Recent Discretionary Grants (October - December 2011)
(153 grants allocating nearly $16M)
Organisation Grant Program Title Approved Grant Duration Amount of Grant Alfred Foundation J & E Borrowman Research Trust Identifying & Defining Spread of Important Resistant Bacteria $30,000 1 year Alzheimer's Australia Inc JO & JR Wicking Trust Dementia Care in Hospitals $209,968 1 year Austin Health Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre - Day Oncology Unit $130,000 1 year Australian Red Cross Society QCF - Sutton Memorial Fund Start-up Packages for Homeless Young People $14,500 1 year Back to Back Theatre Strategic Impact Project - Truby and Florence To build the capacity of the organisation $600,000 3 years Williams Charitable Trust Bond University Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Immunilogical, genetic and biochemical biomarkers in the pathomechanisms, diagnosis $831,037 4 years Memorial Foundation and treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Brotherhood of St Laurence Hector Waldron Pride Charitable Trust Refugee & Asylum Seekers - Building Positive Family and Community Relationships $32,000 1 year
Brotherhood of St Laurence The Engage Project $400,000 4 years Bug Blitz Trust 2012 Funding $380,000 1 year Carers Association of Victoria The Young Carer Scholarship Program $90,000 3 years Centre for Eye Research Australia Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Uncovering the Genetic Basis of Common Eye Disease - Centrifuge $19,474 1 year Ltd Charles Sturt University JO & JR Wicking Trust Minimising the Impact of Depression and Dementia for Elders: Music & Pastoral Care $146,723 1 year
Christ Church Mission Inc William Buckland Foundation Christ Church Community Centre - Links & Support $135,000 3 years Commonwealth Scientific and JO & JR Wicking Trust (medical & scientific Delineating Molecular Mechanisms Linking Metabolic Syndrome To Alzheimer’s Disease $50,000 1 year Industrial Research Organisation research grants) Deakin University JO & JR Wicking Trust Centre for Innovation and Education in Aged Care $508,198 2 years Demodairy Cooperative Ltd William Buckland Foundation Demodairy Milk Harvesting Facility $70,000 2 years Down Syndrome Empowerment Right from the Start: New Parent Support $20,000 1 year Education Centre Gippsland Ltd William Buckland Foundation Training for the Future Agricultural Workforce $50,000 2 years Epworth Medical Foundation Development of a Platform Technology - Isolation abd Culture of hair Follicle Derived $80,000 3 years Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering Essendon Polish Playgroup Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Evolve at Typo Station Young Women's Program - Year 2 $100,000 2 years FareShare Food Collection Program $20,000 1 year Fitted For Work Felton Bequest Major Grants Morwell Transition to Work $100,000 2 years Florey Neuroscience Institutes Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Communication with the Immune System $22,891 1 year Florey Neuroscience Institutes Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams A new imaging method for studying white matter connectivity in the living brain $41,890 1 year Memorial Foundation Foodbank Victoria Regional Food Hubs $20,000 1 year Friends Of Polonez Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Garvan Institute Of Medical Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Can Inducing Natural Regeneration Mechanisms In The Brain Lead To Recovery Of $50,000 1 year Research Memorial Foundation Cognitive Function In A Model Of Alzheimer’s Disease? Geelong Hospice Care Association For the purchase of palliative care equipment $10,000 1 year Good Shepherd Youth & Family Felton Bequest Major Grants Addressing Economic Abuse $25,100 1 year Services Griffith University JO & JR Wicking Trust Creating Pathways to Advance Care Planning: Empowering Health Consumers $353,415 2 years Guide Dogs for the Blind Association QCF - Sutton Memorial Fund Low Vision Clinic Equipment $8,000 1 year (QLD) Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Seeing Eye Dogs Queensland Program Orientation and Mobility Instructor's Training Kits $8,563 1 year (QLD) Habitat for Humanity Australia (Vic) William Buckland Foundation Yea Height Estate $300,000 3 years Inc Heide Museum and Art Gallery Strategic Impact Project - Truby and Florence Preservation, Presentation, Growth - organisational capacity building $690,000 3 years Williams Charitable Trust Kosciuszko Heritage Inc. Blum Foundation Sixth "Kosciuszko Festival 2012" Over The Moonbah $5,000 1 year La Trobe University Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Dangerous Liaison - Understanding the Scaffolding Function of Scribble $21,930 1 year La Trobe University Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Molecules Involved in the Rigidifcation of Malaria Infected Red Blood Cells - Challenge $29,000 1 year Grant La Trobe University Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Caring for the carers - health and wellbeing of rural families supporting elders with $49,801 1 year Memorial Foundation (with Mason) intellectual disabilities showing signs of dementia Lajkonik Polish Song & Dance Blum Foundation Learning About The Migrant