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Australia–India Strategic Research Fund grant recipients

Find projects and workshops funded under the Australia–India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF).

The AISRF supports scientists in India and Australia to collaborate on leading-edge research.

It funds projects and workshops across mutual priority research areas.

AISRF grant recipients

Projects and workshops funded under the AISRF as at March 2022.

Round Award year Priority area Project title Activity type Australian lead organisation Australian project manager Indian lead organisation Grant amount
14 2022 Groundwater resources management Real-time sensors for sustainable groundwater quality management Collaborative Research Project University of Sydney Professor Ken-Tye Yong Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $979,931
14 2022 Downstream processing, recycling and tailings reclamation of critical minerals Advanced recovery of the battery materials and REE from ores and wastes Collaborative Research Project University of South Australia Dr Richmond Asamoah Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology $905,881
14 2022 Quantum technologies Quantum-enhanced atomic gravimetry for improved sensing capabilities Collaborative Research Project Australian National University Dr Simon Haine Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal $1,000,000
14 2022 Infection prevention and control SARS-CoV-2 entry: Exploring structural dynamics and therapeutic landscape Collaborative Research Project University of Melbourne Dr Debnath Ghosal Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur $894,513
14 2022 Biomaterials (including bioplastics) Biomimetic hybrid elastomers as reformable bio-adhesive platform Collaborative Research Project Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Professor Namita Roy Choudhury Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur $525,380
14 2022 Digital health and telemedicine Prevention of blindness using digital technologies at primary care centres Collaborative Research Project University of Notre Dame Professor Yogesan Kanagasingam Aravind Eye Care System $912,000
12 2021 Cancer therapeutics / theranostics Gold-based drugs for the effective treatment of ovarian cancer Collaborative Research Project Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Professor Magdalena Plebanski Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology $965,992
12 2021 Pest-resistant crops RNA-based Biopesticides for Sustainable Crop Protection Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Professor Neena Mitter Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Pvt. Ltd. (Mahyco) $865,000
13 2020 Antiviral coatings, other preventive technologies Nanoscale manufacturing platform to combat pandemics like COVID-19 Collaborative Research Project Metro North Hospital and Health Service Professor Michael Schuetz  Indian Institute of Science $577,130
13 2020 Screening and diagnostic testing Photonic Viropsy: Harnessing light on chip for precise SARS–CoV–2 diagnosis Collaborative Research Project University of Adelaide Dr Abel Santos Amity University $573,998
13 2020 Screening and diagnostic testing Aortic & lung Inflammation following COVID: a marker of cardiac events Collaborative Research Project University of Western Australia Professor Girish Dwivedi    All India Institute of Medical Sciences $351,068
12 2020 Food processing, storage and distribution Thermal Energy Storage for Food/Grain Drying with CST/RE to Lower Pollution Collaborative Research Project University of South Australia  Professor Frank Bruno Lovely Professional University $977,585
12 2020 Climate change mitigation and adaptation Enhancing climate change adaptation processes for farmers and agribusiness Collaborative Research Project University of Southern Queensland Professor Roger Stone Tamil Nadu Agricultural University $998,979
12 2020 Climate change mitigation and adaptation Harnessing Solar Energy to Attain Near Zero Carbon Emission Brine Treatment Collaborative Research Project University of Technology Sydney Professor Michael Blumenstein Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar $500,000
N/A 2019 N/A Australia-India Research & Development in Radio Astronomy (ARDRA) Workshop Workshop in India Curtin University Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt National Centre for Radio Astrophysics $74,000
11 2019 Plant genomics Functional Genomics of Chickpea to enhance drought tolerance Collaborative Research Project University of Western Australia Professor Harvey Millar International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics $500,000
11 2019 Energy storage (batteries) New Barrier Encapsulation for Flexible Energy Storage and PV Devices Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Hasitha Weerasinghe Indian Institute of Science $497,570
N/A 2017 N/A Sustainable Urban Water Management Workshop Workshop in India Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering Dr Matthew Wenham Indian National Academy of Engineering $28,750
N/A 2017 N/A Water Resource Management in Mining Workshop Workshop in India Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Anupama Kumar Udaipur Chamber of Commerce & Industry $19,250
10 2017 Disease control – tropical, lifestyle and emerging diseases Eliminating Visceral Leishmaniasis - An Australian-Indian Partnership Collaborative Research Project Monash University Professor Jonathan Baell Indian Institute of Chemical Biology $999,894
10 2017 Medical Technologies Novel Imaging Diagnostics for Alzheimer s Disease Collaborative Research Project Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Professor Ashley Bush National Brain Research Centre $999,812
10 2017 Medical Technologies An advanced low cost minimally invasive cardiac assist device Collaborative Research Project BioQ Devices Pty Ltd Dr Peter Walsh Frontier Lifelong Hospital $995,550
10 2017 Medical Technologies New class of intelligent robotic imaging system for keyhole surgeries Collaborative Research Project Queensland University of Technology Professor Ross Crawford Indian Institute of Technology Madras $995,977
