaging
• Immune response of the mouse to Neospora caninum infection
• Induction of insulin storage in primary liver cells
• Modulation of Intracellular Calcium Signalling in Retinal Pericytes by Diabetic Conditions
• Partial Migration and its Control in an Australian Bird

AINSE grants

• Ion implantation of polymers for metallisation
• Multi-proxy cyclicity in Holocene high-stand estuarine sediments of temperate eastern Australia

Ambassade de France en Australie - Scientific Sect

• Tires identification from friction traces left on the road: Development of an analysis sequence and an identification database

ARC Discovery Projects starting 2002

• A Fundamental Study Of The Behaviour Of Clay Brick Fines In Autoclaved Calcium Silicate Based Building Products
• Light Emission and Localization in Photonic Clusters and Random Lasers

ARC Linkage Infrastructure starting in 2002

• Advanced instrumentation for nano-scale imaging and analysis
• Infrared chemical imaging and high temperature emission spectroscopy facility

ARC Linkage Projects

• Developing new cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries using Australian mineral resources

ARC Linkage Projects starting in 2002

• Antigenic analysis of the surface of Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts
• Application of Silver Coatings to medical Devices for Antimicrobial Properties using Electroless Deposition
• Cost effective high output polymer fibre optic lighting systems
• The mucosal immune system of fish: analysis of the immune repertoire in gut-and gill-associated lymphoid tissues in trout.

Australian Diabetes Council Diabetes Research Grants

• Oxidative Stress, Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Vascular Permeability in Diabetic Retinopathy

Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation Project Grant

• A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system for the isolation and characterisation of novel insecticidal and prokineticin-like peptides from Australian spider venoms

Meat Research Corporation Project Grants

• Thiol metabolism as a drug target for parasitic nematodes

NHMRC Equipment Grant

• Spatial analysis of the distribution of the Anopheles punctulatus group of malaria vectors in Australia

NHMRC Project Grant starting in 2002

• Spatial analysis of the distribution of the Anopheles punctulatus group of malaria vectors in Australia

NSW EPA Partnership funding

• Assessment of algal blooms consition and composition using Phyto-PAM fluorometry in South-eastern Australia

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Gel imaging system for the analysis of insulin secreting liver cells
• Identification of altered gene expression in diabetic pericytes

RIRDC Grant

• Development of a passive sampler device for polar pesticides
• Efficacy trials of a maternally-delivered recombinant vaccine against coccidiosis

Sydney Olympic Park Authority Partner Funds

• Ecological Conditions required for Biodiversity Conservation of Saltmarsh at Sydney Olympic Park
• Investigation of mangrove algae as bioindicators of metal pollution
• Review of environmental risk assessments for Sydney Olympic Park

UTS ATN Small Grants Program Pre2003

• A comparative study of seasonal patterns of hydraulic conductance and embolism of open eucalypt woodland and coastal health in NSW
• Altered gene expression in Diabetic Pericytes associated with Contractile Dysfunction
• Forensic analysis of trace evidence and fingerprint detection for using chemical imaging
• How does thermal damage trigger coral bleaching?
• Immunology of Neospora caninum infections during pregnancy
• Isolation and characterisation of novel bioactive peptides from spider venom
• Petrol Profiling: Development of Novel Identification Technique for Arson Samples
• Radiation Dynamics of Photonic Crystals
• Sleep disorder and driver related fatigue: electroencephalography and heart rate variability assessment
• The impact of dryland salinity on the structure and function of native vegetation in NSW
• The investigation of the formation process of carbon nanotubes by ball milling

UTS Incentive Research Grants starting in 2002

• Cellular respiration in coccidian parasites and the contribution of plant-like electron transport proteins
• Efficient transduction of primary hepatocytes with the human insulin gene
• Mechanisms underlying glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in genetically engineered human liver cells
• Nanoparticle and nanohole composites with applications in solar control and illumination
• Recruitment of fishes on coral reefs: a biogeographic comparison

UTS Industry Link Seeding Research Grant to start in 2002

• Understorey water use in a saline catchment

UTS Internal Funds

• A Fundamental Study Of The Behaviour Of Clay Brick Fines In Autoclaved Calcium Silicate Based Building Products
• Advanced instrumentation for nano-scale imaging and analysis
• Antigenic analysis of the surface of Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts
• Cost effective high output polymer fibre optic lighting systems
• Infrared chemical imaging and high temperature emission spectroscopy facility
• Light Emission and Localization in Photonic Clusters and Random Lasers
• The mucosal immune system of fish: analysis of the immune repertoire in gut-and gill-associated lymphoid tissues in trout.