Experience In Fremantle/Perth $2,000 1 year Lajkonik Polish Song And Dance Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Ensemble Legacy Melbourne Hector Waldron Pride Charitable Trust Dependents with a Disability - Somers Camp $20,000 1 year Leopold Kindergarten Upgrading and replacement of indoor and outdoor play equipment $8,488 1 year Mirabel Foundation Mirabel's Programs for Children & Carers $10,000 1 year Monash University Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Novel Antibiotics that Target Bacteria $15,990 1 year Monash University Medical Research and Technology in Victoria AMDK Prevents Dopamine Cell Loss in Models of Parkinson's Disease $28,740 1 year Monash University Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Enhancing Drug Delivery to the Brain $28,740 1 year Monash University Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Investigating A Novel Anti-Malarial Drug Target $30,000 1 year Monash University Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Fatty acid binding protein at the blood-brain barrier: a target for enhancing brain $50,000 1 year Memorial Foundation levels of docosahexaenoic acid in Alzheimer’s disease? Murdoch Children's Research Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Is Laryngeal Papilohatosis Caused by a Common Wart Virus? NanoDrop Machine $12,741 1 year Institute Murdoch Children's Research Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Developmeny of a Comprehensive Assessment System and Best Practice Management $155,984 1 year Institute Memorial Foundation of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Museum Victoria Fellowship for Biodiversity Research $150,000 3 years National Ageing Research Institute JO & JR Wicking Trust (medical & scientific Vascular risk factors relating to cognitive decline for early detection, prevention and $50,000 1 year research grants) improved patient management National Hear Foundation QCF - Kelly Memorial Fund Development of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Online Tool-kit $9,000 1 year Newcomb Park Primary School Purchase of laptops for Grades 5/6 students at NPPS $16,536 1 year Newcomb Secondary College Developing partnerships for the Indonesian program $10,000 1 year Polart 2012 Perth Blum Foundation 12th Polish Festival Of Visual And Performing Arts Perth 2012 (Theatrical Performances $5,000 1 year Venue) Polish Association Of Essendon Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Polish Association Of Essendon Blum Foundation 55 Years Anniversary Of Essendon School - Photo Exhibition & Party For Teachers $1,000 1 year
Polish Association Of St. Albans Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Polish Association Of St. Albans Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Polish Association Of St. Albans Blum Foundation Teachers Conference 2012 Workshops For Polish Language Teachers $1,000 1 year Polish Community Christmas Picnic Blum Foundation Polish Christmas Picnic At Darling Harbour $2,000 1 year Inc Polish Community Council Of Blum Foundation Polish Festival @ Federation Square $3,000 1 year Victoria Inc Polish Community Council Of Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Victoria Inc Polish Community Council Of Blum Foundation Polish Language Camp Carlton $2,000 1 year Victoria Inc Polish Ethnic School Rowville Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Polish Ethnic School Rowville Blum Foundation Traditions In Poland - Easter Day In Polish School $1,000 1 year Polish Folklore Ensemble - Podhale Blum Foundation Podhale's Polart 2012 New Polish Folklore Repertoire $2,000 1 year Polish Folkloric Ensemble Blum Foundation Polart - 2012 - Perth WA $2,000 1 year Polish Highlander's Society Blum Foundation Polish Highlanders Society: Serve The Needs Of The Polish Community Of Australia $1,000 1 year
Polish Language School Adam Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Mickiewicz Inc. Polish Scouting Association ZHP in Blum Foundation Workshops/Training For Guides And Young Leaders $2,000 1 year Australia Inc Polish Scouting Association ZHP in Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Australia Inc Polish Theatre Group "Scena 98" Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Polish Theatre Group "Scena 98” Blum Foundation Preparing The Play Adama Mikiewicza "Dziady" $2,000 1 year Polish Vocal - Dance Ensemble Blum Foundation "Lowicz" Participation In Pol-Art Festival $2,000 1 year Polish Vocal Dance Ensemble Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year POWMRI JO & JR Wicking Trust (medical & scientific Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN): An international collaborative study $50,000 1 year research grants) Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Medical Research and Technology in Victoria New Heart Selective Drugs to Treat Heart Disease - Challenge Ggrant $28,740 1 year Research Queensland Association for Healthy JO & JR Wicking Trust Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Seniors Support Project $43,985 1 year Communities Quest Equine Welfare Kathleen Agnes Back Estate Purchase and Construction of Shelter Yards $18,316 1 year Royal Childrens' Hospital Felton Bequest Major Grants MR PET (Magnetic Resonance and Positron Emission Tomography Scanner) $10,000 1 year Royal Victorian Historical Society - VCF - Holsworth Local Heritage Trust Publication: History of Charlton $1,000 1 year Charlton Golden Grains Museum Inc
