Centre for Plant & Water Science - Central Queensland University
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<strong>Centre</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> & <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Science</strong> 2008 Annual Report<br />
Section D<br />
D1<br />
A Summary of Income<br />
FINANCIAL SUMMARY<br />
The <strong>Centre</strong> was supported by approx. $1.18 million in total funding during 2008, of which one third<br />
was provided as a CQU Budget allocation to the <strong>Centre</strong> (Table 8). Of this amount, core CQU research<br />
block funding was $93,844. Thus an 12.6:1 funding leverage was achieved on CQU funds.<br />
Table 8. Funding to CPWS in 2008<br />
Course Fees, Consultancy<br />
and Equipment<br />
Hire/Assets<br />
Amount % Research<br />
Misc Consultancies & Fees $15,405 Services, Admin Support, etc<br />
Sales $36 Publications<br />
SUB TOTAL $15,441 1.3%<br />
Project<br />
Leader<br />
<strong>University</strong><br />
Research Budget Allocation $179,535 IGS funding Midmore<br />
Research Budget Allocation $93,844 CQU funding Midmore<br />
RAAS Award – Midmore $57,984 Post-doctoral fellowship - Bhattarai Midmore<br />
RDI Research Grant - $27,313 RDI(M)08-15 Provenance variations in<br />
growth and seed oil content of<br />
Calophyllum Inophyullum (Merit Grant)<br />
Research Support Grant $8,667 Research Support Grant - KB, SH, BK,<br />
RR, MT<br />
RTS Funds $82,376<br />
*$25,000<br />
2008 Student Allocation<br />
2007 Student Allocation received in 2008<br />
SUB TOTAL $449,719 38% (*Not included in 2008 figures)<br />
National Competitive Funding<br />
Ashwath<br />
Midmore<br />
Midmore<br />
Horticulture Australia Ltd<br />
(HAL)<br />
$123,490 Non-invasive technologies <strong>for</strong> the<br />
assessment of fruit internal quality<br />
RIRDC $135,100 Green roof-tops and self sufficient food<br />
production<br />
RIRDC $5,000 Opportunities <strong>for</strong> high protein fruit<br />
production with low quantities of water<br />
RIRDC $40,000 Evaluation bio-diesel potential of<br />
Australian native plants<br />
Cotton Catchment<br />
Communities (CRC)<br />
Horticulture Australia Ltd<br />
(HAL)<br />
Cotton Catchment<br />
Communities (CRC)<br />
Qld Dept of Premier and<br />
Cabinet<br />
$2,497 S’ship M Torabi: Studies on multigation<br />
under controlled conditions<br />
$7,600 Aeration of irrigation water <strong>for</strong><br />
improvements in pineapple crop health<br />
and yield<br />
$2,412 S’ship J Dhungel: Field aspects of<br />
multigation – fertigation and oxygation<br />
$5,000 Smart State Grant - Evapotranspiration<br />
ET/Phytocap<br />
Powerlink $135,000 Selection of native ground cover species<br />
<strong>for</strong> revegetation under high voltage<br />
power lines (HVPL)<br />
River Basin Management<br />
Society<br />
$6,879 A study of microfungi in Rockhampton<br />
reticulated water<br />
Walsh<br />
Midmore<br />
Midmore<br />
Ashwath<br />
Midmore<br />
Midmore<br />
Midmore<br />
Ashwath<br />
Ashwath<br />
Harrower<br />
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