Research Funding - Language, Cognition and Brain Sciences

Current

A more sound approach to the neurobiology of language. Greig de Zubicaray, Katie McMahon, Jo Arciuli, & Frank Guenther. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP150103997)
Promoting School Re-Entry and Enhancing Academic Engagement in Survivors of Paediatric Brain Cancer. Verena Pritchard, Greig de Zubicaray, Katie McMahon, Natalie Bradford, Stuart Ekberg, Sonia White. (Perpetual’s 2021 IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program IPAP2021/0582)
A prospective study of language impairment and recovery following surgery for brain tumours. Norman Ma, Greig de Zubicaray, Katie McMahon, Kylie Wall. (Wesley Medical Research 2020 Clinical Research Grant Round 2020CR18)
How the brain produces speech: Neuronal oscillations to neuromodulation. de Zubicaray, G., McMahon, K., Brownsett, S., Piai, V., & Liegeois-Chauvel, C. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP200100127)
Risk factors for speech and language impairments and long term outcomes in survivors of childhood primary posterior fossa tumours. de Zubicaray, G., Hassall, T., McMahon, K., Brownsett, S., Wood, M., Nicholls, W., & Lloyd, O. (Children’s Hospital Foundation Centre for Child and Adolescent Brain Cancer Research)
A prospective study of language impairment and recovery following surgery for brain tumours. de Zubicaray, G., Robinson, G., Copland, D., McMahon, K., Drummond, K., Phal, P. (National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant APP1079157)

Past Projects/Fellowships

From coping strategy to treatment: visualizing subvocal speech production in AVH. Gauvin, H. (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant)
Predicting and Promoting Aphasia Recovery. Copland, D., McMahon, K., Meinzer, M., & de Zubicaray, G. (National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant APP1104194)
Can exercise improve language learning and consolidation in ageing? Copland, D. McMahon, K., Erickson, K., Rodriguez, A., Coombes, J. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP160104162)
Concepts and control in speech production. de Zubicaray, G., Meinzer, M., McMahon, K. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP150103997)
Neurodevelopment during Adolescence: A Longitudinal Imaging Study. Wright, M., de Zubicaray, G., McMahon, K., Thompson, P. (National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant APP1078756)
Neural mechanisms of language facilitation in aphasia due to transcranial direct current stimulation. Meinzer, M., Copland, D., McMahon, K., de Zubicaray, G. (National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant APP1085272)
Contribution of brain tracts to language in tumor patients. Dragoy, O., & de Zubicaray, G. (Australia Awards–Endeavour Fellowships)
Optimizing protocols for resecting eloquent cortex brain tumours. Gauvin, H., Newer, C., Krieg, S., & de Zubicaray, G. (UA-DAAD Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme)
A prospective study of language function following surgical resection of left hemisphere primary brain tumours. de Zubicaray, G., Robinson, G., Copland, D.A., McMahon, K.L. (Cancer Council Research Project Grants)
Control of language production and its neural substrates. Copland, D.A., McMahon, K.L., Silburn, P.A., Angwin, A.J., & Crosson, B.A. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP120104420)
Word production and short term memory. Lorens, A., Alario, F-X, de Zubicaray, G., Meinzer, M. (France-Australia Science Innovation Collaboration (FASIC) Program Early Career Fellowship).
Neural association/dissociation of literacy and numeracy in early learners. Arnott, W., de Zubicaray, G., Ziviani, J. (UQ Health and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Collaborative Research Seeding Grant)
Genetics of brain structure and function. Wright, M., de Zubicaray, G., McMahon, K., Martin, N., Thompson, P., & Castellanos, F.X. (National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant 1009064)
Investigation of recognition memory in behavioural, electrophysiological, and functional neuroimaging domains using state-trace analysis. J. Dunn, G. de Zubicaray, E. Freeman. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP110100751)
How the brain produces speech. G.I. de Zubicaray. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP1092619)
The articulate brain. G.I. de Zubicaray. (Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT0991634)
How does dopamine modulate adult new word learning? D.A. Copland, K.L. McMahon, P.A. Silburn, P.J. Nathan. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP1095976)
Genetic influences on the brain: A twin imaging study. Wright, M., Thompson, P., de Zubicaray, G., Martin, N., McMahon, K., & Toga, A. (National Institutes of Health, USA, R01 HD050735-01A2)
Understanding the potentials for speech. G.I. de Zubicaray. (UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award)
Language and its disorders: Brain imaging and genetic studies. G.I. de Zubicaray. (National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Award 631631). Fellowship declined.
Single and dual process models of recognition memory: Reconciliation of behavioural, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging data. J.C. Dunn, S.J. Dennis, G.I. de Zubicaray. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP0878630)
Neurocognitive substrates of naming facilitation in aphasia. D.A. Copland, L.A. Nickels, K.L. McMahon, A.J. Angwin. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP0880556)
Unravelling genetic influences on the human brain. Wright, M., de Zubicaray, G., Thompson, P., McMahon, K. (National Health & Medical Research Council, 496682)
Human Learning of likes and dislikes: A test of the dual process account and an investigation of its neural substrates. O. Lipp, K. McMahon. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP0450465)
A functional imaging study of semantic processing modulated by dopamine. D. Copland, K. McMahon. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP0452264)
Development of acquisition and analysis methods for use in pharmacological magnetic resonance imaging (phMRI). G.I. de Zubicaray. (Pfizer Global Research & Development Grant)
Testing the ghost with the machine: Empirical investigations of cognition using high-field functional magnetic resonance imaging. G.I. de Zubicaray. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP0342945)
Imaging the brain during problem solving in siblings of patients with schizophrenia. T. Khoo, G. de Zubicaray, S. Catts. (Pfizer Neuroscience Research Grant)
Using converging methodologies to understand episodic and semantic memory. M. Humphreys, G.I. de Zubicaray, S. Finnnigan, D. Nelson. (Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP0342656)

Past Equipment/Infrastructure

A 3.0 Tesla MRI system for human cognitive neuroscience research. J.B. Mattingley, R. Cunnington, R.L. Hester, M.A. Bellgrove, O.V. Lipp, G.M. Wallis, I.M. Brereton, G.J. Galloway, G.I. de Zubicaray, S. Crozier, P.B. Colditz, G.A. Jull, P.W. Hodges, M. Coltheart, S. Crain, M.A. Williams. (Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Funding LE0882345)
Infrastructure for an integrated cognitive neurophysiological research facility: Mapping the neurobiology of memory and language. H. Chenery, N. Martin, D. Shum, G. Halford, G. de Zubicaray, D. Copland, M. Wright, A. Bradley, S. Finnigan, T. Cutmore. (Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Funding LE0882219)