Successful 2003 Discovery Projects Grants by Institution - Australian ...

Category: 3402 - APPLIED ECONOMICS
Administering Institution: The University of New South Wales
Summary:
Australia currently sends $47billion on income support programs, assisting 5.1 million people facing
economic hardship. The aims of the project are to improve our understanding of economic poverty in
Australia and contribute new methods to the field of poverty analysis. The analysis will include an
assessment of the effectiveness of public programs targeted to the poor, and an evaluation of recent
reforms to income support programs. The project will also reveal the critical methodological assumptions
underlying our current perceptions of poverty. This research will ultimately contribute to more effective
poverty alleviation and income support programs in Australia.
DP0346317 Prof PH Barry
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Title: A molecular structure-function investigation of major membrane channels involved
in olfactory transduction
2003 : $75,000
2004 : $75,000
2005 : $75,000
Category: 2706 - PHYSIOLOGY
Administering Institution: The University of New South Wales
Summary:
Olfactory receptor neurons are extraordinarily-sensitive sensors for detecting minute concentrations of
odorant molecules. This project aims to extend our previous studies of these specialised mammalian
olfactory cells by using state-of-the art technologies: electrophysiology (patch-clamp) and molecular
biology (site-directed-mutagenesis), to investigate how the molecular structure of their ion channels
(selective protein pores) and receptors contribute to the odorant-induced generation of electrical activity,
which mediates our sense of smell (olfaction). The project has specific relevance for understanding
olfaction, as well as relevance for other sensory systems and other ion channels.
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DP0344301 A/Prof CD Bertram Adj/Prof JA Reizes
Title: The development of particle-depleted regions in dense suspensions of neutrally
buoyant particles
2003 : $90,000
2004 : $40,000
Category: 2918 - INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING
Administering Institution: The University of New South Wales
Summary:
We aim to measure the spatial variation of fluid speed and particle speed, and of particle concentration,
across and along a pipe into which has been introduced a mixture of said particles and fluid. This
problem has significance in mechanical and chemical engineering wherever particle/fluid mixtures are
flowing. The expected outcomes are recognition of a major contribution to world research, as well as
technological applications; one that motivates us is the blood shear in the bearings of a revolutionary
Australian blood pump for cardiac assist that avoids both pivots and magnetic suspension for the single
moving part.
DP0345555 Dr SM Best
Title: Affect and Expression in Women's Art in Art Movements of the 1960s and 70s
2003 : $30,647
2004 : $30,800
2005 : $33,166
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Category: 4199 - OTHER ARTS
Administering Institution: The University of New South Wales