Royal Victorian Historical Society - VCF - Holsworth Local Heritage Trust Publication: 150 Years of Service of Malmsbury Borough Councillors & Shire of Kyneton $1,000 1 year Malmsbury Historical Society Inc 1861 - 2011 Royal Victorian Historical Society - VCF - Holsworth Local Heritage Trust Publication: A Portrait of Pyramid Hill & District 1890 - 1909 $1,000 1 year Pyramid Hill & District Historical Society Royal Victorian Historical Society - VCF - Holsworth Local Heritage Trust Publication: History of Beaconsfield Upper $1,500 1 year Upper Beaconsfield Association Royal Women's Hospital Medical Research and Technology in Victoria The Role of Progesterone in HumanFeto-Placental Growth - Microscope Incubation $10,000 1 year Chamber RSPCA (QLD) The Mary Kibble Trust Golden Oldies Program $30,000 1 year RSPCA (WA) The Mary Kibble Trust Kennel Upgrade $24,079 1 year Sacred Heart Mission Meals Program $25,000 1 year Salvation Army (Hobson Bay) Refugee Ministry $10,000 1 year Salvation Army Australia Eastern QCF - Sutton Memorial Fund Fathers and Children Service for Life $10,942 1 year Territory Social Work Salvation Army Australia Eastern Hector Waldron Pride Charitable Trust Youth Outreach Service $54,500 1 year Territory Social Work Social Firms Australia Health Optimisation Program for Employment (HOPE) $20,000 1 year Somebody's Daughter Theatre Felton Bequest Major Grants Business Planning $10,000 1 year Somebody's Daughter Theatre A necessary Story $60,000 3 years Company Southern Health Louis and Lesley Nelken Trust Fund Paediatric Feeding Difficulties in SE Melbourne - Towards an Integrated Model of Care $51,000 1 year
Spina Bifida Foundation Ski Camps, Adult Camps & Information Services $105,000 1 year Sporting Wheelies & Disabled QCF - Floroyal Sporting Wheelies Foundation Youth Rugby Wheelchairs $18,000 1 year Association St Albans Park Kindergarten Updating and replacing educational toys and obtaining appopriate storage for such $9,881 1 year items St Luke's Anglicare Felton Bequest Major Grants Children's Centre Coordinator $118,558 3 years St Vincent's Hospital William Joseph Payne Trust The Australian & New Zealand Registry of Regional Anaesthesia (AURORA) $13,651 1 year St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Finding Genes that Causes Leukaemia $30,000 1 year Ltd St Vincent's Institute of Medical Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Discovering why People with Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome Develop Heart $9,338 1 year Research Failure - Dismembrator St Vincent's Institute of Medical JO & JR Wicking Trust (medical & scientific Development of inhibitors of gamma-secratase activating protein (GSAP), a $50,000 1 year Research research grants) therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease. TADVIC Freedom Wheels Program $30,000 3 years The Australian - Polish Arts Society Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year Of South Australia The Geelong College To build a literacy of faith and values across the college by writing and structuring a $10,000 1 year program Prep - Yearr 10 The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Technology in Victoria To Observe how Drugs Affect the on/Off Switching of Malaria Parasite Invading $28,342 1 year Medical Research and Public Health Ltd The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Role of Human Bone Marrow menocytes & their Role in Controlling Inflammation in $28,501 1 year Medical Research and Public Health Elderly Ltd The Polish Community Theatre Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year The Polish Playgroup "Krasnoludki" Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year The Polish School Of Sydney Inc Blum Foundation Operational Grant $500 1 year The Polish Teachers Association In Blum Foundation Conference - Workshop $2,000 1 year NSW The Prince Charles Hospital QCF - Kelly Memorial Fund The Effect of a Supervised Hospital-Based Exercise Program on Sleep Quality in $5,225 1 year Foundation Recently Discharged Heart Patients The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Louis and Lesley Nelken Trust Fund Patient Pathways DVD $18,850 1 year Hospital The University Of Adelaide Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams What is the role of changes in PRESENILIN gene splicing induced by oxidative stress? $29,525 1 year Memorial Foundation The University of Melbourne VCF - Felice Rosemary Lloyd Trust Physiotherapy research travel scholarship - Does strength and/or function immediatey $10,000 1 year after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ACLR predict clinical features of knee osteosarthritis 15-20 years post surgery. The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Understanding the Control of Apoptotic Cell Death $30,000 1 year Medical Research Tweddle Child & Family Health Felton Bequest Major Grants Parenting with Confidence $214,000 3 years University of Melbourne Kathleen Agnes Back Estate Investigation of Fatigue Properties of Equine Metacarpal Subchondial Bone $20,000 2 years University of Melbourne Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Sleep Disturbance in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment - Is Disturbed $27,118 1 year Memorial Foundation Sleep Associated with Decreased Cognitive Function University of Melbourne Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Blocking Soluble Endoglin Release as a Therapeutic Strategy for Severe Preeclampsia $27,444 1 year