10 2017 Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Technologies Large Area Opto-Electronics (LAOE) for Australia and India Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Dr Ebinazar Namdas Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) $1,000,000
10 2017 Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Technologies Enhancing Dairy Milk Shelf Life with PCM Thermal Energy Storage and Renewable Energy Collaborative Research Project University of South Australia Professor Frank Bruno  Anand Agricultural University $973,944
10 2017 Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Technologies Advanced manufacturing of new high entropy alloys Collaborative Research Project Deakin University Dr Matthew Barnett Indian Institute of Technology Madras $995,968
N/A 2016 N/A Women in STEMM Workshop Workshop in India Australian Academy of Science Ms Nancy Pritchard Department of Science and Technology $129,600
9 2016 Clean Energy Technologies Hotwiring microbial communities for enhanced unconventional gas production Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Associate Professor Michael Manefield The Energy and Resources Institute $967,192
9 2016 Clean Energy Technologies New materials for large scale, high stability, high energy density batteries: from material design to prototype development Collaborative Research Project Deakin University Professor Maria Forsyth Indian Institute of Science $999,925
9 2016 Food and Agribusiness Genetic control and genomic selection for important traits in sugarcane, and comparison of elite Indian and Australian germplasm Collaborative Research Project Sugar Research Australia Limited Dr Prakash Lakshmanan Sugarcane Breeding Institute $644,332
9 2016 Food and Agribusiness Developing salt tolerant rice for food security in India and Australia Collaborative Research Project University of Tasmania Professor Sergey Shabala M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation $997,500
9 2016 Food and Agribusiness Deploying biotechnology-based decision-making tools in post-harvest grain pest management to enhance food security and market access Collaborative Research Project Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland Government Dr Manoj Navak Tamil Nadu Agricultural University $999,699
9 2016 Food and Agribusiness Improving Chickpea Adaptation to Environmental Challenges in Australia and India Collaborative Research Project South Australian Research and Development Institute Dr Tim Sutton International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics  $998,749
8 2015 Agricultural Research Tailoring plant protease inhibitors for control of the crop pest Helicoverpa armigera Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Professor Glenn King Tata Institute of Fundamental Research $199,496
8 2015 Agricultural Research Value Adding to Agriculture Waste by Catalytic Gasification to Bio-Fuel Production Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Dr Jorge Beltramini Indian Institute of Chemical Technology $199,052
8 2015 Agricultural Research Harnessing the plant-microbiome for drought tolerance and improved wheat productivity in Australian and Indian environments Collaborative Research Project Flinders University Professor Christopher Franco International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology $200,000
8 2015 Agricultural Research Mining alleles for heat tolerance of wheat in Australian and Indian environments for development of heat resilient cultivars Collaborative Research Project Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics Dr Delphine Fleury Punjab Agricultural University $199,468
8 2015 Water management Sustainable water management system for water desalination and agricultural irrigation independent of electric grid Collaborative Research Project Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Dr Abhijit Date University of Pune $132,104
8 2015 Water management Biomonitoring of pesticides in rivers and streams vis-a-vis ecological services and functions Collaborative Research Project University of Canberra Dr Ben Kefford Assam University $126,401
8 2015 Water management Identification and management of sewage effluent discharges to keep our rivers healthy: Comparative investigations in India and South Australia Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Anupama Kumar Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Indian Institute of Toxicological Research $200,000
8 2015 Vaccines, immunomodulators and immunotherapeutics Preclinical trials of a quadrivalent hepatitis C virus vaccine Collaborative Research Project University of Adelaide Professor Eric Gowans Indian Institute of Science $200,000
8 2015 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Integrated biorefinery for production of sorghum seed protein Collaborative Research Project Curtin University Dr Ranjeet Utikar Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai $200,000
8 2015 Transgenic Crops and Marker-assisted Breeding Comparative genomics of important nematode pathogens leading to transgenic nematode resistance in wheat and sugarcane (Follow on project) Collaborative Research Project Murdoch University Professor Michael Jones Indian Agricultural Research Institute $200,000
7 2013 Earth Sciences Inter-dependencies of deep crustal and surficial geological processes during continental collision Collaborative Research Project University of Sydney Professor Jonathan Aitchison University of Kashmir $284,500
7 2013 Information and Communication Technology (incl. computer science) Building triangulations for fast topological computing Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Associate Professor Benjamin Burton Indian Institute of Science $295,972
7 2013 Information and Communication Technology (incl. computer science) The Role of Noise in Silicon Based Quantum Computing Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Professor Michelle Simmons Indian Institute of Science $300,000
7 2013 Earth Sciences What will the future be? Projecting environmental change in a warming world for semi-arid landscapes Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Professor Ashish Sharma Indian Institute of Science $297,998
