Research Grants and Awards, Professor Ian Curthoys

Research Grants

National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant no. 509206	Protecting the inner ear during surgery	O'Leary S, Dowell R, Curthoys IS, Ryan A, Richardson R	2008 $171,750; 2009 $191,750; 2010 $181,750
Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Project Grant	Clinical testing of vestibular function using bone-conducted vibration	Curthoys IS	2007 $85910; 2008 $84950; 2009 $84950
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant no. 457511	The neural basis of clinical vestibular testing by bone conducted sound	Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM	2007 $83,750; 2008 $83,750; 2009 $83,750
Australian Research Council Discovery Project no. DP0665402	Functional assessment of head-eye coordination during driving	Curthoys IS, MacDougall HG	2006 $90,000; 2007 $85,000; 2008 $80,000
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant no. 301966	Oculomotor tests of otolith function using human centrifugation	Curthoys IS	2004 $96,350; 2005 $91,350; 2006 $91,350
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant no. 253620	Behavioural and physiological tests of clinical indicators of vestibular function	Curthoys IS	2003 $65,000; 2004 $65,000; 2005 $65,000
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant no. 153783	Testing of vestibular function by active head movements	Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM	2001 $60,000; 2002 $60,000; 2003 $60,000
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant no. 107220	Experimental validation of a clinical indicator of utricular function	Curthoys IS	2000 $61,109; 2001 $63,091; 2002 $65,070
National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Excellence Grant no. 973742	Development and evaluation of a test battery for the clinical measurement of vestibular function and dysfunction	Halmagyi GM, Curthoys IS, Todd MJ	1998 $200,000; 1999 $200,000; 2000 $200,000; 2001 $200,000
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant no. 980085	Human static and dynamic otolith-ocular responses	Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM	1998 $48,954; 1999 $47,143; 2000 $48,646
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Physiological mechanisms of otolith-ocular responses	Curthoys IS	1997 $50,506; 1998 $61,987; 1999 $54,327
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	The cause and mechanism of vestibular dysfunction after vestibular deafferentation	Halmagyi GM, Curthoys IS, Todd MJ	1996 $46,151; 1997 $39,039; 1998 $39,039
NASA grant	Spatial orientation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex	Cohen B, Raphan T, Curthoys I, Gizzi M, Kubo T, Dai MJ, Koizuka I, Moore S	1995-7. Total value: >$1,000,000
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Identifying loss of otolith function	Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM	1995 $51,652; 1996 $47,588; 1997 $47,588
Australian Research Council Institutional Grant	The role of ocular torsion position in the perception of orientation	Curthoys IS	1995 $13,000; 1996 $13,000; 1997 $13,000
NIH Project grant: 5-RO1-DC-02372-02 from NIDCD	Vestibular control of the axis of eye rotation	Curthoys IS	1994-5 $99,400; 1995-6 $96,000; 1996-7 $90,000
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	The human vestibulo-ocular responses in three dimensions	Halmagyi GM, Curthoys IS, Todd MJ	1993 $57,729; 1994 $40,285; 1995 $40,285
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Otolith modulation of semicircular canal responses	Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM	1992 $38,894; 1993 $44,253; 1994 $44,253
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Generation of vestibuloocular responses to natural head accelerations	Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM	1991 $35,792; 1992 $35,792; 1993 $35,792
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Mechanisms of dynamic compensation after unilateral vestibular deafferentation in man	Halmagyi GM, Curthoys IS	1990 $33,769; 1991 $32,017; 1992 $32,017
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Functional organization of the otolithic system of the inner ear	Curthoys IS	1989 $26,964; 1990 $26,964; 1991 $30,052
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Neural interaction between the vestibular nuclei	Curthoys IS	1986 $15,052; 1987 $29,036; 1988 $29,808
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Clinical measurement of otolith function and dysfunction	Halmagyi GM, Curthoys IS	1985 $25,318; 1986 $26,602; 1987 $26,602
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Organization and function of the vestibulo-ocular motor system	Curthoys IS	1984 $18,601; 1985 $19,991
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Mechanism and Management of Oscillopsia	Halmagyi GM, Curthoys IS	1983 $21,825; 1984 $4,918
Utah $20,000; Ramaciotti $25,000; University of Sydney $37,000	Human Centrifuge Project	Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM	1983
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Parallel Processing in the Vestibular System	Curthoys IS	1979 $14,057; 1980 $40,217; 1981 $15,363
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant	Neural interaction within the vestibular nuclei	Curthoys IS	1976 $10,715; 1977 $10,715

Recent major academic awards or distinctions

1997	Experimental Brain Research	Editorial Board
1997	University of Sydney	Personal Chair in Vestibular Function
1996	Bárány Society for Vestibular Research (the international body for specialist research in vestibular function)	Hallpike-Nylén Medal	For outstanding contributions to basic vestibular science

Other activities

Reviewer for national and international journals:
Journal of Neurophysiology, Brain Research, Experimental Brain Research, Neuroscience, European Journal of Neuroscience, Vision Research, Psychological Review, Brain Research Bulletin, Brain Research Reviews, Journal of Vestibular Research, Physiology and Behavior, Molecular Neurobiology, Pharmacology Chemistry and Behaviour, Australian Journal of Psychology
Reviewer for national and international grants:
ARC, NHMRC, Hong Kong Research Council, New Zealand Medical Research Council, Israel Science Foundation, New Zealand Lottery Medical Research Foundation,
Societies:
- International Vestibular Professional Society: Bárány Society
  In 1977 I was the first Australian to have the honour to be elected to the Bárány Society for Vestibular Research and I remain an active member of this Society.
- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Member, Society for Neuroscience
- Member, Neuro-otological Society of Australia

Major international collaborative research projects

The US National Institutes of Health awarded me a major 3 year research grant (for around A$100,000 per year) to study how the gravity sensors of the inner ear control the axis of eye movement in human subjects and patients. This has paid for the construction of a 2m human centrifuge at Royal Prince Alfred hospital and the construction of a 6 m linear sled for the testing of otolith function.
A major 4 year research project (1995-1999 called ATLAS) aimed at testing the gravity sensory systems of astronauts during and after space flight in 1998 was funded for around A$1,000,000 by NASA. This research team is led by Dr Bernard Cohen in New York and includes a group in France and our group Sydney. I was a team member of this grant which was won in open international competition.
I was a collaborating partner (1995-1999) in an international research consortium which developed a new high-speed video chip and associated image processing software for the measurement of eye movements. This work was funded for 1.25M ECUs by the European Union ESPRIT projects and was led from Berlin (Clarke) with partners in Sweden, Spain, England.
I am a member of a team for a European Space Agency grant to investigate the effect of microgravity on the vestibular function of developing rats in a project which will be operated by NASA. The team leader is Prof Marc Jamon.

Professor Ian S. Curthoys, Vestibular Research Laboratory

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