2012 URC Near Miss Grants

Chief Investigator / Faculty	Other Investigators	Project Title	URC Near Miss Funding
ARC
Barry RJ H&BS	Rushby J	Does the novelty P3 component of the event-related potential really exist?	$12,000
D'Arcens L Arts	Matthews O	Laughing at the middle ages: comic depictions of the medieval period and their social significance	$12,000
Dou S Engineering	Yu X Chen P Takayuki I Kennedy S	Design and synthesis of ammonia-borane complexes for hydrogen storage	$12,000
Melleuish G Arts		The varieties of conservatism in Australia	$12,000
Naghdy F Informatics	Schiemer G Naghdy G Rao S	Haptic rendered virtual crafting of musical instruments	$12,000
Razal J Science	Baughman R	Manipulation of multifunctional nanostructures for flexible and wearable energy storage: which way forward?	$12,000
Susilo W Informatics	Mu Y	Sequential attribute-based encryption and its applications	$12,000
Wang L Informatics	Liu H	Exploring structural information among visual features: towards efficient large-scale feature selection in image recognition	$12,000
Wei D Engineering		Development of novel micro sheet hydroforming technology	$12,000
		TOTAL ARC	$108,000
NHMRC
CIA Investigator / Faculty	Other Investigators	Project Title	URC Near Miss Funding
Ecroyd H Science	Carver J	Targeting small heat shock protein in diseases associated with α-synuclein aggregation	$12,000
Wilson M Science	Ranson M Kelso M	A new strategy for improved treatment of drug-resistant cancers	$12,000
Jenner A Science	Garner B Mitchell T	Cholesterol metabolism and lipid peroxidation in Huntingtons disease - Environmental Enrichment	$11,000
McLennan P GSM/HBS	Treweek T Larkin T	Nutritional approach to prevention of heart failure	$11,000
Okely T Education	Cliff D Batterham M McKenzie T Lubans D Jones R Parrish A	Using school sport more effectively to promote adolescent physical activity	$11,000
		TOTAL NHMRC	$57,000
		TOTAL ARC + NHRMC	$165,000