7 2013 Marine Sciences Hydrodynamic characteristics of porous barriers under nonlinear shallow water waves Collaborative Research Project Monash University Professor Murray Rudman Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $265,742
7 2013 Marine Sciences Characterising the changing Indian Ocean's biogeochemistry and ecology using revolutionary new robotic tools Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Nick Hardman-Mountford National Institute of Oceanography $400,000
7 2013 Information and Communication Technology (incl. computer science) Innovative Solutions for Deployment of Big Data and Disaster Management Applications on Clouds Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Rajiv Ranjan Tata Institute of Fundamental Research $400,000
7 2013 Information and Communication Technology (incl. computer science) Planar High-Gain Antennas Based on Electromagnetic Band Gap Concept Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Macquarie University Professor Karu Esselle Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur $394,062
7 2013 Agricultural Research Workshop on Reproductive Biotechnologies for Agricultural Research Workshop in Australia South Australian Research and Development Institute Professor Paul Verma National Institute of Animal Biotechnology $42,450
7 2013 Renewable Energy Australia-India Workshop on Smart Functional Nanomaterials Workshop in Australia University of Melbourne Dr David Jones Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research $34,540
7 2013 Information and Communication Technology (incl. computer science) Indo-Australian Workshop on Modelling Large-Scale Linked Data Workshop in India University of New South Wales Professor Arcot Sowmya Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi $27,400
7 2013 Agricultural Research Bio-nanotechnology applications to improve plant productivity and ecosystems services Workshop in Australia Deakin University Professor Tes Toop The Energy and Resources Institute $56,280
7 2013 Renewable Energy Bio-Jet Fuel - A Key to Future Green and Sustainable Aviation Workshop in India University of Melbourne Dr Gregory Martin Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Indian Institute of Petroleum $27,720
7 2013 Vaccines, immunomodulators and immunotherapeutics Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC): a new frontier in vaccine research Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner University of Melbourne Professor Stephen Kent National AIDS Research Institute $400,000
7 2013 Vaccines, immunomodulators and immunotherapeutics Nanoengineered autoantigens to prevent and treat autoimmunity Collaborative Research Project Monash University Professor Claude Bernard Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre $291,960
7 2013 Biotechnological interventions for improved agricultural productivity Creating a new Brassica crop species for food and biofuel Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Dr Annaliese Mason Punjab Agricultural University $299,688
7 2013 Vaccines, immunomodulators and immunotherapeutics The immunomodulatory and angiogenic role of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells in chronic liver disease Collaborative Research Project Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology Dr Devanshi Seth Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences $300,000
7 2013 Vaccines, immunomodulators and immunotherapeutics Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) as immunomodulators and immunotherapeutic targets during DENV infection Collaborative Research Project Flinders University Dr Jillian Carr Christian Medical College, Vellore $295,621
7 2013 Vaccines, immunomodulators and immunotherapeutics Novel immunomodulatory agents for type II diabetes through targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome signaling cascade Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Professor Matthew Cooper Indian Institute of Chemical Technology $282,365
7 2013 Biotechnological interventions for improved agricultural productivity Comparative transcriptomics of rice and resurrection plants, and exploitation of novel genes for dehydration tolerance for improvement of drought tolerance in rice Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Queensland University of Technology Professor Sagadevan Mundree International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology $300,000
7 2013 Biomedical Devices and Implants Workshop on multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and ocular infections Workshop in India University of New South Wales Professor Mark Willcox LV Prasad Eye Institute $5,065
7 2013 Biomedical Devices and Implants Collaborative workshop on MEMS and its applications in health care Workshop in Australia Deakin University Professor Lingxue Kong University of Mumbai $31,000
7 2013 Stem Cells Joint Australian/Indian Workshop on Epithelial Development, Function and Disease - New Frontiers and Therapies Workshop in India Queensland University of Technology Professor Zee Upton Manipal University $32,500
2 2013 Health A point-of-care diagnostic tool for tuberculosis Grand Challenge Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Graeme Woodrow Institute of Microbial Technology $2,308,241
2 2013 Health Reducing the burden of injury in India and Australia through development and piloting of improved systems of care Grand Challenge Project Monash University Professor Russell Gruen All India Institute of Medical Sciences $1,913,832
2 2013 Energy Mini DME: A custom designed solution to bring stranded gas to the energy markets Grand Challenge Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Jim Patel Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Indian Institute of Petroleum $2,944,300
2 2013 Energy Integrated technologies for economically sustainable bio-based energy Grand Challenge Project Queensland University of Technology Professor William Doherty Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai $2,978,749
