Explore our research grants
Below is a breakdown of our current research grants at the Griffith Asia Institute.
External research grants
Note: All funding amounts are listed in AUD unless otherwise noted.
ARC Centre of Excellence
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2030 | ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women | Jacqui True, Monash University (Director), Sara Davies (Griffith Lead) (through Monash University) | $34,900,000 |
ARC Future Fellowships
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2023 | National human rights institutions and transitional justice in Asia | Renée Jeffery | $952,348 |
Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA)
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2023 | Youth leadership and the future of peace and security | Helen Berents | $213,734 |
ARC Discovery Grants
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2026 | Discerning China's foreign policy playbook: Goals and strategies | Huiyun Feng and Gloria Ge | $182,169 |
| 2023-2027 | Mapping & harnessing public mistrust: Constitutional values survey 2023-27 | Max Grömping | $146,214 |
| 2022-2025 | Public interest advocacy in Australian policymaking | Max Grömping | $146,214 |
| 2022-2025 | Understanding the antipodean 'Fair Go'. There is bipartisan support for the 'fair go' in Australia and New Zealand, but what does the fair go actually mean? | Cosmo Howard, Juliet Pietsch and Jennifer Curtin | $245,067 |
| 2022-2025 | The politics of expertise during COVID-19: Experts play a crucial role during crises | Sara Davies, Cosmo Howard, Jessica Kirk, Clare Wenham, Jeremy Youde and Rachel Irwin | $238,424 |
| 2022-2025 | Public interest advocacy in Australian policymaking | Darren Halpin, Max Grömping (through Australian National University) | $278,273 |
| 2021-2024 | Decoding revisionist challenges to the international institutional order | Kai He and Huiyun Feng | $143,849 |
| 2020-2023 | Adjudicating priorities and rights in the battle for a sustainable and fair National Disability Insurance Scheme | Susan Harris Rimmer | $291,836 |
| 2020-2023 | The impact of sexual and gender-based violence on the dynamics of conflict | Sara E Davies (with J True through Monash University) | $112,523 |
| 2019-2022 | Intimidation and voice of research scientists | Rob Hales | $359,777 |
| 2019-2022 | Expectations and commitments in the Australia-USA alliance | Andrew O'Neil (with S Frühling and P Dean) | $238,710 |
| 2018-2023 | Empowering Indigenous businesses through improved financial literacy | Kerry Bodle (with Lorelle Frazer, Scott Weaven and Mark Brimble) | $334,840 |
| 2017-2020 | Accountability for past human rights violations in South Asia | Renée Jeffery and Ian Hall | $255,126 |
DFAT Australia Awards
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Toward Pacific Digital Economy: Finance, Technology and Policy | Parmendra Sharma, Tarlok Singh and Jen-Je Su | $256,710 |
| 2023 | Foreign Policy: Strategic Equilibrium in the Indo-Pacific | Caitlin Byrne and Ian Hall | $336,983 |
| 2023 | Promoting transparency and accountability in Indonesia's public sector | Reza Monem | $324,725 |
| 2023 | Skills Forecasting for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Cohort 1 & 2) | Iyanatul Islam | $742,272 |
| 2023 | Skills Forecasting for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Cohort 3 & 4) | Iyanatul Islam | $737,546 |
| 2023 | Transforming to a competitive electricity market in the context of increasing renewable energy integration | Alexandr Akimov, Akihiro Omura, Ivan Diaz-Rainey and Neda Todorova | $519,940 |
| 2023 | Governing in the Digital Age (The use of data for better policies and public service) | Dian Tjondronegoro | $310,618 |
| 2023 | Building capacity through climate-resilient development and gender-inclusive entrepreneurship in Mongolia | Robert Hales and Dhara Shah | $318,819 |
| 2023 | Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction to Reduce Vulnerability Short Course (Regional) | Robert Hales | $418,349 |
| 2023 | Financing Pacific Futures: Finance in a Digital Economy | Parmendra Sharma, Tarlok Singh and Jen-Je Su | $256,050 |
| 2022 | Multisectoral Approaches to Nutrition and Food Security Short Course-Delivery 2 (Sri Lanka) | Sameer Deshpande | $355,981 |
| 2022 | Governing in the Digital Age | Dian Tjondronegoro | $354,697 |
| 2022 | Climate Finance | Robert Hales | $318,220 |
Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research ( ACIAR )
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Developing and translating soil health information in Bangladesh with farmers and for farmer to build resilient agricultural systems | Cordia Chu | $1,205,364 |
