Issue 18 – October 2015
From the Associate Dean Research The quest for external research funding is continuous but there are particular ‘seasons’ when the energies of many researchers in BE, UNSW and the Australian tertiary sector generally are directed intensively to preparing for various grant opportunities. A primary goal of Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage projects is to support the initiation and/or development of long-term strategic research alliances between higher education providers and other industry organisations and research end-users. UNSW did very well in the 2015 application round with 32 successful applications across the University. On average these attracted nearly $200,000 of industry money for an average grant size of over $320,000. The success rate of applications was about 47%. With a view to enhancing BE’s contribution to securing external income through research partnerships, a workshop was held on 29 September to discuss the art (and science) of competitive grant applications. We were joined by James Walsh from UNSW Research Strategy and Partnerships who gave an extended presentation on strategically preparing for the forthcoming ARC Linkage Grant round. This gave many insights into the application and assessment process, flagging key issues to take into account for the strongest applications. Several were emphasised. One was the critical importance of conveying in compelling terms ‘significance & innovation’ and documenting ‘partner organisation commitment’ in applications. A second was the need to provide as much contextual information as feasible in documenting track records, with attention to citations and any other measurable evidence to convey and benchmark the impact of one’s work. A third issue raised concerned the implications of the ARC moving toward a ‘word cloud’ distillation of essential application text to help select assessors (drawn primarily from the ranks of successful applicants in the last 5 years). And fourth was the intriguing possibility of ‘cashless’ Linkage grants for selected partnerships with certain stakeholders such as charities, museums and non-profit organisations. The seminar was followed by a roundtable discussion on several proposed faculty projects currently in development. Success in external research funding is vital to the vitality, profile and productivity of BE as a research entity and this workshop provided many insights into how to structure strong applications. The internal deadline for Grants Management Office compliance for this year’s Linkage grants is 21 October 2015. This date will not be long gone before preparation for next year’s ARC Discovery Project round commences (note, with an early internal deadline of 2 February 2016). Rob Freestone Associate Dean Research
Researcher Highlights ACADEMY HONOURS FOR PROFESSOR BILL RANDOLPH Congratulations to Bill Randolph who is one of eight UNSW researchers to be elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia for 2015. The citation for the fellowship reads: Professor Randolph is Australia’s leading applied Social Scientist in urban and housing studies and his reputation is founded on innovative discipline-leading contributions on housing affordability, high density living strata-title living, and the drivers and consequences of social inequality. Professor Randolph is in high demand to advise on urban issues in Australia and enjoys a high standing internationally. Fellows are elected by their peers and are recognised for their distinguished achievements and exceptional contributions made to the Social Sciences. The fellows will be installed at the academy’s annual symposium and general meeting to be held from the 16-18 November, 2015.
NEW PUBLISHED BOOK Prof Martin Loosemore has recently co-authored a new book ‘Social Enterprise in the Construction Industry: Building Better Communities’. Through the lens of social enterprise, the book ‘examines how the global construction industry can engage more effectively with the communities in which it builds. It addresses disadvantage and environmental degradation to leave a positive legacy for future generations.’ For further information in relation to the book, click here.
DEVELOPING PRODUCTS TO EMPOWER THE ELDERLY Assoc Prof Catherine Bridge, Director of the Home Modifications Information Clearinghouse (HMInfo), is working with industry to create new generation products to improve liveability for the elderly so that they will be able to stay in their homes longer. The major project was established with a $446,000 ARC Linkage Grant and support from bathroom and kitchen products firms. Assoc. Prof Bridge is responsible for collating and interpreting the data collected by the Liveability Lab. For further information on the project, click here.