6 2012 Stem Cells Novel Cell Surface Markers for Endodermal Stem and Progenitor Cells in Health and Disease Collaborative Research Project University of Melbourne Professor Martin Pera Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine $297,000
6 2012 Stem Cells An Insertional Mutagenesis System to Identify Epigenetic Factors that Control Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation Collaborative Research Project Australian National University Dr Danny Rangasamy National Centre for Cell Science $299,818
6 2012 Stem Cells Molecular Pathways Regulating Ovarian Cancer Cell Plasticity and Stem Cell Properties Collaborative Research Project Queensland University of Technology Professor Judith Clements National Centre for Cell Science $300,000
6 2012 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Novel Vaccine Delivery Systems that Elicit Robust and Enduring T Cell Memory Responses: Alternatives to BCG Vaccination in Tuberculosis Endemic Regions Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner University of Melbourne Professor David Jackson Institute of Microbial Technology $400,000
6 2012 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Workshop for the strategic development of Muricidae natural medicines Workshop in Australia Southern Cross University Dr Kirsten Benkendorff Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute  $34,115
6 2012 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Designing combination immunotherapy and drug treatment to control chronic infectious diseases Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Queensland Institute of Medical Research Dr Christian Engwerda Banaras Hindu University $300,000
6 2012 Stem Cells Locked nucleic acid modified aptamer-siRNA chimeric conjugates for improved chemosensitivity and eradication of cancer stem cells Collaborative Research Project Deakin University Associate Professor Jagat Kanwar Vision Research Foundation Sankara Nethralaya $296,030
6 2012 Materials Science (including nanotechnology) Nanocomposite Material for High-power Lithium Battery Cathodes Collaborative Research Project University of Western Sydney Dr Adriyan Milev Indian Institute of Technology Madras $280,000
6 2012 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Safe and sustainable use of arsenic contaminated aquifers in the upper Gangetic plain: establishing a multi-disciplinary Australian-Indian collaboration Workshop in India Southern Cross University Dr Scott Johnston Jawaharlal Nehru University $23,500
6 2012 Materials Science (including nanotechnology) Topological Defects In Non-Collinear Multiferroics: A Nanodomain Approach To Multifunctionality Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Dr Nagarajan Valanoor National Chemical Laboratory $300,000
6 2012 Materials Science (including nanotechnology) Functionalised Hierarchical Nanocomposites for Synthetic Fuels Production Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Ken Chiang Indian Institute of Petroleum $280,000
6 2012 Earth Sciences Workshops on Himalayan Gneiss Domes Workshop in India Australian National University Professor Gordon Lister University of Kashmir $40,000
6 2012 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Novel Approach for Processing Hazardous Electronic Waste Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner University of New South Wales Professor Veena Sahajwalla Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology $365,000
6 2012 Materials Science (including nanotechnology) Magnetron Sputtering of Nanolaminates with Materials Designed and Engineered Properties Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Swinburne University of Technology Professor Cuie Wen Banaras Hindu University $400,000
6 2012 Information and Communication Technology Optimization Techniques for Human Language Technology Workshop in India Macquarie University Dr Diego Molla Aliod Indian Institute of Technology Patna $23,000
6 2012 Information and Communication Technology Utilisation of leading edge ICT to enhance Australian and Indian ground water and land resources under climate change scenarios Workshop in India Edith Cowan University Dr Marcia Taylor Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $22,220
6 2012 Renewable Energy Workshop on Techno Economical Challenges of Integrating Renewable Energy Sources on Power System Operations and Control Workshop in India Queensland University of Technology Dr Yateendra Mishra Indian Institute of Technology Delhi $20,670
6 2012 Materials Science (including nanotechnology) A new route to ultra-high quality hole-based nanoelectronic devices Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Professor Alex Hamilton Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $295,959
6 2012 Information and Communication Technology Spatially Enabled Nations: Workshop on a meta-integrative framework towards improving disaster management practices in India and Australia Workshop in India University of Melbourne Associate Professor Nelson Lam Madras University $34,000
6 2012 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Development of innovative spent wash treatment systems and resource recovery options for distillery applications Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Associate Professor Gregory Leslie Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee $280,000
1 2012 Food and Water Security Ensuring food security: harnessing science to protect our grain harvest from insect threats Grand Challenge Project University of Queensland Associate Professor Gimme Walter Tamil Nadu Agricultural University $2,984,247
1 2012 Food and Water Security Crop plants which remove their own major biotic contstraints Grand Challenge Project University of Melbourne Professor Derek Russell International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology $2,925,533
1 2012 Food and Water Security Genomic Approaches for Stress Tolerant Chickpea Grand Challenge Project Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics Dr Tim Sutton International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics $2,976,123