UTS Internal Research Grants Scheme Pre2003

• A Novel Approach to Forensic Analysis of Condom and Personal Lubricants Found in Sexual Assault Cases Using Capillary Electropheresis
• An investigation into the Physiological and Health Effects of Radio Frequency Exposure on Driver Performance
• Development of an improved method for the In Vitro transduction of primary hepatocytes
• Electroencephalography and Personality: Using Advance[d] Mathematical Modelling Techniques
• Integration of Powered Wheelchairs and Environmental Control Systems (ECS) by Head Movement Technology
• Pharmacological Characterisation of Plant Saponins and Nontoxic Peptides from Spider Venom that Modeulate Gastrintestinal Motility
• Reproductive Fitness of the Male Mosquitofish, Gambusia hobrooki, Exposed to the Reproductive Endocrine Disruption (RED) Hormone, Estradiol
• The Role of S100 Proteins in the Regulation of Ion Channel Function
• Toward Cost Effectiveness, Reliable Interactive Content for Web Based Scientific Education

AGL Partner Funds

• Maintaining frog habitats: Red-crowned Toadlet pdeudophryne australis and the Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus

ARC Large Grant

• Development of methodology to determine oxygen and hydrogen content in GaN and its application to problems of doping and compensation.
• Mechanisms underlying stomatal responses to vapour pressure deficit - an experimental and modelling approach
• Probabilistic Modelling of Load and Deterioration Processes in Structural Reliability
• The role of heat-shock protein 70 in parasite virulence

ARC Research Infrastructure (Equipment & Facilitie

• Advanced specimen preparation and imaging facilities for RFMM

ARC SPIRT (Strategic Partnerships with Industry Re

• Environmental impact assessment of coastal pollution using macroalgae gamete condition
• Maintaining frog habitats: Red-crowned Toadlet pdeudophryne australis and the Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus
• Mind Switch control of implantable stimulators for the profoundly disabled
• Risk Measurement for Large Diversified Nonlinear Portfolios

ARC SPIRT Grant

• Solid-state rechargeable lithium batteries for telecommunication and portable electronic devices

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research & Development Programs

• Salinity Management in South-Eastern Australia, North-Eastern Thaliand and Lao PDR

Australian Rotary Health Research Fund Grant

• Spider neurotoxins: charaterisation, antivenom efficacy and production of monoclonal antibodies

CSR Gyprock Fibre Cement Partnership Funds

• Development of new-generation autoclaved fibre-cement building materials using waste fired clay products

Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (MAFRI) Partner Funds

• Environmental impact assessment of coastal pollution using macroalgae gamete condition

Motor Accident Authority Partner Funds

• Mind Switch control of implantable stimulators for the profoundly disabled

NHMRC Australian Clinical Research Fellowship

• Sleep Disorder: psychophysiological implications for driver fatigue and or the development of a fatigue counter measure device

NSW Fire Brigade - Fire Investigation Unit Partnership Funding

• Development and validation of canine accelerant detection program

Sanitarium Health food Company Partnership Funding

• Novel chromotographic chemistry for the determination of simple carbohydrates in cereal foods

UTS ATN Small Grants Program Pre2003

• Carbon fixation, fluorescence analyses and water potential of coastal sand-dunes, coastal heathland and mangroves in NSW
• Carbon nanotubes using aluminosilicates
• Development of a removable adhesive heart patch
• Evaluating the structure of P-glycoprotein, a major cause of chemotherapy failure
• Forensic Analysis and Interpretation of Gunshot Residues Using a Novel Combination of Elemental Mapping and Molecular Profiling
• Insecticide neurotoxins from Australian mygalomorph spider venoms
• Intracellular pathways that control the contractile properties of retinal pericytes
• Mechanism of host-cell invasion by Babesia bovis
• Microstructured Optical Fibres: Modelling and Applications
• Molecular analysis of macromolecular geo-organic matter
• Movement of long-finned river eels within coastal catchments: implications for population demography and fishery management
• Somatic gene therapy for diabetes with a suicide gene safety system for complete removal of transplanted cells
• Thermal bleaching response of coral zooxanthellae

