Grants & Awards

Grants starting 2009

Scientia Professor Richard Bryant et al. received an ARC Linkage Grant for $1,021,140 over 5 years, the largest single grant to UNSW. The project is aimed at "Enhancing Mental Health in Aboriginal Children".

Professor Gary Housley received an ARC Linkage Grant for $354,000 over 4 years for a project on "Gene Therapy to Enhance Auditory Prosthesis Performance for Cochlear Implants".

Scientia Professor Richard Bryant and Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev renewal of NHMRC Program Grants. * Richard Bryant (School of Psychology) and Derrick Silove (School of Psychiatry) will receive $7.06 million over 5 years for "Post-traumatic Mental Health: Advancing Understanding of Diagnosis, Treatment and Mechanisms". * Perminder Sachdev, Henry Brodaty and Gavin Andrews (School of Psychiatry) will receive $6.09 million over 5 years for "Prevention, Early Detection and Effective Management of Neurocognitive Disorders in the Elderly".

Scientia Professor George Paxinos awarded a NHMRC Australia Fellowship. The $4 million grant that accompanies the Fellowship will be used to develop brain atlases, incl. the cortex, to inform treatment for major neurological diseases.

Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev received a $2.4 million NHMRC Capacity Building Grant. Funds will be used to research neuropsychiatric issues facing Australia's ageing population.

NHMRC Project and Development Grants, ARC Discovery Project Grants, and ARC Linkage Grants 2009 - 51 NHMRC Project and Development Grants with more than $23 million were granted to UNSW of which 23 projects (45%) with $9,191,589 (about 40%) were awarded to brain sciences researchers. 78 ARC Discovery Project Grants with more than $27 million were granted to UNSW of which 12 projects (15%) with $3,666,000 (about 14%) were awarded to brain sciences researchers.

List of grant recipients (doc)

Lucette Cysique who came to UNSW from the University of California, San Diego, as a Brain Sciences UNSW Postdoctoral Fellow, has success with obtaining a NHMRC Project Grant for 2009 so early in her research career.

Scientia Professor Richard Bryant received the 2008 Australian Psychological Society Award for Distinguished Contribution to Science. Richard Bryant is a leading authority on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Rebecca McKetin and Pall Thordarson, were awarded Tall Poppy Science Awards, 2008. A total of five awards went to UNSW researchers of whom two were brain sciences researchers.