5 2011 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Development of selenazole drugs as a novel class of anti-cancer agents targeting the immune regulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Dr Shane Thomas Indian Institute of Science $300,000
5 2011 Stem Cells Therapeutic approaches to augmentation of adult cardiac stem cells Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Professor Richard Harvey Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine $400,000
5 2011 Biomedical Devices and Implants Engineering a Novel Bioreactor and Cell Sorter for Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture Collaborative Research Project Monash University Dr Paul Verma Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $299,539
5 2011 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Novel marine-derived lipases and processing methods for the production of omega-3 concentrates for functional foods, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Collaborative Research Project Deakin University Professor Colin Barrow Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology $298,755
5 2011 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Structure-based design of malaria vaccines: application to the intrinsically disordered antigen MSP2 Collaborative Research Project Monash University Professor Raymond Norton Indian Institute of Science $299,340
5 2011 Transgenic Crops and Marker-assisted Breeding Discovery and manipulation of miRNAs involved in high-temperature tolerance in crop plants Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Associate Professor Bernie Carroll International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology $299,700
5 2011 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Two day workshop to plan a programme of collaborative laboratory and clinical research on the role of bovine lactoferrin to prevent prematurity, neonatal sepsis and mortality Workshop in India University of Sydney Professor William Tarnow-Mordi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh $11,200
5 2011 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Sustainable prawn aquaculture by delivering interfering RNA to knockdown Penaeus merguiensis densovirus and Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus Collaborative Research Project James Cook University Associate Professor Leigh Owens Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University $294,099
5 2011 Marine Sciences Preparing for climate change on marine systems in Australia and India Workshop in Australia University of Tasmania Associate Professor Stewart Frusher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute  $78,930
5 2011 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) The changing risks posed by petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater environments: multiphase fluid dynamics coupled to multispecies biodegradation Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Greg Davis Indian Institute of Technology Madras $400,000
5 2011 Nanotechnology Hybrid Organometallic-Coordination Complex Materials for Nonlinear Optics Collaborative Research Project Australian National University Professor Mark Humphrey Raman Research Institute $299,038
5 2011 Marine Sciences Towards a unified East Gondwanaland reconstruction and its implications for Himalayan Orogeny Collaborative Research Project University of Sydney Professor Dietmar Muller National Institute of Oceanography $295,766
5 2011 Earth Sciences Characterization of the seismic cycle in the central Himalayan seismic gap using precise U-Th dating of deformed speleothems Collaborative Research Project University of Melbourne Professor Michael Sandiford Indian Institute of Science $225,536
5 2011 Nanotechnology Energy Conversion Reactions: Fine Tuning of Electrocatalytic Activity through Surface Manipulation Guided by in situ Spectroscopic and Microscopic Studies Collaborative Research Project Monash University Professor Alan Bond Central Electrochemical Research Institute $299,439
5 2011 Nanotechnology New Generation Molecular Magnetic Materials: Experiment and Theory Collaborative Research Project Monash University Professor Keith Murray Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $300,000
5 2011 Agricultural Research Securing chickpea productivity under contemporary abiotic stresses: improvement of podding and seed-filling under heat, drought and salinity Collaborative Research Project University of Western Australia Professor Timothy Colmer International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics $299,837
5 2011 Earth Sciences Highwall Mining Design and Development of Norms for Indian conditions Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Shivakumar Karekal Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research  $286,292
5 2011 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Improving our ability to predict plant distributions under changed climates: incorporating dispersal into predictions of species and community distributions Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr David Westcott Indian Institute of Science $288,342
4 2010 Vaccines / medical diagnostics APPROACHES TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE HCV VACCINE Collaborative Research Project University of Adelaide Professor Eric Gowans Indian Institute of Science $300,000
4 2010 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Identification of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers to improve management of diabetic ulcers Collaborative Research Project Queensland University of Technology Professor Zee Upton Manipal University $299,917
4 2010 Bioremediation Molecular recognition between alkane hydroxylase and rubredoxin in alkane-degrading bacteria Collaborative Research Project Monash University Associate Professor Anna Roujeinikova Tata Institute of Fundamental Research $297,838
4 2010 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Extraction and Purification of Sorghum Seed Protein for Delayed Delivery of Bioactives Collaborative Research Project Curtin University Dr Vishnu Pareek Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai $299,673
