[Aqualist] ARC LIEF and Linkage International Awards released today

[Simon Haberle]

Dear All,

News on the ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities 
(LIEF) and Linkage International Awards has been released today
(see http://www.arc.gov.au/media/releases/media_25Sep07_LIEF.htm or 
ARC site www.arc.gov.au).

The successful ARC LIEF and Linkage International Awards grants in 
the fields related to Quaternary Studies (palaeoenvironments and 
archaeology) are listed below.

Cheers, Simon


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LIEF

LE0882854      Prof RJ Arculus; Prof P De Deckker; Dr NF Exon; Prof 
ME Barley; Dr JJ Brocks; Dr MB Clennell; Prof A Cooper; Prof JR 
Dodson; Dr RN Drysdale; A/Prof CL Fergusson; A/Prof JM Hergt; Dr WR 
Howard; Prof AP Kershaw; Prof TC McCuaig; A/Prof RD Muller; Dr IR 
Poiner; Prof SY O'Reilly; Dr JM Webster; Dr CJ Yeats; A/Prof PM 
Vasconcelos; Dr JD Stilwell
Approved Project Title: Australian Membership of the Integrated Ocean 
Drilling Program
2008 :  $1,200,000
2009 :  $1,200,000
2010 :  $1,200,000
2011 :  $1,200,000
2012 :  $1,200,000
Primary RFCD 2601    GEOLOGY
Partner Organisations & Collaborating Organisations
The Australian National University
CSIRO
MARGO
Macquarie University
James Cook University
The University of Adelaide
The University of Melbourne
Monash University
The University of Newcastle
The University of Queensland
The University of Sydney
University of Tasmania
The University of Western Australia
University of Wollongong
AIMS
ANSTO
Administering Organisation:        The Australian National University
Project Summary
Membership of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) will 
provide high leverage access to the largest, and most effective 
international geoscience program. Results from drilling within 
Australia's marine jurisdiction will give understanding of the 
oceans' state under past climates through high resolution records of 
the range of oceanographic and biological responses to climate 
change, the role of the deep biosphere in shaping oil and gas 
deposits, hydrothermal and igneous processes involved in ore genesis, 
and enhanced understanding of some of the world's largest 
earthquake  and tsunami generating processes.


LE0882836       Prof K Grice; Dr PF Grierson; Dr PF Greenwood; Dr JJ 
Brocks; Prof D Zhang; A/Prof A Heitz
Approved Project Title:          A novel isotope facility to 
characterise high molecular weight fractions of natural organic 
matter in soils, sediments, water, petroleum and coal
2008 : $ 160,000
Primary RFCD  2603            GEOCHEMISTRY
Partner Organisations & Collaborating Organisations
Curtin University of Technology
The University of Western Australia
The Australian National University
CRC WQT
John de Laeter State Centre of Mass Spectrometry
Administering Organisation:  Curtin University of Technology
Project Summary
This facility will improve our ability to forecast environmental 
responses to future climate change, and help Australia manage current 
threats to its biodiversity. Furthermore, this research will increase 
the ability to identify crude oil sources, to the benefit of 
petroleum exploration in Australia. This facility will also 
contribute to an improved understanding of controls on water quality 
and will help to protect our precious freshwater resources, already 
under intense pressure from climate change. Importantly, this project 
will enable students and young professionals to be trained in state 
of the art technology, leading to quality scientists ready for 
employment in industry.


LE0883113        Prof AR Chivas; Prof RG Roberts; Dr Z Jacobs; Prof 
CV Murray Wallace; Dr KE Westaway; Prof MJ Morwood; Prof GC Nanson; 
A/Prof BG Jones; Dr PF Carr; Dr HV McGregor; Prof CD Woodroffe; 
A/Prof SD Golding; A/Prof J Zhao; Dr K Yu; Dr JM Pandolfi; Dr GP 
Halverson; Prof MA Williams; Dr PA Gell; Dr DJ Chittleborough; Prof 
JR Dodson; Dr D Fink; Dr Q Hua; Dr EJ Hodge; Dr TM Esat; Prof MT McCulloch
Approved Project Title:          A stable isotope mass spectrometer 
for novel determinations of past temperatures
2008 : $ 250,000
Primary RFCD  2603            GEOCHEMISTRY
Partner Organisations & Collaborating Organisations
University of Wollongong
The University of Queensland
The University of Adelaide
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation
The Australian National University
Administering Organisation:  University of Wollongong
Project Summary
Much of the Australian landscape is subject to a dry and evaporative 
climate, making it very difficult to use conventional geochemical 
techniques to estimate past temperatures, even on short timescales of 
tens to hundreds of years. The application of a new isotopic 
technique to preserved carbonate minerals (soil carbonate, shells in 
rivers, lakes and the ocean) avoids the difficulty of this variable 
evaporation, and directly measures past temperatures. This will have 
a profound effect on our understanding of environmental changes on 
both short and long time scales, and permit a better understanding of 
the hydrological balances within the landscape.


LE0883036        Prof PA Lay; Prof D McNaughton; Prof Dr T 
Maschmeyer; Prof DT Potts; Prof MV Swain; Prof GE Grau; Prof TC 
Sorrell; Dr IM Ramzan; Prof J Beardall; Prof CC Bernard; Dr CP 
Marshall; Dr A Dutkiewicz; Dr DA Penny; Dr BR Wood; Dr W Yang; Dr L 
Soon; Dr D Traini; Dr EA Carter
Approved Project Title          Integrated Vibrational Spectroscopic 
Mapping for Archeological, Biological, Geological, Materials, and 
Medical Research
2008 :$ 400,000
Primary RFCD  2501            PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (INCL. STRUCTURAL)
Partner Organisations & Collaborating Organisations
The University of Sydney
Monash University
Administering Organisation  The University of Sydney
Project Summary
The expected benefits that will arise will include: green chemical 
processes with improved environmental and economic impacts; improved 
treatments and diagnoses of diseases; understanding of fundamental 
geological processes; identification of the earliest forms; studies 
of archaeological artefacts; evolution of life on Earth; the design 
of improved dental materials. Ultimately, this research will include 
economic and social benefits in; industrial processes; the mining 
industry; medicine; and dentistry. An understanding of the origin and 
early evolution of life on Earth also has many social implications.

Linkage International Awards

LX0882384     Prof K Grice; Prof P Ward
Approved Project Title Chemostat experiments to mimic toxic 
environments associated with mass extinction events
2008 : $  10,000
2009 : $   8,450
Primary RFCD 2603    GEOCHEMISTRY
Collaborating Countries            USA
Administering Organisation        Curtin University of Technology
Project Summary.         This project will help scientists understand 
past climate changes and understand the mechanisms of global warming. 
This in turn will improve our ability to forecast future climate 
change, and help Australia manage current threats to its 
biodiversity. Importantly, this project will enable students and 
young professionals to be trained in state of the art technologies, 
leading to quality scientists ready for employment in geoscience 
industries, and raising the profile of science careers in Australia.