Number of Successful ARC Future Fellowships Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2013 by State and Organisation

Australian Capital Territory
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation / 2
The Australian National University / 14
Total for Australian Capital Territory / 16
New South Wales
Garvan Institute of Medical Research / 1
Macquarie University / 8
The University of New South Wales / 14
The University of Newcastle / 4
The University of Sydney / 11
University of Technology, Sydney / 4
University of Western Sydney / 2
University of Wollongong / 3
Total for New South Wales / 47
Queensland
Griffith University / 6
James Cook University / 2
Queensland Institute of Medical Research / 3
Queensland University of Technology / 2
The University of Queensland / 22
Total for Queensland / 35
South Australia
The Flinders University of South Australia / 6
The University of Adelaide / 10
University of South Australia / 2
Total for South Australia / 18
Tasmania
University of Tasmania / 5
Total for Tasmania / 5
Victoria
Deakin University / 4
La Trobe University / 7
Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research / 1
Monash University / 18
RMIT University / 3
St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research / 1
Swinburne University of Technology / 3
The University of Melbourne / 27
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research / 3
Total for Victoria / 67
Western Australia
Curtin University of Technology / 2
The University of Western Australia / 11
Total for Western Australia / 13
Total Number of Grants / 201

Summary of SuccessfulFuture Fellowships Proposals for Funding

Commencing in 2013 by State and Organisation

Australian Capital Territory
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
FT130100345 / Hill, Dr Matthew R
2013 / $94,415.00
2014 / $186,830.00
2015 / $186,580.00
2016 / $188,330.00
2017 / $94,165.00
Total / $750,320.00
Primary FOR / 0303 / MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Hill, Dr Matthew R
Administering Organisation / Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Project Summary
This project will create a new generation of ultraporous materials capable of releasing a valuable molecule, stored within their pores, when an external trigger is applied. The porous materials, including metal organic frameworks and porous aromatic frameworks, will have components incorporated within them that can respond to stimuli such as ultraviolet or visible light, microwave, ultrasound, or pH change, causing the stored target molecule to be released. Target molecules will include carbon dioxide, fertilisers, clean burning gaseous fuels and medicines.
FT130100510 / Liu, Dr Weihua
2013 / $108,715.00
2014 / $217,332.50
2015 / $214,257.50
2016 / $214,510.00
2017 / $108,870.00
Total / $863,685.00
Primary FOR / 0402 / GEOCHEMISTRY
Funded Participants:
FT2 / Liu, Dr Weihua
Administering Organisation / Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Project Summary
In order to efficiently discover vital new mineral resources for Australia, explorers must understand the fundamental controls on ore formation. The lack of data for soluble metal behaviour in hot fluids at high pressure is a significant impediment to our understanding of deposit formation and for the application of industrial processes, such as hydrometallurgy. This project will gain molecular-level understanding of the fundamental chemistry of gold transport and deposition in high temperature, high-pressure, carbon dioxide-rich fluids and gold colloid systems, using multiple novel experimental techniques and molecular dynamics simulations that make use of Australia’s cutting-edge experimental and computational facilities.
The Australian National University
FT130100043 / Banks, Dr Samuel C
2013 / $94,415.00
2014 / $188,830.00
2015 / $183,830.00
2016 / $178,830.00
2017 / $89,415.00
Total / $735,320.00
Primary FOR / 0604 / GENETICS
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Banks, Dr Samuel C
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
Environmental disturbances shape the dynamics of the world's ecosystems. However, we do not understand how they influence biodiversity at its most fundamental level, genetic diversity. This is important, because genetic diversity affects the fitness of individuals, the viability of populations and the adaptability of species. This project will study fire in the Australian environment to discover how disturbance affects genetic diversity. By integrating landscape genomics and computational modelling with long-term field studies, the research will significantly advance our understanding of how genetic diversity is distributed, and improve our ability to predict the responses of natural populations to changes in the frequency and severity of wildfire.
FT130101355 / Bradby, A/Prof Jodie E
2013 / $107,280.00
2014 / $214,810.00
2015 / $216,060.00
2016 / $211,560.00
2017 / $103,030.00
Total / $852,740.00
Primary FOR / 0204 / CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
Funded Participants:
FT2 / Bradby, A/Prof Jodie E
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
The study of materials at extreme pressures is important and interesting from both a technological and a fundamental perspective. This project will significantly advance the understanding of how semiconductors react to high-pressure environments by exploiting new and innovative approaches to both the application of the extreme pressure and the in-situ measurement of the resultant structures. It will establish a comprehensive understanding of the deformation behaviour of semiconductors that will be essential in the search for advanced materials with entirely new properties that may be useful in semiconducting device applications.