| 2023 | Indo-Pacific Initiative for Sustainable Animal Health Cooperation (IPI-SAHC) | Sara Davies | $1,400,000 |
| 2023 | Rapid transformation of Lao beef sector - biosecurity, trade and smallholders | Dominic Smith | $22,075 |
| 2022 | Global Animal Health Governance: High-level Consortium | Sara Davies | $8,961 |
| 2022-2024 | Rapid transformation of Lao beef sector - biosecurity, trade and smallholders | Dominic Smith | $22,075 |
| 2022-2024 | Global burden of animal disease initiative: Indonesia case study | Dominic Smith, Robin Roberts, Sara Davies | $230,959 |
| 2021 | COVID-19: Gendered risks, impact and response in the Indo-Pacific—rapid research and policy guidance | Sara Davies and Robin Roberts | $200,000 |
Agribusiness
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received | Funding body |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Strengthening small-scale agricultural exports to China: Evaluation of two innovative marketing channels | Robin Roberts | $45,000 | University of Adelaide_DAWE |
| 2019 | WA consumer study— NMBP Mango Survey and Auction Experiment | Robin Roberts | $17,000 | Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development |
| 2018 | Agribusiness research and development opportunities for tropical fruit processing in the Asia-Pacific region | Robin Roberts | $110,000 | ACIAR |
| 2017-2019 | Challenges and opportunities for meeting requirements of China mango markets | Robin Roberts | $220,000 | ACIAR |
| 2017-2019 | Enhancing mango fruit quality in Asian mango chains | Robin Roberts | $250,000 | ACIAR |
| 2017-2019 | Supporting access to mango research information, communication, collaboration and capacity development | Robin Roberts | $270,000 | ACIAR |
| 2017-2019 | Opportunities and strategies to improve biosecurity, market access and trade for selected mango markets | Robin Roberts | $150,000 | ACIAR |
International income
Wellcome Trust (UK)
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | A user-friendly digital prediction tool for dengue prevention | Cordia Chu | $648,630 |
| 2022 | Individualised heat-health early warning systems: A novel digital solution | Dian Tjondronegoro | $2,351,841 |
Commonwealth Sports Foundation (UK)
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Filling in the GAPS: Identifying the successes, missed opportunities and prospects for diplomacy exchange during the GAPS program 2016-18. | Caitlin Byrne | $58,503 |
Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) Sweden
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Intergenerational engagement for the Youth, Peace and Security agenda | Helen Berents | $30,664 |
Japan Foundation
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The future of social science education post COVID-19 pandemic | Alexandr Akimov, Caitlin Byrne and Akihiro Omura | $23,750 |
KONEKSI Research Grants
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | CORE-STEP: Advancing Innovative Knowledge-based Solutions for Inclusive and Climate Ready Primary Health Care Systems | Sara Davies and Connie Gan | $84,952 |
| 2023 | Forced labour and climate change: Keeping a focus on women and children | Sara Davies, Susan Harris Rimmer and Amy Young | $333,860 |
Korea Foundation
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Institutionalising the Indo-Pacific: Whither Asian security challenges | Huiyun Feng | $46,040USD |
United Nations Development Program
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Development of the Pacific Digital and Financial Literacy Survey Data Portal | Shawn Hunter and Tom Verhelst | $60,000USD |
Laos Australia Institute
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Human Resources Leadership for Future Work | Dhara Shah | $578,677 |
| 2022 | Inclusive Leadership Program (Mekong Region and Laos Alumni) | Dhara Shah and Andrea Haefner | $415,270 |
US Department of State
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Data security, market competition and emerging mobile payment platforms in the Asia Pacific | Hui Feng, Dian Tjondronegoro, Luke Houghton and Ernest Foo | $98,261USD |
World Health Organization ( WHO ) - Department of the Centre of Health Development
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The impacts of climate-related disasters on vulnerable population in China Vietnam and Indonesia: A scoping review of health adaptation and implications for measurement | Cordia Chu and Dung Phung | $85,856 |
Simon Fraser University - Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Understanding and mitigating real-time differential gendered effects of the COVID-19 outbreak | Sara Davies and Huiyen Feng | $90,423 USD |