Meet the Researchers – Chris Pettit I joined UNSW in April 2015 as the Inaugural Chair of Urban Science to lead the faculty’s urban informatics initiative. I was previously Strategic Implementation Coordinator of the $24 million Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) at the University of Melbourne. My PhD is in planning from the University of Queensland (2003). My expertise is in the convergence of the fields of spatial planning and GIS where I have published more than 100 peer reviewed papers. For the last 15 years I have been undertaking research and development in the use of GIS and mapping technologies for creating ‘What if?’ land-use change scenarios at the land parcel level across municipalities and cities. In relation to this research I have been the Chief Investigator on the AURIN open source ‘What if?’ project and Chief investigator for a CRC-Spatial Information project which is endeavouring to better understand and overcome the bottlenecks in adoption of planning support systems in practice. My research interests also extend into understanding the spatial measures of liveability and their adoption by policy and decision makers. I am a Chief Investigator on two major research programs. First, for the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy, Liveable and Equitable Communities geared to a central question: What cost-effective built environment interventions would create healthy, liveable and equitable communities in Australia, and what would facilitate these being translated into policy and practice? Second on a NHMRC Australian Prevention Partnership Centre project: Reconnecting urban planning with health: The development and validation of national liveability indicators associated with chronic disease risk factors and health outcomes. I am closely involved with a number of professional organisations and international initiatives. I am a past Director and Chair of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute and a member the Planning Institute of Australia. I am currently on the International Advisory Board for the “Geo for All” initiative, Chair of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission II Working Group on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality and Co-Chair of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) International Interest Group on Urban Quality of Life Indicators. More recently, I have been working with NASA to establish the OSGeo Urban Science and City Analytics initiative which is looking at fostering an international community in the development of CitySmart apps.
BE Research in the News Deo Prasad: Smart Cities. Indian Link, 3 September 2015. View Online Linda Corkery: Interview regarding the new parks announced in the latest WestConnex plans. ABC Sydney and ABC Central Coast, 3 September 2015. View Online Hank Haeusler: Potential and future of robotics in architecture showcased at Sydney Uni. Architecture & Design, 4 September 2015. View Online Edgar Liu: All Together Now. Weekend Australian, 5 September 2015. View Online Hal Pawson: Housing Affordability News Item, ABC News, 6 September 2015.
Martin Loosemore: We Need More Women in Construction. Sourceable.net, 7 September 2015. View Online. Bill Randolph: Apartments gaining ground as top option. Sydney Morning Herald, 12 September 2015. View Online Susan Holliday: Big data hits the streets. AFR Weekend, 26 September 2015.
Have you have had your research mentioned in the media recently? Send details to Serap Yilmaz for inclusion in the next newsletter.
News from the Centres CITY FUTURES RESEARCH CENTRE During the month of September City Futures Blog had 736 pages views from 507 visitors and uploaded 6 new posts:
Urban disadvantage study presents challenge for new Minister Precincts and sustainable built environments New Minister for Cities and the Built Environment The informal lodging sector in NSW: a regulatory blind spot Strata renewal reforms: compulsory acquisition for private profit Is the NDIS housing exodus coming?
And don’t forget to check our September Newsletter for much more news about the Centre!
CRC LOW CARBON LIVING The CRC for Low Carbon Living welcomes the appointment of the Honourable Jamie Briggs MP as Federal Minister for Cities and the Built Environment, a new position which recognises the importance of the built environment and cities to Australia’s overall progress and prosperity. The CRC has commenced a new direction for forecast projects whereby we invite identified researchers to provide us with an in-depth Expression of Interest (EOI). The first of these went out last month and the researchers EOI in response to these briefs will be assessed and evaluated by the th CRCLCL Research Advisory Committee which will meet on the 28 September. In this new system all EOI’s will be assessed and the EOI which demonstrates the best delivery on the project summary will be notified and asked to submit a full proposal for the next Board meeting. Once approved by the Research Advisory Committee, it will be assessed again and approved if the Board are satisfied with the proposal. The CRCLCL: Node of excellence in ‘High performance Architecture’ in our Faculty is now up and running. The node leader is Dr Lan Ding and we now have seven postgraduate students enrolled. For more detail on the function and roles of our local node see or talk to Dr Lan directly. The Building Sustainability Index (BASIX) - released in June, revealed another 50 NSW homeowners of dwellings 10 years old or less and passionate about understanding their energy use, are still
required for this major energy research project. If you are interested in participating in ongoing research please contact Project Leader Dr Lan Ding as soon as possible. Getting involved will not take up much time. It involves an initial five minute survey for the first phase and then the second phase involves an assessment of the property and installation of non-invasive energy monitoring equipment. The energy and overall environmental monitoring will be for one year to collect winter and summer data - See more at: http://www.lowcarbonlivingcrc.com.au/news/news-archive/2015/06/nswhome-energy-research-needs-50-more-homeowner-participants-first-report#sthash.UgD7gQh6.dpuf
News from the Clusters URBAN TYPOLOGIES CLUSTER The proceedings of the ‘Architecture, Institutions and Change’ SAHANZ conference – which was largely organised by BE's Urban Typologies Research Cluster - are now available online and can be accessed through the conference website at http://sahanz2015.be.unsw.edu.au. The proceedings are formatted as an e-book, the contents page providing access to the individual papers. The conference website also contains a link to Professor Dell Upton’s Utzon lecture/keynote address, which was recorded on the night.
