NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) for
Funding Commencing in 2013
The information presented on this page is provided to the research community as advice about the outcomes of the
competitive peer review process for this scheme.
In accordance with the Funding Agreement, between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Institution in respect
of NHMRC research funding schemes, the Institution must ensure that all relevant reporting requirements are met
and that relevant approvals for the research are obtained and maintained for the duration of the project.
NHMRC will contact researchers and their Research Administration Officers in relation to the meeting
requirements, including eligibility, before the commencement of funding. Funding will not commence until all
relevant requirements have been met.
CRE in Clinical Research
Stream
App ID
CIA Name
Scientific Title
Administering
Institution
Budget
1061043
Professor Ian
Hickie
Centre of Research Excellence
for optimising early interventions
for young people with emerging
mood disorder
University of Sydney
$2,499,420
1057514
Professor Jane
Pillow
Centre of Research Excellence
for improving the Immediate and
Longer-Term Health Outcomes of
Preterm Infants
University of Western
Australia
$2,499,203
1060733
Professor Lex
Doyle
Centre of Research Excellence
(CRE) in Newborn Medicine
Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute
$2,499,349
1057997
Professor Dinah
Reddihough
Centre of Research Excellence in
Cerebral Palsy (CRE-CP)
Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute
$2,497,003
1058560
Professor Edward
Oakley
Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Centre of Research Excellence
(PEM-CRE)
Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute
$2,500,000
1060992
Professor Ronald
Grunstein
NeuroSleep: the Centre of
Research Excellence for
Translational Sleep and Circadian
Neurobiology
University of Sydney
$2,496,739
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Professor Tony
Butler
The Australian Centre of
Research Excellence in Offender
Health
University of New
South Wales
$2,494,581
Professor Neville
Owen
Centre of Research Excellence on
Sitting Time and Chronic Disease
Prevention – Mechanisms,
Measurement and Interventions
Baker IDI Heart and
Diabetes Institute
$2,499,247
Professor Billie
Wilma Giles-Corti
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?
University of
Melbourne
$2,499,062
Professor Alan
Pearson
Innovation in the synthesis and
translation of research evidence
to inform the prevention,
management and treatment of
chronic disease in Indigenous
populations
University of Adelaide
$2,482,576
1060205+
Professor Michael
Abramson
Centre of Research Excellence
for Population Health Research
on Electromagnetic Energy
Monash University
$2,499,157
1060407
Professor Andrew
McLachlan
Centre of Research Excellence in
Medicines and Ageing
University of Sydney
$2,446,505
1060254
Professor Patsy
Yates
Centre of Research Excellence in
End of Life Care
Queensland University
of Technology
$2,495,543
1061183*
Professor Len
Gray
The Centre of Excellence in
Telehealth
University of
Queensland
$2,495,357
1060940*
Professor Karen
Edmond
Centre of Research Excellence in
improving health services for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander children
University of Western
Australia
$2,494,998
Total Expenditure
$37,398,740
CRE in Health Services
CRE in Population Health
1057492*
1057608
1061404
1061242*
* Denotes application in the Special Interest Area of Indigenous Health and Wellbeing.
+
Denotes application in the Special Interest Area of Electromagnetic Energy (EME).
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