Near Miss Grants 2008 

NHMRC Projects

Internal Researchers

Faculty

Project_Title

$ Awarded

Tony Okely, Julie Steele, Ken Russell

Faculty of Education

Determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in young children.
A prospective cohort study

$15,000

Robert Kapsa, Gordon Wallace, Simon Moulton

Faculty of Science

Myoregenerative polymers for remodelling of damaged and diseased muscle

$10,000

Marie Ranson

Faculty of Science

Deciphering the function and prognostic significance of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 in cancer

$10,000

Chao Deng, Xu-Feng Huang

Faculty of Health & Behavioural Science

The roles of the brain stem melanocortin and neuropeptide Y systems in the development of diet-induced obesity

$10,000

SUBTOTAL

$45,000

Discovery Projects

Internal Researchers

Faculty

Project_Title

$ Awarded

Stephen Blanksby

Faculty of Science

New insights and applications from the gas phase chemistry of reactive oxygen species

$15,000

Elena Pereloma

Faculty of Engineering

Nanoscale Engineering of Advanced High Strength Steels

$15,000

Ian Brown, Lori Lockyer, Peter Caputi

Faculty of Education

Preparing Australians for a multiliterate world: a conceptual model and validated tool to measure of multiliteracies for middle school students

$8,000

Michael Donaldson, Richard Howson

Faculty of Arts

Contemporary Muslim Indonesian Masculinities in Australia

$8,000

Mark Dowton

Faculty of Science

Expanding the set of animal mitochondrial genes available for phylogenetic analysis: nuclear genes of ancient mitochondrial origin

$8,000

Long Nghiem

Faculty of Engineering

Optimising nanofiltration and reverse osmosis filtration processes for the production of high quality reclaimed water: membrane fouling and its effects on trace contaminant removal

$8,000

Farzad Safaei, Philip Ogunbona, Wanqing Li, Salim Bouzerdoum

Faculty of Informatics

Spectactive: 3D visual and aural scene creation for virtual spectators

$8,000

SUBTOTAL

$70,000

TOTAL (ARC Discovery & NHMRC)

$115,000