HDR News Graduating Students Congratulations to the following HDR candidates who have recently completed their degrees. These students will be attending the November Graduation to accept their awards: • • •
Yolanda Tobing (PhD), supervised by Deo Prasad and Maria Balatbat; Haitham Alrasheed (PhD), supervised by Imriyas Kamardeen and Nelia Hyndman-Rizk Peng (Alex) Zhao (MPhil), supervised by Cynthia Wang, Imriyas Kamardeen and Jim Plume.
We wish them well in their future research endeavours. Students who have submitted: • • • • • •
Gary Shiels (PhD), supervised by Susan Thompson and Peter Williams Phillippa Carnemolla (PhD), supervised by Catherine Bridge, Oya Demirbilek and Fred Zmudzki Chris McDonald (PhD), Supervised by Rob Freestone and Xing Ruan Hamid Aghaei Rad (PhD), supervised by Stan Fung, Samer Akkach and Dr Maryam Gusheh Ahmed Agiel (PhD), supervised by Jon Lang and Dijana Alic Yingying Li (PhD), supervised by Hazel Easthope, Cynthia Wang and Martin Loosemore
New students We have welcomed 9 new HDR candidates for S2_2015 Welcome to the following New HDR Candidates for S2_2015: •
Shadi Tawfiq BATARSEH (MRes), ‘Uncertainty & Inconsistent data in Construction Management: BIM a Tool for “MIND THE GAP” (Imriyas Kamardeen, Cynthia Wang)
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William CRAFT (MRes), ‘Retrofit for Healthy and Carbon Positive Buildings through the Optimisation of the Building Envelope.’ (Lan Ding, Deo Prasad)
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Stephen Andrew HOLLIDAY (MRes), ‘Adaptive Reuse Hotels and Authentic Cultural Tourism in Asia Pacific’ (Harry Margalit, Maryam Gusheh).
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Parisa KALALI (PhD), ‘Sense of Place in Global and Multicultural Cities: Exploring the Role of Personal Dimension’ (Kate Bishop, Gethin Davison and Simon Pinnegar)
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Pengfei MA (PhD), ‘Technical Connotation: Chinese ideology and ancient architectural technology in the Song-Dynasty Imperial Yingzaofashi (Building Standards, 1103)’ (Xing Ruan, Maryam Gusheh)
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Sarbeswar PRAHARAJ (PhD), ‘Building Policy Support Tools and Planning Framework for Carbon-Smart Cities’ (Hoon Han, Scott Hawken)
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Adriana SANCHEZ GOMEZ (PhD), ‘Urban Sustainable Resilience: A Policy Framework’ (Paul Osmond, Deo Prasad)
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Sian Elizabeth Liddington THOMPSON (PhD), ‘SUPPORTING WEAK TIES IN COMPACT CITIES: TRIANGULATION AND COMMON SPACE’ (Hazel Easthope, Gethin Davison and Bruce Judd)
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Kaidong (Paul) WANG (MRes), ‘National cultural impacts on construction project safety management: The case of China and Australia’ (Imriyas Kamardeen, Riza Yosia Sunindijo)
Events 1. Aida Afrooz, Phillippa (Pip) Carnemolla and Anjalika Wijesurendra (pictured) represented UNSW BE at the 2015 Interfaculty Final of the 3-Minute Thesis Competition held on 23 September in Leighton Hall. All three gave outstanding presentations which were well received by an enthusiastic audience.