FT130101444 / Butterworth, A/Prof Peter J
2013 / $108,294.50
2014 / $215,750.50
2015 / $213,595.00
2016 / $213,094.50
2017 / $106,955.50
Total / $857,690.00
Primary FOR / 1117 / PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
Funded Participants:
FT2 / Butterworth, A/Prof Peter J
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
Mental disorders such as depression are a major cause of disability. Improving mental health can increase productivity and workforce participation. However, the psychosocial quality of work is a factor that overlays the relationship between work and health. Poor quality work (for example, unreasonable time pressure, insecurity) increases the risk of poor mental health, absenteeism, and exit from the workforce. This project will analyse data following people over time to investigate the long-term health and employment consequences of poor psychosocial job quality, and consider the special case of mature age workers. It will identify those individuals at greatest risk, and factors that can buffer against the adverse effects of poor quality work.
FT130100916 / Catchpole, A/Prof Kylie R
2013 / $105,780.00
2014 / $208,614.00
2015 / $207,989.00
2016 / $213,204.00
2017 / $108,049.00
Total / $843,636.00
Primary FOR / 0906 / ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Funded Participants:
FT2 / Catchpole, A/Prof Kylie R
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
This project will develop high-efficiency tandem solar cells that combine established silicon cell technology with novel low-cost thin-film solar cells. It will incorporate nanostructured layers between the cells that selectively trap different wavelengths of light, maximising light absorption in the top cell. This will make it possible to use a very thin top cell, reducing the requirements on electronic quality of the material. This project will also develop self-assembly techniques to enable the new nanostructures to be fabricated quickly and cheaply but with a high degree of control. Such cells will allow open the door to higher efficiencies, and lower costs, than is achievable with conventional solar cells.
FT130101102 / Clutterbuck, Dr Julie
2013 / $75,390.00
2014 / $150,780.00
2015 / $151,500.00
2016 / $151,950.00
2017 / $75,840.00
Total / $605,460.00
Primary FOR / 0101 / PURE MATHEMATICS
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Clutterbuck, Dr Julie
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
Curvature flows are a class of geometrically motivated equations, modelled on the heat equation. Recently, researchers have developed new methods for studying the regularity of solutions to these equations, and applied them to a different problem, that of estimating quantities depending on the smaller eigenvalues of a Schroedinger operator. This project builds on the early success of this research and will produce a new understanding of the behaviour of eigenvalues, establish sharp estimates for spectral quantities, particularly on manifolds with curvature bounds, and find optimal conditions under which non-compact solutions to curvature flows are stable.
FT130100781 / Corry, Dr Ben A
2013 / $89,371.00
2014 / $173,376.50
2015 / $173,420.00
2016 / $173,420.00
2017 / $84,005.50
Total / $693,593.00
Primary FOR / 0601 / BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Corry, Dr Ben A
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
Voltage-gated sodium channels initiate electrical impulses in nerve and muscle and are the target of many local anaesthetic, anti-epileptic and anti-arrythmic drugs. The publication of atomic resolution structures of homologous proteins from bacteria in the last 18 months has now made it possible to gain a detailed understanding of how these channels work, and how they are influenced by drugs. This project aims to determine the basis of ion permeation and selectivity in the channels and explain the mechanisms of action for a number of common drugs. This will provide a foundation for future drug development to target specific channels for improved treatment of epilepsy, chronic pain and arrythmias.
FT130101280 / Hinkson, Dr Melinda J
2013 / $78,063.00
2014 / $170,877.00
2015 / $185,271.50
2016 / $173,419.50
2017 / $80,962.00
Total / $688,593.00
Primary FOR / 1601 / ANTHROPOLOGY
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Hinkson, Dr Melinda J
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
At a time of social turbulence and hyper-mobility, this project examines Aboriginal people’s transforming relationships to place. From ancestral places to the nation and beyond, it analyses how Warlpiri people of central Australia have pictured themselves in the world. Spanning sixty years of dynamic visual production, this project explores relationships between modes of governance, cultures of seeing, and Warlpiri creative practices. It uniquely blends anthropology with analytic insights from visual studies and history. Utilising rich visual materials, research outputs will include innovative exhibitions and offer fresh perspectives on protracted national debates about the future of remote Aboriginal communities.
