Number of Successful Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by State and Organisation
Australian Capital TerritoryThe Australian National University / 5
Total for Australian Capital Territory / 5
New South Wales
Southern Cross University / 2
The University of New South Wales / 12
The University of Newcastle / 1
The University of Sydney / 3
University of Technology, Sydney / 1
University of Western Sydney / 1
University of Wollongong / 3
Total for New South Wales / 23
Northern Territory
Charles Darwin University / 1
Total for Northern Territory / 1
Queensland
Griffith University / 1
James Cook University / 1
Queensland University of Technology / 1
The University of Queensland / 5
Total for Queensland / 8
South Australia
The Flinders University of South Australia / 1
The University of Adelaide / 3
University of South Australia / 2
Total for South Australia / 6
Tasmania
University of Tasmania / 1
Total for Tasmania / 1
Victoria
Deakin University / 3
Monash University / 2
RMIT University / 1
Swinburne University of Technology / 1
The University of Melbourne / 6
Total for Victoria / 13
Western Australia
Curtin University of Technology / 2
The University of Western Australia / 4
Total for Western Australia
Total Number of Grants / 6
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Summary of Successful Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by State and Organisation
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian National University
LE140100047 Arculus, Prof Richard J; Rohling, Prof Eelco J; Roberts, Prof Andrew P; Exon, Prof Neville F; Yeats, Dr Christopher J; O'Reilly, Prof Suzanne Y; George, Prof Simon C; Muller, Prof Dietmar; Aitchison, Prof Jonathan C; Webster, Dr Jody M; Coffin, Prof Millard F; Vasconcelos, Prof Paulo M; Welsh, Dr Kevin J; McCuaig, Prof Thompson C; George, Prof Annette D; Skilbeck, Prof Charles G; Baxter, Dr Alan T; Hergt, Prof Janet M; Gallagher, A/Prof Stephen J; Fergusson, A/Prof Christopher L; Sloss, Dr Craig R; Heap, Dr Andrew D; Schellart, A/Prof Wouter P; Stilwell, A/Prof Jeffrey D; Foden, Prof John D; Kershaw, Em/Prof Arnold P; Howard, Dr William R; Clennell, Dr Michael B; Daniell, Dr James J; Collins, Prof Lindsay B
2014 $1,800,000.00
2015 $1,800,000.00
Total $3,600,000.00
Primary FoR 0403 GEOLOGY
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
Queensland University of Technology, The University of New England, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Geoscience Australia, James Cook University, Marine Geoscience Office, Curtin University of Technology, Monash University, The University of Adelaide, Macquarie University, The University of Sydney, University of Tasmania, The University of Queensland, The University of Western Australia, University of Technology, Sydney, The University of Melbourne, University of Wollongong
Administering Organisation The Australian National University
Project Summary
Australian membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program: This project is for an Australian membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program. The Program will recover drill cores, situate observatories, and conduct down-hole experiments in all the world's oceans from lowest to highest latitudes to address fundamental questions about Earth's history and processes within four high-priority scientific themes: climate and ocean change - reading the past and informing the future; biosphere frontiers - deep life, biodiversity, and environmental forcing of ecosystems; earth connections - deep processes and their impact on earth's surface environment; earth in motion - processes and hazards on a human time scale.
LE140100052 Colless, Prof Matthew; Drinkwater, Prof Michael J; Hopkins, A/Prof Andrew M; Lawrence, Dr Jonathan S; Gaensler, Prof Bryan M; Bland-Hawthorn, Prof Jonathan; Sadler, Prof Elaine M; Parker, Prof Quentin A; Blake, A/Prof Christopher A; Mould, Prof Jeremy R; Staveley-Smith, Prof Lister G; Koribalski, Dr Baerbel S; Brown, Dr Michael J; Jones, Dr Heath; Norris, Prof Raymond P; Pimbblet, Dr Kevin A; Tinney, Prof Christopher G; Springob, Dr Christopher M; Parkinson, Dr David R; Webster, Prof Rachel L; Tothill, Dr Nicholas F; Filipovic, A/Prof Miroslav D; Croom, A/Prof Scott M; Ireland, Dr Michael J; Sheinis, A/Prof Andrew
2014 $350,000.00
Total $350,000.00
Primary FoR 0201 ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
University of Western Sydney, Australian Astronomical Observatory, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, The University of Queensland, The University of Sydney, Macquarie University, Swinburne University of Technology, The University of Western Australia, Monash University, The University of Melbourne, The University of New South Wales
Administering Organisation The Australian National University
Project Summary
TAIPAN - a spectrograph to survey the southern sky: The TAIPAN spectroscopic survey of the southern sky aims to quadruple the number of nearby galaxies with measured redshifts, distances and velocities. Science goals include measuring the expansion rate of the universe to 1 per cent precision, and combining optical spectroscopy and radio data for each galaxy to measure the rate at which gas is being converted into stars in the local universe. This project supports construction of the TAIPAN high-performance spectrograph that will be used to carry out the survey on the UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST). The results of the survey will be made freely available to all Australian astronomers.