4 2010 Bioenergy and Biofuels Solar Bio-fuel and Carbon Sequestration with Cyanobacteria:  Role of Genetic Networks Collaborative Research Project Monash University Dr Madhusudan Chetty Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $296,461
4 2010 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Rational development and evaluation of an effective Vaccine for the prevention of Staphylococcal Mastitis in bovines using mouse mastitis as a model system  Collaborative Research Project Curtin University Associate Professor Trilochan Mukkur Bharat Biotech Foundation $300,000
4 2010 Transgenic Crops and Marker-assisted Breeding Molecular Approaches for Sustaining Crop Productivity under Abiotic Stress Conditions Collaborative Research Project University of Melbourne Professor Mohan Singh International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology $300,000
4 2010 Transgenic Crops and Marker-assisted Breeding Engineering novel disease resistance in wheat and rice by silencing disease susceptibility genes Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr John Manners Tamil Nadu Agricultural University  $300,000
4 2010 Nanotechnology Smart bombing of cancer stem cells using aptamer-guided nanoliposomal siRNA Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Deakin University Associate Professor Wei Duan Indian Institute of Science $400,000
4 2010 Earth Sciences Exposing the gold potential of the Neoarchean “Himalaya” of the Dharwar Craton in southern India Collaborative Research Project Curtin University  Professor Neal McNaughton National Geophysical Research Institute $300,000
4 2010 Renewable Energy Renewable Energy from Biogas: Technology Development Collaborative Research Project Monash University Professor Paul Webley Indian Institute of Petroleum $270,180
4 2010 Astronomy & Astrophysics Enabling new science with the Murchison Widefield Array, an international low frequency pathfinder for the Square Kilometre Array Collaborative Research Project with End User Partner Curtin University  Professor Steven Tingay Raman Research Institute $380,362
4 2010 Nanotechnology Flexible Carbonaceous Hybrid Membranes for Separation Applications  Collaborative Research Project Monash University Professor Huanting Wang Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $298,954
4 2010 Astronomy & Astrophysics From the Magellanic Clouds to the Milky Way: A New Understanding of Galaxy Structure and Interactions Based on Kinematics of 5000 Stars Collaborative Research Project University of Tasmania Dr Andrew Cole Indian Institute of Astrophysics $257,360
4 2010 Micro-electronics Devices and Materials The study of microwave losses in ferrite thin films for meta materials applications  Collaborative Research Project University of Western Australia Professor Robert Stamps Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $232,000
4 2010 Information and Communication Technology Design and Implementation of a Content Distribution Architecture for Remote and Rural Areas Collaborative Research Project National ICT Australia Limited Dr Anirban Mahanti Indian Institute of Technology Delhi $299,577
4 2010 Nanotechnology A novel way to reduce Platinum metal loadings in a carbon nano-composite electrode to produce low cost-high efficiency commercially viable  Polymer Electrolyte Membrane(PEM) fuel cells Collaborative Research Project Queensland University of Technology Dr Andrew Dicks National Physical Laboratory $296,956
4 2010 N/A Australia - India Nanotechnology Workshop N/A Australian National University Professor Chennupati Jagadish Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics $50,000
4 2009 N/A Remote sensing of marine ecosystems workshop N/A Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Professor Arnold Dekker Indian Space Research Organisation $70,000
4 2009 N/A Indo-Australian Workshop on Solar Energy N/A Australian National University Dr Igor Skryabin Amity University $50,000
3 2009 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Mechanisms of Chikungunya virus disease: mouse model, virulent and fitness determinants and the development of novel therapeutics Collaborative Research Project Griffith University Professor Suresh Mahalingam All India Institute of Medical Sciences $400,000
3 2009 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Anti-tumour and anti-microbial activities of orally administered Fe-saturated lactoferrin: a potential alternative medicine Collaborative Research Project Deakin University Dr Jagat Kanwar Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh $280,000
3 2009 Biomedical Devices and Implants Utilizing novel medical techniques/technologies and devices to enhance our understanding of common health problems (atrial arrhythmias and stroke) associated with rheumatic heart disease  Collaborative Research Project University of Adelaide Professor Prashanthan Sanders Christian Medical College, Vellore $400,000
3 2009 Transgenic Crops and Marker-assisted Breeding Comparative genomics of important nematode pathogens leading to transgenic nematode resistance in wheat and sugarcane Collaborative Research Project Murdoch University Professor Michael Jones Indian Agricultural Research Institute $400,000
3 2009 Biomedical Devices and Implants Developing Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys for Implant Materials Collaborative Research Project Deakin University Dr Cui'e Wen Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology $225,000
3 2009 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Development of blood-stage vaccines for Plasmodium falciparum malaria based on the EBA and PfRH proteins Collaborative Research Project Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Dr James Beeson International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology $400,000
3 2009 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Impact of rainwater harvesting on the regional hydrological balance in the Arawali foothills region of India: Combining catchment modelling with RS-GIS  Collaborative Research Project University of Sydney Dr Willem Vervoort Water Technology Centre at IARI $137,871