From left: Phillippa Carnemolla, Anjalika Wijesurendra & Aida Afrooz rd
2. Induction Day for all new HDR students was held on Thursday 3 September. This event serve’s to introduce our new students to the Faculty, its facilities and services, as well as provide them with information on research funding, ethics and the APR process. It was followed by a luncheon on level 6. The invitation was also extended to the rest of the HDR cohort, the supervisors and the BE Executive Team, providing an opportunity for our new students to meet and socialise with their colleagues. 3. The Find a Supervisor link went live on the faculty website on 3 September. The link is designed to provide easy access for potential HDR candidates to the research interests and
expertise of BE academic staff. Special thanks to PhD candidate Anjalika Wijesurendra for assembling the necessary data and Cybele Wong from BECU for designing the link. th
4. The next monthly cohort workshop for 2015 is scheduled for Wednesday October 7 at 11am in the AGSM room (2001). The DPGR will be attending and all HDR students are encouraged to come along to contribute their ideas and opinions.
Did You Know…? …the UNSW Newsroom Runs Media Training for Academic Staff? These 3 hour sessions help train academics in how to explain their research simply and accessibly, and how to deal with media interviews on TV and radio, as well as writing opinion pieces. There is a session coming up on Thursday 5 November with ABC Presenter Sarah McDonald in the UNSW TV Studios. If you have some upcoming research that is likely to secure media interest, and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, contact our Built Environment Journalist, Fran Strachan.
Upcoming BE Events Open Cities | Open Data Friday 2 October 2015 The Smart Cities Research Cluster will be running an Open Cities/Open Data workshop which will consider the potential for digital technologies to make cities more accessible, democratic and inclusive. The workshop encourages a variety of critical perspectives on the challenges, dangers and opportunities of achieving open cities through the use of open data. Participants in the workshop are invited to address a range of conceptual and methodological issues and 300 word abstracts are invited. It is intended that a selection of workshop papers will be developed for publication in an edited book during 2016.
Public Lecture with Kim Nielson- Founder and Principle of 3XN Redefining the High Rise: Quay Quarter Tower Tuesday 6 October 12:30pm-1:30pm Old Main Building 145 The Lecture will discuss a new project planned for Bridge Street, and provide and insight into Kim Nielson’s career and industry. More information and to Register
Utzon Lecture: The Tipping Point- Cities on the Edge Wednesday 14 October From 7pm UNSW Built Environment, Ritchie Theatre
This lecture by Director of Urban Policy and Research Professor Sue Holliday will discuss population growth and the need to accommodate our infrastructure so we can remain a liveable, sustainable and workable city. More Information and to Register Architecture by Hand & Mind: 60 years th th Monday 19 –Sunday 25 October 10am-5pm Ground Floor Gallery, Red Centre West Wing An exhibition by Dr. Ainslie Murray to celebrate excellence in architectural practice from a diverse range of UNSW Architecture alumni and associated practices. The exhibition includes drawings, models and artefacts from some of Australia’s best known architects. More Information and to Register BE Research Seminar: Developing the Modern Megacity: The Case of Jakarta th Monday 19 October Lunch from 12:45pm for a 1pm start, Room 4035, Red Centre RSVP to Rodina Atme, r.atme@unsw.edu.au by Wednesday 14 October, 2015. Farewell Cocktail Reception for Professor Alec Tzannes AM, Dean of Built Environment th Thursday 29 October 5:45pm-7:30pm, Red Centre- Built Environment Gallery The BE faculty is holding a farewell reception to thank Prof Alec Tzannes AM for his service as Dean of the faculty from 2008-2015. RSVP Thursday 22 October. To RSVP to this event International High Performance Built Environments Conference: A Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 series 17-18 November 2016, Sydney Australia The conference aims to ‘drive innovation in design, planning & management of high-profile built environments as well as promote education and collaboration in the field.’ Call for abstracts are now th open and the deadline to submit abstracts is Friday 4 December, 2015. More information and to Register
Other Events Women in Research Network (WiRN) UNSW’s Women in Research Network helps research active women, who are academic members of staff, connect with one another in order to form positive professional relationships. The network is guided by a Planning Group of women researchers and supported administratively by the Researcher Development Unit. More information and to join the network.