LE140100090 Craig, Prof Vincent S; Notley, Dr Shannon; Webber, Dr Grant B; Kingshott, Prof Peter; Wanless, A/Prof Erica J; McArthur, Prof Sally L; Atkin, A/Prof Rob; Stoddart, A/Prof Paul R; Clayton, A/Prof Andrew
2014 $200,000.00
Total $200,000.00
Primary FoR 0306 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (INCL. STRUCTURAL)
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
Swinburne University of Technology, The University of Newcastle
Administering Organisation The Australian National University
Project Summary
Surface and colloid characterisation facility: Surface science lies at the heart of biointerface and colloid science. This facility will enable particle size, shape, distribution, surface area and charge to be measured as well as the amount of material adsorbed to interfaces, the configuration of that material and the response of the surface to stimuli such as changing pH or salinity. All these parameters influence the properties of these important systems. As such this facility will underpin the research of a number of groups across three institutions over the next decade and promote collaboration between scientists with a range of complementary expertise in fields where surface science is important from biology to ionic liquids.
LE140100189 Farquhar, Prof Graham D; Brocks, Dr Jochen J; Bird, Prof Michael I; Cernusak, Dr Lucas A; Fallon, Dr Stewart J; Foley, Prof William J; Holtum, Prof Joseph A
2014 $191,095.00
Total $191,095.00
Primary FoR 0501 ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
James Cook University
Administering Organisation The Australian National University
Project Summary
A shared mass spectrometer with compound-specific capabilities to support innovative research in biology, the environment and geology: Stable isotope studies have huge and increasing relevance to environmental studies, many of which form the backbone of understanding Australia's terrestrial and marine systems. Compound-specific isotope analysis yields much more information than is available through bulk methods. The problem has been that the separations were labour-intensive and employed complex wet chemistry. New methods reduce the work-load enough to make compound-specific studies possible. In the case of carbon isotopes, new liquid chromatographic technology removes the need for derivatisations which dilute the natural signal and can render it unusable.
LE140100013 McGregor, Prof Peter J; Glazebrook, Prof Karl; Kewley, Prof Lisa J; Da Costa, Prof Gary S; Lidman, Dr Christopher E; Ryder, Dr Stuart; Trujillo, Dr Chadwick
2014 $300,000.00
Total $300,000.00
Primary FoR 0201 ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
Swinburne University of Technology, Gemini Observatory, Australian Astronomical Observatory
Administering Organisation The Australian National University
Project Summary
A sensitive tip-tilt wavefront sensor for the multi-conjugate adaptive-optics system on the Gemini South telescope: This project will construct a sensitive tip-tilt wavefront sensor for GeMS, the multi-conjugate adaptive-optics system on the Gemini South telescope in Chile. GeMS is a unique and revolutionary new system that delivers near-infrared images at similar resolution to the Hubble Space Telescope at optical wavelengths over wide fields. With this improvement in technology it will be possible to do this on much fainter objects than is currently possible using this new wave-front sensor. This will allow GeMS to routinely study the morphologies of external galaxies at high angular resolution - greatly extending its science scope. Sharper images will also be obtained for all objects that are currently accessible, leading to higher quality science data.
New South Wales
Southern Cross University
LE140100007 Rose, A/Prof Andrew L; Burton, A/Prof Edward D; Clark, Dr Malcolm W; Johnston, A/Prof Scott G; Santos, A/Prof Isaac R
2014 $330,000.00
Total $330,000.00
Primary FoR 0402 GEOCHEMISTRY
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
Administering Organisation Southern Cross University
Project Summary
An integrated facility for the advanced characterisation of environmental particles: This project will result in development of a state-of-the-art facility for comprehensive determination of particle size, concentration and surface properties for a wide range of environmentally occurring particles, in rapid succession. Combining several novel and advanced instruments into an integrated facility will permit in situ and kinetic experiments that are currently unable to be easily undertaken anywhere in Australia. This will enable major progress for internationally significant research activities in areas including sediment geochemistry, contaminant mobility, and biogeochemistry. The project will thus help to address several pressing global environmental issues while adding substantial new capabilities for Australian research.
LE140100083 Santos, A/Prof Isaac R; Eyre, Prof Bradley D; Sanders, Dr Christian J; Maher, Dr Damien T; Schulz, A/Prof Kai G
2014 $155,000.00
Total $155,000.00
Primary FoR 0402 GEOCHEMISTRY
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
Administering Organisation Southern Cross University
Project Summary
A gamma spectrometry facility for cutting edge environmental geochemistry investigations: This project will provide a cutting edge gamma spectrometry facility. The facility will perform high precision radionuclide measurements to resolve complex environmental processes such as sediment accumulation, soil erosion, submarine groundwater discharge, atmospheric deposition, marine carbon scavenging, and water mass circulation. This project is significant because the data obtained will fill fundamental gaps in the understanding of carbon, nitrogen, and trace metal cycling in soils, groundwater, rivers, estuaries, and the ocean. The outcome of this project is a better understanding of regional and global biogeochemical cycles.
