Nerve Research FoundationNerve Research Foundation
The University of Sydney
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Current research grants

Title Granting body $2007
Clinical and biological markers of disease presentation and progression in early frontotemporal dementia
(Piguet, Hodges, Rose, Miller)
NHMRC $487,500
Changes in motoneurone properties distal to the lesion in stroke patients
(Jankelowitz, Burke)
NHMRC $335,000
(2005-2008)
Plastic peripheral nerve changes of axonal excitability in multiple sclerosis, and other central disorders.
(Ng, Burke, Pollard)
ANRG $35,000
Neural plasticity following lesions of the central nervous system in Multiple Sclerosis
(Burke, Pollard, Ng)
NHMRC $502,750
Mechanisms of autoantibody mediated axonal injury in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies
(Pollard, Mathey, Burke)
NHMRC $557,250
Research Fellowship 
(Dr. Konrad Weber)
GP & RW MF $59,427
Frequency analysis of the vestibulo-occular reflex (VOR) in central and peripheral vestibular disorders
Travelling Fellowship to Dr. Miriam Welgampola
NHMRC $80,907
The neural basis of clinical vestibular testing by bone conducted sound (207-2009)
(Curthoys, Halmagyi)
NHMRC $251,250
Equipment Grant
(Pollard, Prineas, Parratt, Barnett)
R F $30,000
The targets of granzyme B expressing cytotoxic CD 8 T-cells in Multiple Sclerosis
(Pollard, Prineas, Parratt)
MSRA $40,000
T-lymphocytes in Multiple Sclerosis.A morphological and phenotypic study
(Pollard, Prineas, Parratt)
NHMRC $120,000
A DNA Bank for Motor Neuron Disease
(Pamphlett, Laing,Trent,Yu)
NHMRC $175,000
(2006-2011)
Somatic mutations in Motor Neuron disease
(Pamphlett)
ABF $39,950
Glial and Neuroinflammatory mechanisms of neural degeneration and regeneration
(Pollard,Prineas, Banarti and Bennett)
NSWH $200,000
Brain Tissue Resource Center for Alcohol Research. To establish  a brain bank of fixed and frozen tissues to provide to researchers for alcohol-related biomedical research
(Harper)
NIH/NIAAA $600,000
(2004-2009)
To establish a national network of brain banks in Australia which links six banks in five states of Australia
(Harper)
NHMRC $210,000
(2003-2008)
Northern Sydney Central Coast Health Douglas Piper Fellowship GSK Fellowship in Neurobiology
(Ng)
RACP $15,000
Rehabilitating at-risk Youth and Young Offenders Through Service Learning Programs.
(Lennings, Kenny,Armati & Riley)
ARC LG $195,000
(2008-2011)
Investigation of neural mechanisms of 670 and 830nm laser acupuncture in pain relief using rat peripheral nerve tissue models
(Armati & Chow)
CAMRG $326,000
(2008-2010)
Benign positional vertigo Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Aw)
NHMRC $537,500
(2008-2012)
Electrodiagonosis of vestibular diseases
(Aw)
NHMRC $411,000
(2008-2010)

Granting bodies
ABF Australian Brain Foundation
ANRG Australian Neuroscience Research Grant
ARC LG Australian Research Council Linkage Grant
GP & RW MF Garnertt Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation
MSRA Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia
NIH/NIAAA National Institutes of Health USA
NHMRC National Health & Medical Research Council
NSWH New South Wales Health
RACP Royal Australasian College of Physicians
R F Ramaciotti Foundation
CAMRG NHMRC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Grant