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The impacts of climate change on food and nutrition security among ethnic minority children in Vietnam: Evidence for public health nutrition policy development | Connie Gan | $23,376 |
State Polytechnic of Jakarta Collaboration
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Role of Leadership Style on the Relationship between Comprehensive Performance Measures, Reward System and Task Performance: A Comparative Study in Indonesia and Australia | Lanita Winata | $5,000 |
Vingroup Innovation Foundation
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Applying artificial intelligence ( AI ) and eye-tracking in designing and managing delightful customer experiences in the hospitality sector | Sara Thaichon | $100,096 |
Other external income
Austrade
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | Australia- ASEAN Tourism and Hospitality Forum for SMART Recovery and Development | Park Thaichon and Sara Thaichon | $25,000 |
Australia-ASEAN Council
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | Australia- ASEAN Tourism and Hospitality Forum for SMART Recovery and Development | Park Thaichon and Sara Thaichon | $25,000 |
Australia-Indonesia Foundation
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Deepening regional cooperation on sustainable development and climate change | Caitlin Byrne and Brendan Mackey | $27,984 |
Australia-Indonesia Collaboration Grants (Koneksi)
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Forced labour and climate change: keeping a focus on women and children | Susan Harris Rimmer and Sara Davies | $183,358 |
| 2023 | Developing applications of satellite imagery for modelling environmental and social impacts of climate change on seaweed farming in Indonesia | Zannie Langford | $349,392 |
Australia-Japan Foundation
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Making the future change agents today | Naomi Birdthistle, Kerry Bodle, Caitlin Byrne, Susan Harris Rimmer, Akihiro Omura | $30,000 |
| 2021 | Next steps in the Australia-Japan strategic partnership | Ian Hall and Caitlin Byrne | $25,000 |
| 2018 | Indo-Pacific connectivity: Economic opportunities and security challenges | Caitlin Byrne and Ian Hall | $20,000 |
Australian National University
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Healthy Environments And Lives ( HEAL ) - National Research Network on Human Health and Environmental Change | Cordia Chu | $383,400 |
| 2019 | Nuclear Deterrence in US Alliances: Implications for Australia | Andrew O'Neil | $97,910 |
Australian Red Cross Society
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Fostering culturally inclusive and future-prepared emergency management | Cordia Chu and Connie Gan | $72,194 |
Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Research Grants
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Social factors, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and capital markets: an international study | L Fernando Distadio | $5,200 |
| 2022 | Reporting on culture in a transition to hybrid working environment | Fang Hu | $5,600 |
Aged Care Research and Innovation Australia ( ARIIA )
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Developing and piloting a role matrix that empowers careers across aged care | Andreas Chai | $106,300 |
Certified Practising Accountant ( CPA ) Australia
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Transition towards Climate Net-Zero and Nature-Positive: Understanding ASX Corporate Readiness, Concerns, and Investment/Costs | L Fernando Distadio and Shireenjit Johl | $31,818 |
| 2020 | Making management controls inclusive: The importance of embedding Indigenous community values in the key performance indicators used by Australian organisations | Kerry Bodle and Shireenjit Johl | $35,541 |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ( DAFF )
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Evaluation and resource development to advance Australian agriculture export traceability: A study of seafood and horticulture trade to Vietnam | Robin Roberts | $297,093 |
Department of Defence - Strategic Policy Grants Program
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Strategic change and the US alliance: Lessons from the Australian strategy and views from the nation | Andrew O’Neil, Caitlin Byrne, Stefan Fruhling and Peter Dean | $162,843 |
| 2020-21 | Assessing Australia's strategic personality and its impact on national power and regional influence | Ian Hall, Caitlin Byrne, Renée Jeffery and Peter Layton | $124,630 |