The University of New South Wales
LE140100088 Baker, Prof Andrew; Turney, Prof Chris S; Cartwright, Prof Ian; Shulmeister, Prof James P; Larsen, Dr Joshua; Jenkins, Dr Kim M; Moss, Dr Patrick T; Timms, Dr Wendy A; Pickford, Dr Russell
2014 $150,000.00
Total $150,000.00
Primary FoR 0402 GEOCHEMISTRY
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
Monash University, The University of Queensland
Administering Organisation The University of New South Wales
Project Summary
A coupled high temperature elemental analyser - gas chromatograph - mass spectrometer for climate, water and ecological research: This project is for a high temperature, elemental analysis, gas chromatography, isotope mass spectrometry facility. This would permit the analysis of the isotopes of up to four elements in a range of environmental samples such as tree cellulose, ecological samples and dissolved nutrients in surface and ground waters. Results will help improve our understanding of climate - surface water - ground water interactions, ecosystem function, and past climate and environmental change. The new facility will meet the need for organic isotope analyses to better understand the underlying physical processes.
LE140100166 Gunning, Prof Peter W; Yang, Prof Hongyuan R; Ittner, A/Prof Lars M; Hardeman, Prof Edna C; Kavallaris, Prof Maria; King, Prof Nicholas J; Grau, Prof Georges E; Gamble, Prof Jennifer R; Weninger, Prof Dr Wolfgang
2014 $370,000.00
Total $370,000.00
Primary FoR 1112 ONCOLOGY AND CARCINOGENESIS
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
The University of Sydney
Administering Organisation The University of New South Wales
Project Summary
Imaging cell and tissue architecture using confocal and super-resolution microscopy: This project aims to understand how the architecture of cells and tissues is controlled. This is because the organisation of biological space underpins the function of cells, tissues and organisms. This project will test the role of identified parts of cell architecture in regulating specific animal functions/pathologies. It will do this by using new microscope technologies which are at the frontier of visualising cell structure in isolation and in the context of tissue including application to the living animal. The dynamic organisation of structures in cells will be imaged in living tissue. Novel insights into structure/function relationships in the body will impact the health industry and generate opportunities for new diagnostics and therapeutics.
LE140100170 Hamilton, Prof Alexander R; Pakes, Dr Christopher I; Fuhrer, Prof Michael S; Dzurak, Prof Andrew S; Klochan, Dr Oleh V; Culcer, Dr Dimitrie M
2014 $560,000.00
Total $560,000.00
Primary FoR 1007 NANOTECHNOLOGY
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
La Trobe University, Monash University
Administering Organisation The University of New South Wales
Project Summary
Ultra low temperature scanning gate facility for study of advanced nanostructure devices and materials: Electronic devices and materials underpin a range of significant industries worldwide. However while there are numerous techniques for imaging the structure of a material, including X-rays, electron microscopy, atom probe tomography, and nuclear scattering, none allow us to see how the electrons and holes move inside a material or device. This project will create a new scanning gate microscope facility for imaging electrical current flow in advanced quantum devices and the new generation of topological insulators and atomically thin crystals such as graphene. The project will stimulate new studies of the next generation of electronic materials and devices, providing the underpinning knowledge for the future development of post silicon electronics.
LE140100055 Harder, Dr Tilmann; Rhodes, Dr Lesley; Murray, A/Prof Shauna A; Steinberg, Prof Peter D; Hallegraeff, Prof Gustaaf M; Doblin, Dr Martina A; Kalaitzis, Dr John A; Bolch, Dr Christopher J; McNabb, Mr Paul
2014 $290,000.00
Total $290,000.00
Primary FoR 0399 OTHER CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Partner/Collaborating Eligible Organisation(s)
University of Technology, Sydney, University of Tasmania, Cawthron Institute, Sydney Institute of Marine Science Foundation
Administering Organisation The University of New South Wales
Project Summary
A coupled liquid chromatography mass spectrometer as a core component of an Australian research facility for marine microbial biotoxins: This project will establish an Australian research facility for marine microbial biotoxins. The requested core instrument is a liquid chromatography mass spectrometer to analyse and quantify microbial toxins at ultra-trace quantities against complex sample backgrounds. Specialists in diverse areas of marine ecology and chemistry from three partner universities will team up to focus their research on novel biotoxins and marine natural products. This research is significant in developing a capability to swiftly respond to the emergence and outbreak of novel toxins. This facility will foster the collaboration with the partner organisation, the Cawthron Institute, a world leading research institute of marine biotoxins.