Internal Research Funding Outcomes

Congratulations to all of those researchers awarded UWS internal research grants. Details of current UWS research grant funding opportunities are available at Internal Research Grants.

An archive of successful applicants for 2010, 2009, and 2008 is also available.

2011

• UWS International Research Initiatives Scheme (Round 2)
• UWS Research Partnerships Program (Round 2)
• Eminent Research Visitors Scheme
  
• UWS Seed Grant for Early Career Researchers
  
• UWS International Research Initiatives Scheme (Round 1)
• UWS Research Partnerships Program (Round 1)

UWS International Research Initiatives Scheme (Round 2)

Professor Catherine Best (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
International Link - Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerca, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies , Italy
Italian roots in Australian soil: Tracing regional linguistic heritage in first and second generation bilinguals
$10 320

Dr Patrice Castignolles (School of Natural Sciences)
International Link - University of Provence, France
Branched degradable polymers for anti-cancer drugs delivery
$11 379

Professor Roger Dean (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
International Link - University of London, UK
Information Flow and the Generation and Perception of Musical Form and Expression
$10 000

Dr Marion Gaborieau (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
International Link - University of Provence, Marseilles Country, France
Chitosan conjugation for bioadhesives and stem cell culture
$11 580

Associate Professor Adam Possamai (Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies)
International Link - University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Experience of Muslims in Australian and US courts
$7 500

Dr Jeff Powell (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
International Link - University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA
Climate change effects on decomposition of coarse woody debris, as mediated by wood traits and fungal communities
$14 800

Dr Markus Reigler (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
International Link - BOKU- University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria
Don't buy a 'pig in a poke': Molecular characterisation of Australian pinhole borers and bark beetles and their associated microorganisms
$9 900

Professor Virginia Schmied (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
International Link - University of Toronto , Canada
Perinatal Mental Health: Understanding pathways, client journeys and outcomes for immigrant and refugee women
$12 438

Dr Robert Sharwood (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
International Link - Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Cornell University, USA
Molecular Engineering of Setaria, an emerging model for interrogating C4 photosynthesis
$5 000

Dr Emma Waterton (Centre for Cultural Research)
International Link - University College London, UK
Everyday geopolitics: Nationalist subjectivities and ANZAC thanatourism
$5 150

Dr Tamara Watson (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
International Link - Duke University, USA
Auditory facilitation of visual search; a steady state visual evoked potential investigation of neural mechanisms
$5 667

Dr Chunwei Zhang (Civionics Research Centre)
International Link - Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Health monitoring, evaluation and control of civil engineering infrastructure systems
$11 379

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UWS Research Partnerships Program (Round 2)

Dr Brenda Dobia (School of Education)
Partner Organisations - National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
The Aboriginal Girls Circle - enhancing connectedness and promoting resilience for Aboriginal girls
$24 831

Dr Gabrielle Drake (School of Social Sciences)
Partner Organisations - Uniting Care Disability
Into the community: Leaving a licensed boarding house
$18 032

Professor Kevin Dunn (School of Social Sciences)
Partner Organisations - Islamic Sciences and Research Academy Australia
The ordinariness of Australian Muslims: attitudes and experiences of Muslims
$10 000

Dr Markus Reigler (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Partner Organisations - Blacktown City Council
Assessing the distribution and population dynamics of the lace lerp infestation in the endangered Cumberland Plain Woodlands in Western Sydney
$23 618

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Eminent Research Visitors Scheme

Dr Brendan Choat (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Eminent Visitor - Professor Maurizio Mencuccini (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
Xylem and phloem transport limitations and their role in drought-induced mortality of trees
$33 500

Professor Kevin Dunn (School of Social Sciences)
Eminent Visitor - Professor George Galster (Wayne State University, Detroit MI, USA)
Ethnic Discrimination in the Rental Market and Overcoming Barriers to Affordable Housing
$37 400

Professor André van Shaik (Bioelectronics and Neuroscience (BENS) Research Group)
Eminent Visitor - Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)
Feeling Color: Transforming Visual Color to Tactile Stimulation as a Prosthetic for the Blind
$30 500

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UWS Seed Grants for Early Career Researchers

Ms Catherine Attard (School of Education)
The Impact of (i)Technologies to Support Student Engagement with Mathematics in the Primary Classroom
$3 679

Dr Andrew Bennie (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Physical activity in physical education: The impact of attitudes and teaching styles on physical activity
$7 479

Ms Elaine Burns (School of Nursing and Midwifery)
A 'known midwife' or 'another mother': A study of professional and peer support provided to breastfeeding women during the first month after birth
$7 500

Dr Ana Mihaela Cojocariu (School of Natural Sciences)
Novel hybrid organic-inorganic thin films from organo-bridged silsesquioxanes precursors
$3 000