FT130100235 / Ireland, Dr Michael J
2013 / $88,538.50
2014 / $167,563.50
2015 / $160,825.00
2016 / $160,825.00
2017 / $79,025.00
Total / $656,777.00
Primary FOR / 0201 / ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Ireland, Dr Michael J
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
Exoplanet research has now entered a new era. Radial velocity and transit techniques have shown that planetary systems are extremely varied and complex, with the secrets to their taxonomy buried at the earliest epochs of planetary system evolution. This project will directly image these earliest stages of planetary formation through innovative algorithms that make best use of the largest infrared telescopes in the world, utilising their full diffraction limit. Resulting images will be combined with advanced collaborative modelling and the use of the latest Australian spectroscopic surveys and instrumentation, in order to unravel the secrets of planetary birth.
FT130100141 / Kendrick, Dr Mark A
2013 / $94,085.00
2014 / $188,090.00
2015 / $188,360.00
2016 / $188,390.00
2017 / $94,035.00
Total / $752,960.00
Primary FOR / 0403 / GEOLOGY
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Kendrick, Dr Mark A
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
A novel approach for combined measurement of halogens and noble gases will be used to provide the first constraints on the concentrations of these elements in key reservoirs within subduction zones. The data will revolutionise our understanding of how noble gases and halogens transfer between the Earth's atmosphere and mantle, which has profound implications for our planet's origin and evolution. In addition, the study will provide practical information about how economically important hydrothermal ore deposits form on the seafloor and it will test models for orogenic gold mineralisation.
FT130101524 / King, Dr Penelope L
2013 / $94,412.50
2014 / $188,813.00
2015 / $188,754.00
2016 / $188,708.00
2017 / $94,354.50
Total / $755,042.00
Primary FOR / 0403 / GEOLOGY
Funded Participants:
FT1 / King, Dr Penelope L
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
A fundamental question in science is why does Earth have so much liquid water, but other planets do not? This project will answer this question using the Curiosity rover on Mars, studying alteration minerals that record the action of water. The project will develop new methods to improve our understanding of alteration minerals in martian meteorites, under controlled environmental conditions and in field samples that are relevant for Mars. It aims to build expertise in the environmental aspects of planetary surfaces and in novel instrumentation. This research will improve methods to examine returned extraterrestrial samples, to evaluate land degradation and to search for energy and ore deposits.
FT130101495 / Mahanty, Dr Sanghamitra
2013 / $88,804.00
2014 / $183,069.00
2015 / $176,599.00
2016 / $158,769.00
2017 / $76,435.00
Total / $683,676.00
Primary FOR / 1699 / OTHER STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Mahanty, Dr Sanghamitra
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
Mainland Southeast Asia’s dynamic and asymmetrical development is transforming its societies and consuming its remaining forest frontiers. Like other developing regions, the synergies and tensions between transnational, national and local processes of change are highly conspicuous in its border areas, but poorly understood. This interdisciplinary project explores how local actors negotiate transnational networks and markets on the Cambodia-Vietnam borderland and determine how these interactions will affect environments, socioeconomic vulnerability and local agency. It offers crucial new knowledge for more viable and sustainable policy on environment, development and security in this strategically important region.
FT130100697 / O'Brien, Dr Patricia A
2013 / $89,948.50
2014 / $180,722.50
2015 / $179,382.00
2016 / $164,039.50
2017 / $75,431.50
Total / $689,524.00
Primary FOR / 2103 / HISTORICAL STUDIES
Funded Participants:
FT1 / O'Brien, Dr Patricia A
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
Colonialism, violence and resistance in the interwar Pacific unveil fresh perspectives on how Australian and New Zealand settler violence was situated within the global dynamics of the 1920s and 1930s. This project illuminates unresolved tensions about the League of Nations mandate system and re-examines events that continue to cast a long and contested shadow over the present. It places these Pacific colonial histories, forged in the First World War, within the longer histories of violence and resistance with Australian Aboriginal People and Maori, highlighting critically important connections between these deputised British colonial powers and their colonies as well as overlooked Indigenous historical figures and methods of resistance.