Research Training – Upcoming UNSW Seminars Getting Started with an External Research Partner th Wednesday, 14 October, 10am-1pm A workshop to equip researchers with the skills needed to get started with an external research partner. More Information and to register Building your research profile: Using Social Media to promote your research- S2 2015 th Thursday, 15 October, 10am-1pm The aim of the workshop is to assist researchers in identifying effective social media that supports their goals for engagement and promotion of research. More Information and to register Research Projects: Managing your grant budget- utilising the Grants Management Office & finance tools- S2 2015 nd Thursday, 22 October, 10am-1pm The workshop aims to offer researchers the ability to recognise their responsibilities and liabilities in managing funding money for the life of the project including the project closeout. More Information and to register Building your research profile: Writing for publications in academic journals- S2 2015 th Tuesday, 27 October, 10am-1pm The workshop offers participants tools for structuring and writing a journal article as well as navigating the peer review process. More Information and to register
Publications The following 2015 research activities have been entered into ROS since the release of the last newsletter. Books: Lang, J., & Marshall, N. G. (2015). Urban Squares as Places, Links and Displays (first ed.). New York: Routledge Publishing. Barton, H., Thompson, S., Burgess, S., & Grant, M. (2015). The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a sustainable and healthy future (1st ed.). H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), London: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138023307 Maginn, P. J., & Steinmetz, C. (2015). Towards pragmatic regulation of the sex industry Conclusion (Vol. 135). P. J. Maginn, & C. Steinmetz (Eds.), ROUTLEDGE. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNE R_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352983200014&DestLinkType=FullRecord& DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Book Chapters
Alic, D. (2015). The making of suburban icons: the case of the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque in Sydney. In Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging. Herath, S. (2015). Technology in urban planning: spatial hedonic house price model as an information tool. In Instruments of Planning: Tensions and challenges for delivering equitable planning outcomes. Routledge. Retrieved from http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9781138812055/ Kimmel, L. (2015). “Une constellation d’oeuvres sous le ciel” ["A constellation of artworks under the sky"]. In Open Sky Museum (pp. 112-105). Paris: Jannink. Retrieved from http://www.editions-jannink.com/coeditions/open-sky-museum/ Thompson, S. M., & Capon, A. (2015). The Co-Benefits Framework for Understanding and Action on Climate Change. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being Shaping a sustainable and healthy future (pp. 319-332). London: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138023307 Thompson, S. M., Barton, H., Grant, M., & Burgess, S. (2015). Epilogue. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and WellBeing: Shaping a sustainable and healthy future (pp. 587-593). London: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138023307 Thompson, S. M., & Kent, J. L. (2015). Healthy Planning in Australia. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a sustainable and healthy future (pp. 443-454). London: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138023307
Conference Papers Alic, D. (2015). Reflections on Martin Place. In Architecture, Institutions and Change (pp. 10-18). Sydney: SAHANZ, 2015. Chindapol, S., Blair, J., Osmond, P., & Prasad, D. (2015). Developing the Methodology to Investigate the Thermal Comfort of The Elderly for Sustainable Living in Hot-Humid Thailand. In The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Energy the Environment 2015, Kobe, Japan Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 263-278). Kobe, Japan: The International Academic Forum (IAFOR). Retrieved from http://iafor.org/archives/proceedings/ACSEE/ACSEE2015_proceedings.pdf Chen, J., Judd, B. H., & Hawken, S. (2015). Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage for Cultural Purposes in Three Chinese Mega-Cities:" Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing. In RICS COBRA AUBEA 2015. Sydney: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London. Retrieved from http://www.rics.org/au/knowledge/research/conference-papers/adaptive-reuse-of-industrialheritage-for-cultural-purposes-in-three-chinese-mega-cities-beijing-shanghai-and-chongqing/ Joseph, D., Kim, A., Butler, A., & Hank Haeusler, M. (2015). Optimisation for sport stadium designs: Advantages for shifting from macro level to micro level viewing optimisation in stadium design. In CAADRIA 2015 - 20th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Emerging Experiences in the Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture (pp. 573-582). The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA). Loosemore, M. (2015). Barriers to Social Enterprise in the UK Construction industry. In A. B. Raiden, & E. Aboagye-Nimo (Eds.), Procs 31st Annual ARCOM Conference (pp. 407-416). UK: Association of Researchers in Construction. Loosemore, M., Powell, A., Blaxland, M., Galea, N., Dainty, A., & Chappell, L. (2015). Rapoid ethnography in construction gender research. In A. B. Raiden, & E. Aboagye-Nimo (Eds.), Procs 31st Annual ARCOM Conference (pp. 1271-1280). UK: Association of Researchers in Construction.