3 2009 Micro-electronics Devices and Materials All-optical actuation and interrogation of MEMS and NEMS resonant mode sensors Collaborative Research Project University of Western Australia Professor John Dell Indian Institute of Science $350,000
3 2009 Astronomy & Astrophysics Establishing Australian-Indian Collaboration on Gravitational Wave Astronomy  Workshop in Australia University of Western Australia Professor David Blair Raman Research Institute  $30,000
3 2009 Renewable Energy The Thermal Evolution of Peninsula India: Past Behaviours and Future Potential Collaborative Research Project University of Adelaide Dr Alan Collins National Geophysical Research Institute $350,000
3 2009 Earth Sciences Long-term system evolution of the Krishna-Godavari Basin and its hinterland in eastern India: a partnership for enhancing offshore hydrocarbon exploration success Collaborative Research Project University of Melbourne Dr Andrew Gleadow National Geophysical Research Institute $330,000
3 2009 Astronomy & Astrophysics Gas in Galaxies in the Distant Past Collaborative Research Project Australian National University Professor Frank Briggs National Centre for Radio Astrophysics $236,307
3 2009 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Does climate change drive evolution? Collaborative Research Project Griffith University Professor David Lambert Environment Protection Training and Research Institute $194,635
3 2009 Agricultural Research Managing change in Soil Moisture and Agricultural Productivity under a Global Warming scenario using a Catchment Scale Climate Change Assessment Framework  Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Dr Ashish Sharma Indian Institute of Science $208,500
3 2009 Micro-electronics Devices and Materials The Impact of Noise in Quantum Electronics Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Professor Michelle Simmons Indian Institute of Science $260,000
2 2008 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Esterified starch and oral rehydration solution as a treatment for acute infectious diarrhoea Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Julie Clarke Christian Medical College, Vellore $305,752
2 2008 Bioremediation Bioremediation of oil-contaminated marine and freshwater environments Collaborative Research Project Flinders University Professor Andrew Ball The Energy and Resources Institute $400,000
2 2008 Transgenic Crops and Marker-assisted Breeding Sustainability of pyramided Bt genes for insect control in crop plants Collaborative Research Project University of Melbourne Associate Professor Philip Batterham The Energy and Resources Institute $400,000
2 2008 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Plant Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Molecules: A growth opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry in Australia and India  Workshop in India University of Sydney Mr Stephen Brancatisano JSS College of Pharmacy $20,579
2 2008 Biomedical Devices and Implants An Advanced Surface for the Cell Therapy of Limbal Epithelium for Ocular Surface Disease: Proof of Concept and Clinical Trials Collaborative Research Project Centre for Eye Research Australia Ltd Dr Mark Daniell LV Prasad Eye Institute $400,000
2 2008 Bioremediation Development and optimization of combined plant/microbe technologies for bioremediation of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons and heavy metals Workshop in India University of Sydney Associate Professor Balwant Singh Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology $15,000
2 2008 Stem Cells Endogenous Adult Cardiac Stem Cells: Genome Wide Analysis of Multipotency and Differentiation in Homeostasis and Regeneration Collaborative Research Project Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Professor Richard Harvey Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology $400,000
2 2008 Agricultural Research Identification of molecular markers closely linked with stem rust resistance genes in wheat Collaborative Research Project University of Sydney Dr Harbans Bariana National Chemical Laboratory $310,477
2 2008 Nanotechnology Fluid flow and lubrication on the nanometre scale Collaborative Research Project University of South Australia Dr Rossen Sedev Indian Institute of Science $292,200
2 2008 Nanotechnology Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates as renewable raw materials to key platform chemicals using novel metal supported mesoporous materials  Collaborative Research Project University of Queensland Professor Max Lu Indian Institute of Technology Madras $326,568
2 2008 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Re-establish trace gas monitoring of climate-forcing gases at Cape Rama, India Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Paul Fraser National Institute of Oceanography $40,500
2 2008 Astronomy & Astrophysics Development of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope for pulsar astrophysics and Square Kilometre Array demonstration Collaborative Research Project Swinburne University of Technology Professor Matthew Bailes National Centre for Radio Astrophysics $350,000
2 2008 Micro-electronics Devices and Materials Hybrid Magnetoelectric Nanostructures : Optimizing interface coupling for enhanced functionality  Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Dr Nagarajan Valanoor National Chemical Laboratory $324,500
2 2008 Renewable Energy Technical and economic assessment of improved Solar Photovoltaic Linear Concentrators and determination of market potential in India Collaborative Research Project Australian National University Dr Andrew Blakers Anna University $382,021
2 2008 N/A Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Denial of Service Attacks N/A Queensland University of Technology Professor Ed Dawson Indian Institute of Technology Madras $2,250,000
2 2008 N/A Workshop: ‘NANOCOMPOSITES’ For Electronics, Light yet Strong Engineering Applications, Coatings, Fuel Cell and Clean Energy Use N/A University of New South Wales Dr Leigh Schwartzkoff Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics $50,000