FT130100607 / Portal, Dr Pierre
2013 / $69,415.00
2014 / $142,579.50
2015 / $145,579.50
2016 / $144,830.00
2017 / $72,415.00
Total / $574,819.00
Primary FOR / 0101 / PURE MATHEMATICS
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Portal, Dr Pierre
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
Harmonic analysis is a set of mathematical techniques aimed at decomposing complex signals into simple pieces in a way that is reminiscent of the decomposition of sounds into harmonics. It is highly efficient in analysing signals in homogeneous media such as wave propagation through the air that underpins wireless communication technology. However, wave propagation through inhomogeneous media, such as the human body in medical imaging or the Earth in geophysical imaging, is much harder to model. Phenomena with random components, as considered in finance for instance, are also problematic. This project is an important part of an intense international research effort to develop harmonic analysis in such rough contexts.
FT130100329 / Slagmolen, Dr Bram J
2013 / $94,414.00
2014 / $188,813.00
2015 / $188,561.00
2016 / $187,242.50
2017 / $93,080.50
Total / $752,111.00
Primary FOR / 0201 / ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Slagmolen, Dr Bram J
Administering Organisation / The Australian National University
Project Summary
This project will develop innovative laser measurement topologies for probing the limits of gravitational force sensing. Of particular interest is the detection of gravitational waves from astrophysical sources. Technology developed in this project will be able to see gravitational forces from slow moving mass at great distances away. Implementation of this technology will enhance the terrestrial gravitational wave detectors to observe at lower frequencies. This project will ensure Australia's continued involvement in the international Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory) project and guarantee Australian participation in the first direct detection of gravitational waves.
New South Wales
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
FT130101729 / Baldock, Dr Paul A
2013 / $86,555.00
2014 / $174,150.00
2015 / $176,075.00
2016 / $173,375.00
2017 / $84,895.00
Total / $695,050.00
Primary FOR / 1101 / MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLOMICS
Funded Participants:
FT1 / Baldock, Dr Paul A
Administering Organisation / Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Project Summary
Osteoporosis, obesity and diabetes are increasingly common, all of which are in urgent need of more effective therapies. This project examines powerful neuropeptide signalling pathways that integrate bone homeostasis with whole body energy and glucose balance. Initial studies have defined the efferent hypothalamic pathways of this system and this project will build upon these findings to examine the feedback signals produced by bone cells to regulate adipose and pancreatic function. Exploring this entirely new paradigm of skeletal biology, will reveal novel circulating factors capable of regulating adipose and glucose economies, as well as bone mass, thereby offering potential therapies for these debilitating conditions.
Macquarie University
FT130101677 / Griffen-Foley, Prof Bridget L
2013 / $115,232.50
2014 / $232,086.00
2015 / $229,354.00
2016 / $217,259.00
2017 / $104,758.50
Total / $898,690.00
Primary FOR / 2001 / COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES
Funded Participants:
FT3 / Griffen-Foley, Prof Bridget L
Administering Organisation / Macquarie University
Project Summary
Based on substantial primary research and interviews across Australia, this project will map and interrogate the voices of media audiences since the rise of the pervasive new medium of radio in the 1920s. Tuning in to radio and television, both public and commercial, this project will rigorously explore audience engagement with broadcasting over nearly a century. Representing a major shift from the study of media production to reception, the work will produce new understandings of Australian media users and digital citizens in a rapidly changing and converging media landscape.
FT130101253 / Griffith, A/Prof Simon C
2013 / $107,701.00
2014 / $216,359.50
2015 / $217,289.50
2016 / $217,262.00
2017 / $108,631.00
Total / $867,243.00
Primary FOR / 0602 / ECOLOGY
Funded Participants:
FT2 / Griffith, A/Prof Simon C
Administering Organisation / Macquarie University
Project Summary
Understanding how animal species respond behaviourally and physiologically to climatic variability is key to predicting how they will adapt to a changing climate. Australasia is home to a number of native and introduced species that breed across a range of climates and seasons. This project will establish collaborative infrastructure and a research network to systematically study and identify the constraints and adaptations that birds have to adjust to a variable climate across Australasia. This large-scale comparative project will provide important insight into the globally observed patterns of reproductive failure and changes in breeding and migration times in birds, which have been related to a changing climate and pose a threat to biodiversity.
FT130100517 / Jin, Dr Dayong
2013 / $94,370.00
2014 / $188,765.00