Mental Illness Grants Awarded for 2012

A high volume of Grants were awarded over the years for interesting and significant areas of research.  In 2012 Grants totalled $975,000. These included 16 Mental Health Research Grants, 7 Ian Scott PhD Scholarships and 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship.

2008

9 IAN SCOTT PhD SCHOLARSHIPS - $223,000
 
Magenta Simmons       
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $26,000     
Shared decision making for young people with depressive disorders: Development and feasibility testing of a decision aid.
 
Esther Chan  
Monash University, Vic
Amount Awarded: $26,000  
Improving the management of acute agitation in the Emergency Department: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.
 
Allison Milner 
Australian Institute for Suicide Research & Prevention/Griffith University
Amount Awarded: $26,000  
Suicide in countries of the Western Pacific Region: The impact of globalisation on trends of fatal suicidal behaviour.
 
Sylvia Kauer  
Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Children’s Research Institute   
Amount Awarded: $26,000      
The importance of insight into negative mood, stressful experiences and coping strategies in the prevention and early intervention of adolescent mood disorders.
 
Amy Dawson 
University of Wollongong, NSW
Amount Awarded: $26,000  
Does early developmental disruption make the brain more vulnerable to the effects of cannabis?
 
Felice Jacka                     
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $13,000  
The relationship between mood and anxiety disorders and nutrition.
 
Donna Palmer                   
University of Sydney, NSW
Amount Awarded: $26,000  
The neural basis of emotion processing deficits in conduct disorder.
 
Tammie Money                            
Mental Health Research Institute
Amount Awarded: $26,000  
The role of Muscarinic receptors in the pathology of schizophrenia.
 
Michelle Banfield                           
Australian National University, ACT
Amount Awarded: $26,000  
Consumer priorities for depression and bipolar disorder.