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2006/7 Successful UIC International Links Grants

The University internationalisation committee (UIC) provides grants each year to fund projects that support the development of strong research and teaching collaborations with strong international partner institutions.

The projects that receive the travel support under this program are the ones that show the most promise for contributing to the University achieving its vision of "advancing our international reputation as an outstanding research and teaching institution".

The successful recipients for the 2006/7 round are shown below:

Faculty
Applicants
Funding Received $
Project Title
Collaborating Institution
Science Prof Mark Wilson 9,930 Building a protein structure/function focussed link with the University of Cambridge
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University of Cambridge, UK
Education Dr Garry Hoban 6,638 Using Animation for Teaching and Researching Science Concepts in Teacher Education
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University of British Columbia, Canada
Science Dr Jun Chen,
Prof. G. Wallace
8,600 Platinum Functionalised Conducting Polymer nanoparticles in Fuel Cell Application
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Science Prof Lesley Head 7,300 Farm, garden, city: comparing cultural landscapes in Sweden and Australia
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Goteborg University, Sweden
Law Dr Warwick Gullett 6,745 Marine Law and Policy Links with Ocean University of China
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Ocean University of China
Informatics Prof Eryk Dutkiewicz,
Prof X. Huang
10,000 Broadband wireless technology research and development for mining rescue operations
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education

Prof Jan Wright,

Dr Valerie Harwood

9,344 Bio-pedagogies: schooling, youth, the body and the 'obesity epidemic'
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Loughborough University, UK
Ottawa University, Canada.
Otago University, NZ
Arts Prof Adrian Vickers,
Dr Lenore Lyons
9,963 Staff visits by Universiti Sains Malaysia Collaborators Universiti Sains Malaysia
Engineering Prof Buddhima Indraratna,
Dr Mohamed Shahin
10,000 Stabilisation of problematic foundation soils beneath rail tracks for high speed trains
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ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
University of Alberta, Canada.
Nanyan Technological University, Singapore.
H&BS A/Prof Nigel Taylor 6,500 Humanoid Robot for Biometerological Evaluation (HURBIE)
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Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
H&BS Prof Patrick Crookes, A/Prof. Victoria Traynor, Ms Lyn Rees, A/Prof. Sandra Jones 8,020 Internationalisation Agenda: Dementia Research and Education
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University of Stirling, UK.
University of Bradford, UK.
H&BS Miss Bridget Munro, Prof. Julie Steele 6,920 Flat fat feet in obese children: an international collaborative initiative
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ETH Zurich,
Swizterland. University of Tubingen (UKT)
Student Services Dr Jan Skillen ,
Emily Purser
10,000 Developing Academic Literacy in Context (DALiC)
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Cornell, Stanford and Iowa State Universities (USA)
Uni of Coventry, Open University and Queen Mary Uni of London (UK)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands)

Rob Whelan pictured with the UIC Grant recipients for 2006.
Absent from the picture: Bridget Munro, Jan Skillen

 
   

Last reviewed: 10 June, 2008 

 
   
 
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