| 2019-20 | Nuclear deterrence in US Alliances: Implications for Australia | Andrew O’Neil (through subcontract Australian National University) | $15,384 |
Department of Environment and Science ( DES ) Youth Research Grant
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | DES Youth Week Research Grants - Intergenerational equity and disruptive climate pedagogies | Susan Harris Rimmer | $200,00 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ( DFAT)
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Reimagining collaboration in the Australian and Vietnam beef cattle sectors | Dominic Smith | $595,420 |
| 2021 | Platform 4 Change ( P4C ) | Naomi Birdthistle, Caitlin Byrne, Susan Harris Rimmer, Luke Houghton, Bradley McConachie | $96,187 |
| 2018 | Deepening regional cooperation on sustainable development and climate change | Caitlin Byrne | $25,440 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Aus4Innovation Partnership Grant
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Empowering Smallholder Farmers Through AI-powered Certification and Traceability for Sustainable Agriculture in Vietnam | Sara Thaichon and Park Thaichon | $727,914 |
Department of Health - Flexible Living Ltd
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Connecting culture and robotic technology: The future of Aged care in Australia | Gloria Ge | $192,347 |
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | An integrated solution for accurate in-situ analysis of soil carbon | Ivan Diaz-Rainey and Sara Thaichon | $2,800,000 |
| 2023 | Co-designing solutions to mitigate light pollutions on turtle population | Sameer Deshpande | $49,388 |
Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport ( DTIS )
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Clinical Entrepreneurship Change Agents Program | Naomi Birdthistle and Anya Phelan | $200,000 |
DVConnect
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Innovative Perpetrator Responses Pilot | Amy Young | $238,883 |
Education Horizon Research Grant
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Catalysing Innovation and Educational Leadership in the Age of Generative AI | Dian Tjondronegoro | $146,850 |
eWater Ltd
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Technical support in developing water legislation in Lao People's Democratic Republic | Andrea Haefner | $201,832 |
Export Finance Australia
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | An integrated solution for accurate in-situ analysis of soil carbon | Ivan Diaz-Rainey and Sara Thaichon | $175,000 |
Foundation for Development Cooperation Ltd ( FDC )
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pacific MSME Support Ecosystem Mapping | Naomi Birdthistle, Shawn Hunter and Tess Newton Cain | $200,000 |
| 2021 | Asia-Pacific Economic Development and Financial Inclusion Initiative | Caitlin Byrne | $100,000 |
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Optimising human performance and decision making in C2 environments | Adam Findlay | $100,000 |
Queensland Defence Science Alliance
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Building growth mindset for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ( ATSI ) girls in SEQ | Jiraporn Surachartkumtonkun | $15,000 |
Queensland Department of Health
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Building growth mindset for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ( ATSI ) girls in SEQ | Jiraporn Surachartkumtonkun | $15,000 |
RACE for 2030 Limited ( CRC Company)
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Strategic EV Integration: Embedding Research in EV Demonstration Projects | Alexandr Akimov (through Curtin University) | $191,100 |
| 2023 | Business Power Flex: Business customer solutions to minimum demand | Alexandr Akimov and Akihiro Omura | $402,000 |
| 2022 | Innovative tariffs and demand response potential for residential and industrial customers (Ramith Wamalarathna) | Alexandr Akimov and Shyama Ratnasiri | $123,000 |
Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change ( SIHHEC )
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Paving the way towards building resilience: co-designing an integrative climate-resilient and health-promoting aged care community | Connie Gan | $36,663 |
| 2022 | Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) - National research network on human health and environmental change | Cordia Chu | $383,400 |
Sustainable Certification
| Year | Project title | Researcher(s) | Amount received |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | An integrated solution for accurate in-situ analysis of soil carbon | Ivan Diaz-Rainey and Sara Thaichon | $175,000 |