2007 Annual Report - Central Queensland University

2007 Centre for Plant & Water Science Annual ReportPowerlink $5,177 Selection of native ground cover speciesfor revegetation under high voltagepower lines (HVPL)River Basin ManagementSocietyDPI/Horticulture AustraliaLtdSUB TOTAL $353,833 31.9%$727 Impacts of acid mine drainage ... DeeRiver$18,000 Management of internal dryness ofimperial mandarinAshwathSyedaWalshNational Non Competitive FundingQld Dept Premier andCabinet $7,000 Wasabia Scholarship - R Jolley AshwathWaterEd Australia $9,927 Global Water Systems II MidmoreQueensland TestingLaboratory Pty LtdMidell Developments PtyLtd$6,825 Activated carbon and zeolite filter trial Midmore$149,000 Sunrise at 1770 KelePowerlink $7,000 Literature review AshwathHortiCal Pty Ltd $18,000 General manager duties WalshDPI Water & Environment $3,091 Establishment of invitro culturetechniques for propagating selectedclones of wasabi (Wasabia japonica)Ergon Energy $40,545 Slope stabilisation under high voltagepower lines using native plantsQuorn Quandongs $1,818 Micro propagation of selected clones ofQuandong (Santalum acuminatum)SUB TOTAL $243,206 21.9%International Non Competitive FundingAgroforestry and SustainableVegetable Production inSEA WatershedsAshwathAshwathAshwath$4,662 North Carolina A&T University/USAID MidmoreBench Fees - D. Zahid $12,732 Pakistan Higher Education Commission MidmoreCrawford $2,184 Nepal Training Course SubediSUB TOTAL $19,578 1.7%InfrastructureRIBGTOTAL INCOME$170,156 15.3% Infrastructure Midmore$1,110,411Institute Grants Scheme (IGS) (and associated University contribution) and RIBG are awarded on acalculation based on activity level (principally NCG income) of the previous two years. RIBG isawarded solely on NCG grant activity.Total income was decreased, due largely to decrease in National Competitive Grants (completion ofseveral large HAL grants and an ACIAR project) (Table 9, Figure 1). Our RIBG allocation as a % ofthat gained by CQU was down from 78% in 2005 to 55% in 2006 and to 72% in 2007.14