UTS Incentive Research Grants starting pre 2001

• Imogolite incorporating nanocarbons
• Mechanisms underlying glucose stimulated insulin secretion in genetically engineered human liver cells
• Novell illicit drug profiling procedures for intelligence purposes
• Reduced stuttering in children: associated brain and speech muscle factors
• Which gene makes the parasite neospora caninum cause disease in livestock?

UTS Industry Link Seeding Research Grant pre 2002 start dates

• Development and validation of canine accelerant detection program
• Development of new-generation autoclaved fibre-cement building materials using waste fired clay products
• Investigation of the elemental sulphur coating applied to the urea grains and its assessment as a slow release fertilizer
• Novel chromotographic chemistry for the determination of simple carbohydrates in cereal foods

UTS Internal Research Grants Scheme Pre2003

• Algal blooms in Myall Lakes - are they natural or man made?
• Characteristics of oxygen adsorption on tin oxide-based gas sensing materials
• Microanalysis of fish otoliths; a biomonitor of estuary health
• Oxidative stress in diabetic retinopathy
• Petrol profiling: development of new identification techniques in arson samples
• Sensitivity to disruption of sexual differentiation of life-stages of the male mosquitofish, Gamubusia holbrooki, exposed to the the reproductive endocrine disrupting (RED) hormone, estradiol.
• Stomatal guard cell fluorescence - an indicator of guard cell C economy during changes in stomatal aperture in response to altered atmospheric water content

Waters Australia Partnership Funding

• Novel chromotographic chemistry for the determination of simple carbohydrates in cereal foods

AINSE grants

• Biokinetics of Cu in rainbowfish in relation to its tolerance to copper using Cu-64 and Cu-67
• Characterisation of Australian Precious Opals by SIMS

ARC Large Grant

• A new Class of Credit Risk Models
• A Study of Moisture Transport between Fresh Mortar and Bricks During Masonry Construction and Curing
• Microcharacterisation of charge trapping in materials with wide band gaps
• Physiological Adaptations to Migration in Australian Birds

ARC Research Infrastructure (Equipment & Facilitie

• Advanced Bio-Imaging Capability for the regional Facility for Microscopy and Microanalysis
• High-performance data acquisition and control platform for smart materials and structures
• Quaternary lake and estuary sediment retrieval and logging facility
• UV-visible-Near Infra red Microspectrometric Facilities for Material Characterisation

ARC SPIRT (Strategic Partnerships with Industry Re

• A genetically engineered immunotoxin incorporating a cytolytic peptide from ant venom
• A system for location of insulation faults in high voltage transformers
• Non-rigid local registraton of three-dimensional medical images
• Production of novel plant cultivars via gene cosuppression

Financial Markets Foundation for Children Grant

• A scientific investigation into the treatment of stuttering in older children

Florigene Partner Funds

• Production of novel plant cultivars via gene cosuppression

NHMRC Project Grant starting in 2000

• Population Dynamics and Evolution of Mosquitoes that Transmit Malaria

NSL Health Partner Funds

• A genetically engineered immunotoxin incorporating a cytolytic peptide from ant venom

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Proje

• Mechanisms of lung injury induced by high concentrations of oxygen

Siemens Ltd Australia Partnershipfund

• A system for location of insulation faults in high voltage transformers

UTS Industry Link Seeding Research Grant pre 2002 start dates

• Comparison of analyses for multicomponent pharamaceutical products by HPLC and capillary electrophoresis

UTS Internal Funds

• Fluids generated during the exhumation of a Palaeozoic subduction complex

Westmead Hospital Partner Funds

• Non-rigid local registraton of three-dimensional medical images