University of Melbourne Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Development of a Maternal Blood Test to Detect a Hypoxic Growth Restricted Baby $27,941 1 year
University of Melbourne Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Anti-Lipid Treatment (A Traumatic Brain Injury) $30,000 1 year University of Melbourne JO & JR Wicking Trust (with Mason) The Potential of BACE as a Blood Biomarker for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease $45,000 1 year
University Of Melbourne Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Investigating the interaction between Amyloid Precursor Protein and sorLA that $50,000 1 year Memorial Foundation regulates Aβ production University of Newcastle Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams The evaluation of altered metabolism associated with the development of significant $99,359 1 year Memorial Foundation fatigue in prostate cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: Stage 2 University of NSW Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Investigations of the Conscious Sensation of Fatigue $99,723 1 year Memorial Foundation University of NSW Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Cognitive Difficulties are Linked to Vagal Loss in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Can $99,890 1 year Memorial Foundation Cognitive Behavioural Intervention Help? University of NSW Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Development of an optimised cognitive-behavioural intervention for patients with $173,201 2 years Memorial Foundation Chronic Fatigue Syndrome University of NSW Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams Development of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after acute infection: predisposing, $666,771 3 years Memorial Foundation perpetuating and protective factors University of Queensland JO & JR Wicking Trust (with Mason) Measures of cholinergenic basal forebrain degeneration as an early screen for $50,000 1 year Alzheimer's disease University of Queensland Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams The Pathophysiology of Excitotoxicity in Alzheimer's Disease $100,000 1 year Memorial Foundation University of Queensland JO & JR Wicking Trust Family Care Counselling for Carers of People with Dementia $772,957 3 years University of South Australia Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams A Potential Diagnostic Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and New Treatment $94,351 1 year Memorial Foundation University Of Sydney Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams The Dancing Mind: Does dancing enhance cognition and promote neuroplasticity in $49,871 1 year Memorial Foundation older adults at risk of dementia? University of Sydney JO & JR Wicking Trust (with Mason) Molecular Genetics of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease $49,950 1 year University of Sydney Judith Jane Mason & Harold Stannett Williams The role of Neuroglobin in Alzheimer's disease $50,000 1 year Memorial Foundation University of Tasmania JO & JR Wicking Trust The Wicking Dementia Research Education Centre - 2nd Stage $3,000,000 5 years University of Technology Sydney JO & JR Wicking Trust (with Mason) Examining changes in trace metal concentration in Alzheimer's disease at the cellular $44,202 1 year level University of Western Australia JO & JR Wicking Trust (with Mason) Deprescribing in Frail Older People: A Radominsed Controlled Trial $50,000 1 year University of Western Australia JO & JR Wicking Trust Care Coordination to Improve Quality of Life in Residential Aged Care $396,187 3 years Upper Yarra Community William Buckland Foundation Yarra Valley Ecoss Growing Opportunities for Rural Youth through Innovative Social $405,000 3 years Environment Park Enterprise Victorian Aboriginal Community William Buckland Foundation Indigenous Business Development Strategy and Business Plan $100,000 1 year Services Association Limited Victorian Womens Housing William Buckland Foundation Maintain and Strengthen Organisational Capacity $240,000 3 years Association Ltd Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance William Buckland Foundation Youth Mentoring Accreditation Initiative $50,000 2 years
Vision Australia Seeing Eye Dogs Queensland Program Essential Group Programs for Clients with Low Vision in QLD $15,000 1 year Whittington Primary School Intensive swimming program $8,770 1 year Wintringham Emergency Relief Program $25,000 1 year Wintringham JO & JR Wicking Trust The Wicking II Project - Augmentation of the Wicking Model: Transitioning Long-term $1,127,832 4 years Drinkers with Complex Support Needs Young People in Nursing Homes William Buckland Foundation Information and Support Officer $182,000 2 years National Alliance