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.

Ian Scott Scholarships (Mental Health) 2012

IAN SCOTT PhD SCHOLARSHIPS - $

 

Karissa Searle
University of Melbourne, VIC
Amount Awarded: $26,000
Attention and Mental Health outcomes in extremely low birth weight/very premature infants: An fMRI study of adolescents

Rose Chesworth

Florey Neurosciences Institutes, Vic
Amount Awarded: $4,250
The role of the metabotropic glutamate 5 and adenosine 2A receptors in methamphetamine addition
 
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $29,000
Gamma frequency oscillations and the NMDA receptor hypofunction hypothesis of schizophrenia: Exploring functional disconnections in psychosis
 
University of Sydney, NSW
Amount Awarded: $29,000
Understanding the psychosocial sequelae of surviving testicular cancer
 
University of New South Wales, NSW
Amount Awarded: $6,140
A randomized controlled trial of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to reduce auditory hallucinations and enhance cognitive function in schizophrenia
 
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $6,140
Redox Biology and Autism
 
Monash University, Vic
Amount Awarded: $6,140
Environmental and Biological factors influencing everyday social interaction impairments in young children with autism and children with traumatic developmental experiences