Dr Gabrielle Drake (School of Social Sciences)
"Nothing about us without us": Inclusive research with former residents of licensed boarding houses
$6 477

Mr Gordon Hendry (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Foot care needs of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in New South Wales
$7 130

Dr Kate Huppatz (School of Social Sciences)
Regulating Motherhood: understanding the relationship between mothering and class
$7 214

Dr Won Hee Kang (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
Rapid Risk Assessment of Large and Complex Civil Infrastructure
$7 083

Dr Olayide Ogunsiji (School of Nursing and Midwifery)
Experience of Australian midwives caring for women living with consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM)
$7 106

Dr Rebecca Olson (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Boys [and girls] in white updated: Revisiting Becher et al.'s classic study with Australian allied health students
$5 610

Dr Paul Rymer (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Climate change impacts on different plant functional groups along a steep natural environmental gradient
$7 452

Dr Laura Schatz (School of Social Sciences)
Mapping "actual existing" neoliberal planning and sources of alternatives in a shrinking Australian hinterland community: Broken Hill, New South Wales
$7 283

Dr Ee Loon Tan (School of Engineering)
Design of composite steel-concrete beams with partial shear connection for curved bridges and highways
$7 500

Dr Sonja Van Wichelen (Centre for Cultural Research)
Moral Economies of Transnational Adoption: Markets and Children in Comparative Perspective
$7 500

Dr George Vasdravellis (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
Assessment of the dissipative capacity of stainless-steel hourglass pins for use in high-seismic-performance steel structures
$7 362

UWS International Research Initiatives Scheme (Round 1)

College of Arts

Associate Professor Jeesun Kim (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
International Link - University College London, UK
Clear speech strategies: How auditory/visual cues are weighted
$13 450

College of Business and Law

Associate Professor Anneke Fitzgerald (School of Management)
International Link - The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
"Lean" process improvement techniques in health care settings: a cross-case comparison between Sweden and Australia
$6 275

Dr Phillip Toner (Industry and Innovation Studies)
International Link - University of Bremen, Germany
The Role and Contribution of Tradespeople and Technicians in R&D in Germany and Australia
$4 500

College of Health and Science

Associate Professor Chin Leo (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
International Link - University of Lyon, France
Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in the porous media
$5 000

Dr Catriona Macdonald (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
International Link - University of Bayreuth, Germany
Effect of Extreme Weather Events on Soil Microbial Diversity and Function
$5 500

Professor Anthony Maeder (School of Computing and Mathematics)
International Link - University of Auckland, NZ
Detecting impact of long-term medication adherence on health outcome using electronic medical records
$11 850

Dr Colin Stack (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
International Link - McGill University (Montreal), Canada
Functional and structural diversity of cysteine peptidases from Apicomplexan parasites
$5 000

Associate Professor Zhong Tao (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
International Link - TsingHua University, China
Behaviour and Design of Composite Steel-Concrete Beams with Different Degrees of Shear Connections when Subjected to Fire
$15 441

Professor Brian Uy (School of Engineering)
International Link - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Australia - Singapore Collaboration on Application of Nanaomaterials in Civil Engineering
$14 200

Professor Yang Xiang (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
International Link - City University of Hong Kong, China
Micro-nano sensors considering size effects and long range forces
$10 250

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UWS Research Partnerships Program (Round 1)

College of Arts

Professor Rhonda Craven (Centre for Educational Research)
Partner Organisations - NSW Department of Education & Training
Cultivating Capability: Explicating What Works for Gifted Aboriginal Primary Students and the Impact of Gifted Education Settings on Education Outcomes and Psychosocial Wellbeing
$25 000

Associate Professor Michael Darcy (School of Social Sciences)
Partner Organisations - Wentworth Community Housing, Penrith City Council, Blacktown City Council, Blue Mountains City Council, Hawkesbury City Council
Service delivery systems and the unintentional causation and perpetuation of homelessness in the Nepean/Blacktown Region
$20 000

Professor Kevin Dunn (School of Social Sciences)
Partner Organisations - Islamic Sciences and Research Academy Australia
The ordinariness of Australian Muslims: attitudes and experiences of Muslims
$10 000

College of Business and Law

Dr Deborah Horsfall (Sustainability and Social Research Group)
Partner Organisations - Multicultural Health Service HTO Service, St George Migrant Resource Centre Inc, University of New South Wales
Caring journeys: A short-term longitudinal study of decision making around aged care options by older carers from the Greek community
$25 000

College of Health and Science

Dr Dharma  Hagare (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
Partner Organisations - Dairy Australia
Development of a dynamic model for sustainable management of dairy shed effluent using stabilisation ponds and recycling system
$15 000

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