2 2008 N/A Part 2: ‘NANOCOMPOSITES’ For Electronics, Light yet Strong Engineering Applications, Coatings, Fuel Cell and Clean Energy Use N/A University of New South Wales Associate Professor Sri Bandyopadhyay Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics $720,000
2 2008 N/A Biomedical Devices and Implants Workshop 2009 N/A Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Limited Dr John Ramshaw All India Institute of Medical Sciences $55,000
1 2007 Vaccines / medical diagnostics A shield and sword approach to control streptococcal infections Collaborative Research Project Queensland Institute of Medical Research Dr K S Sriprakash Indian Institute of Science $536,000
1 2007 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Raman spectroscopy and imaging for understanding molecular processes in live cells Workshop in India Monash University Professor Don McNaughton Indian Institute of Science $15,500
1 2007 Vaccines / medical diagnostics Establishing a “risk assessment chip” for the eye disease age related macular degeneration (AMD) Collaborative Research Project Centre for Eye Research Australia Ltd Professor Paul Baird LV Prasad Eye Institute $448,000
1 2007 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Milk nutraceuticals: a biotechnology opportunity for Australian and Indian dairy producers Collaborative Research Project University of Melbourne Dr Sally Gras Jadavpur University $342,328
1 2007 Bioremediation Enabling technologies for the enzymatic bioremediation of cyclic organochlorine residues Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr John Oakeshott University of Delhi $518,637
1 2007 Transgenic Crops and Marker-assisted Breeding Genetic enhancement of chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L) using a two gene strategy to confer protection against Pod Borer (Helicoverpa armigera) Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr TJ Higgins Assam Agricultural University $192,500
1 2007 Biomedical Devices and Implants Biosynthetic silk-hydrogel extracellular matrix analogues for mammalian cell support and drug delivery Collaborative Research Project University of New South Wales Dr Laura Poole-Warren Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur $232,572
1 2007 Transgenic Crops and Marker-assisted Breeding RNA interference as an antiviral mechanism against hepatopancreatic parvovirus Collaborative Research Project James Cook University Professor Leigh Owens Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University $40,625
1 2007 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Environments Collaborative Research Project University of Melbourne Associate Professor Muthupandian Ashokkumar Madurai Kamaraj University $374,000
1 2007 Agricultural Research Eco-geographical and physiological approaches to improve chilling tolerance in chickpea in Australia and India Collaborative Research Project Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Jens Berger Punjab Agricultural University $380,000
1 2007 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Synthesis and characterization of doped iron oxide nanoparticles for selective removal of dissolved species from contaminated water / hydrometallurgical process solutions Collaborative Research Project Murdoch University Professor Pritam Singh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Regional Research Laboratory Bhubaneswar $282,000
1 2007 Astronomy & Astrophysics Developing the Swinburne software correlator to process data from the Indian Giant Metre Wave Radio Telescope, for enhanced low frequency astrophysics Collaborative Research Project Swinburne University of Technology Dr Ramesh Bhat National Centre for Radio Astrophysics $20,000
1 2007 Agricultural Research Meiosis in wheat and rice: are the interactions and regulation of this process conserved between other diverse eukaryote organisms? Collaborative Research Project University of Adelaide Dr Jason Able University of Delhi $322,500
1 2007 Agricultural Research Research opportunities on effective technologies to increase the performance and adoption of conservation tillage Workshop in India University of South Australia Dr Jack Desbiolles Tamil Nadu Agricultural University $17,100
1 2007 Nanotechnology Developing Molecularly targeted polymer nanoparticles for cancer therapeutics and diagnostics Collaborative Research Project Deakin University Associate Professor Wei Duan Vision Research Foundation Sankara Nethralaya $321,219
1 2007 Micro-electronics Devices and Materials Exploiting Crystallographic Texture for Improved Nano-Crystalline Metals Collaborative Research Project Deakin University Associate Professor Matthew Barnett Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur $328,315
1 2007 Micro-electronics Devices and Materials Multifunctional Zinc Oxide Films for Acoustic and Optoelectronics Sensing Device Applications Collaborative Research Project Australian National University Professor Chennupati Jagadish University of Delhi $107,469
1 2007 Nanotechnology Processing of Smart Biodegradable Polymeric Composites Collaborative Research Project Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Professor Sati Bhattacharya Indian Institute of Technology Delhi $16,300
1 2007 Astronomy & Astrophysics Galaxies in the Local Volume Workshop in Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Dr Baerbel Koribalski National Centre for Radio Astrophysics $17,650
1 2007 Environment Sciences (including climate change research) Developing strategic alliances and capability linkages between CSIRO and Indian textile R&D organisations Workshop in India Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Mr Tim Head Bombay Textile Research Association $10,900
1 2007 N/A The establishment of a strategic partnership between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) N/A Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Ms Kaye Britten Council of Scientific and Industrial Research  $3,500,000
1 2007 N/A Establishment and operation of a joint research academy between Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay N/A Monash University Professor Tam Sridhar Indian Institute of Technology Bombay $1,500,000

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