Journal Articles Alic, D. (2015). Reflections on Martin Place. In Architecture, Institutions and Change (pp. 10-18). Sydney: SAHANZ, 2015. Herath, S., & Maier, G. (2015). Informational efficiency of the real estate market: A meta-analysis. Journal of Economic Research, 20(2). Retrieved from http://jer.hanyang.ac.kr/issue/202/20(2)01.pdf Pawson, H. (2015). The Tenants Movement (Book Review). Housing Studies, 30(3), 506-508. doi:10.1080/02673037.2015.1014626 Zamberlan, L., & Wilson, S. (2015). Developing an embedded peer tutor program in design studio to support first year design students. Journal of Peer learning, 8, 5-17.
Reports Vizel, I., Laragy, C., Gendera, S., Fisher, K. R., Jenkinson, S., Hill, T., . . . Bridge, C. (2015). Moving to my home: housing aspirations, transitions and outcomes of people with disability: AHURI Final Report (246). Melbourne: AHURI. Retrieved from http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p71040 Milligan, V., Pawson, H. R., Williams, P., & Yates, J. (2015). Next Moves? Expanding affordable rental housing in Australia through institutional investment. Sydney: City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australia. doi:10.13140/2.1.4577.6161
New External Grants Awarded Hoon Han Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade/ Australia-Korea Foundation Grants Program: $15,000 Open Innovation Workshop for Korea-Australia Smart Cities Trade Lan Ding CRC for Low Carbon Living Limited/ Node of Excellence: $500,000 RC LCL Node of Excellence in High Performance Architecture Chris Pettit University of Western Australia/ Department of Transport (WA) Shared Funding: $10,000 Specialist Advice on the Application of the AURIN ‘What If?’ Tool for the research project: Mass Transit Plan for Perth & Peel at a Population of 3.5 million and beyond.
Current Faculty Funding Opportunities Special Project Development Grants A new initiative in 2015, these grants support major research projects which will benefit from a strategic faculty contribution and which might otherwise not be supported through the faculty’s existing research support programs. Applications accepted throughout the year.
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Conference Funding Funding of up to $3,000 per annum, per person, is available assist academic staff to present papers at peak professional and academic conferences. The funding may be used to support any legitimate conference costs including registration, travel, accommodation and living expenses. Applications accepted throughout the year.
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Other Funding/Research Opportunities Kirby Foundation Large Grants The James N Kirby Foundation supports organisations that provide innovative solutions and opportunities to those in our community who need it most. The Foundation considers requests under the following four categories, seeking to support organisations and programs whose work benefits: Education and Technology; The Environment; Health; Social Welfare and the Arts. External Deadline: Monday 30 November
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Australian Government | Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (Round 9) Funding for projects linking Australian and Indian research institutions, as well as industry and/or other end user partners, collaborating on a single substantial project or conducting a range of research-related activities in a specified field. External Deadline: Thursday 15 October 2015
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Department of Industry | Coal Innovation NSW Grant Funding For projects that provide research, development and demonstration of low emissions coal technologies or increase public awareness and acceptance of the importance of low emissions coal technologies. External Deadline: Monday 12 October 2015
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