2010 Funding Announcements

$4,000 to Fort Scratchley Historical Society for Community Heritage Grants - 9 December 2010

$2,226,237 to Aged Care Service Providers - 8 December 2010
The Labor Government's Aged Care Approval Rounds and Extra Service Approvals Rounds were awarded across four areas.
$658,900 to Residential Care 
$202,395 to Community Aged Care
$1,167,582 to Extended Age Care at Home
$197,360 to EACH Dementia

$803,000 to Newcastle City Council - 7 December 2010
The Australian Labor Government has contributed $1,691,000 to local councils as part of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program.
$803,000 to Newcastle City Council
($480,000 to Maitland City Council
$408,000 to Port Stephens City Council)

$107,000 for Local Recipients of the Prime Minister's Australia Asia Awards and Endeavour Awards - 7 December 2010
$63,500 for a Prime Minister's Australia Asia Award (Postgraduate Scolarship)
$20,000 for a Endeavour Executive Award
$23,500 for Endeavour Research Fellowship for Indigenous Australians

$1,430,000 for the University of Newcastle - 1 December 2010
For 4 Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grants.

$3,455,000 - The Australian Solar Institute Grants Program - 29 November 2010
$3,055,000 to CSIRO and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Solar Air Turbine Systems research project
$400,000 to CSIRO for Characterising the Effect of High Penetration Solar Intermittency on Australian Electricity Networks enabling research project.

$300,000 for Elder Street Practice - 25 November 2010

$150,000 for Rita Singh's Family Practice for Primary Care Infrastructure Grants - 25 November 2010 

$13, 272,893 - National Health and Medical Research Council Grants and Fellowships at the University of Newcastle - 18 November 2010
$10,415,932 for 20 Project Grants
$2,110,164 for 7 Training (postdoctoral) Fellowships
$570,640 for a Research Fellowship
$176,157 for Equipment Grants

$1,472,398 - Australian Research Council Fellowships - 17 November 2010
For two Research Fellowships at the University of Newcastle.

$64,000 to the Hunter Academy of Sport for a Talent Development Program for Young Indigenous Athletes - 9 November 2010

$50,000,000 to the Australia Solar Institute in Mayfield West - 8 November 2010
For the Australian Solar Institute to play a leading role in the Australian-US Solar Research Collaboration intitative to support joint projects specifically designed to cut the cost of solar energy technologies

$410,000 to Train Hunter Shipbuilders - 29 October 2010

$8,000 to Local Community Organisations under Saluting their Service - 26 October 2010
$4,000 to Cooks Hill Surf Lifesaving Club to relocate and restore WW1 Memorial
$4,000 to the 450 Squadron RAAF Assocation to restore War Memorial and install a memorial plaque at the RAAF Base Williamtown

$13,496,012 - Australian Research Council Grants - 25 October 2010
For 36 innovative research projects at the University of Newcastle.

$205,700 for Hunter Councils Incorporated under the Caring for Our Country Program - 18 October 2010

$23,614 for Newcastle Legacy as part of the Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Program - 16 October 2010 

$10,000,000 for modifications to the latest addition to the Customs and Border Protection Fleet, the ACV Ocean Protector  - 20 September 2010

$20,000,000 for High Speed Rail Feasibility Study - 4 August 2010

$1,760,000 for Affordable Housing - 2 August 2010

$11,600,000 for Hunter Institute of TAFE - 21 July 2010

$143,022 for 41 Volunteer Groups - 15 July 2010
$5,000 for the 1st New Lambton Scouts Group
$2,860 for the Adamstown Kotara Garden Club Incorporation
$3,500 for the Australian Breastfeeding Association
$3,994 for the Beresfield and District RSL Sub-Branch
$3,000 for the Beresfield Swimming Club
$1,495 for the Christian Outreach Centre, Maitland
$4,200 for the Cooks Hill Surf Club
$5,000 for Dads in Distress
$1,529 for the Fort Scratchley Historical Society
$1,300 for the Girl Guides Association (Newcastle)
$5,000 for the Hunter Central Coast Tenants Advisory Council
$5,000 for the Hunter Region Branch of Technical Aid to the Disabled
$4,775 for the Hunter Valley Shed Cluster Group
$2,200 for the Hunter Valley Veterans' Cycle Club
$3,986 for the Hunter Youth Mentor Collaborative
$5,000 for the Jesmond Park Uniting Church
$5,000 for the Josephite Refugee Support Network
$2,925 for the Kairos Prison Ministry
$3,006 for Kiwanis International Australia District
$4,970 for the Kurri Wolves Football Club
$1,607.95 for the Maitland and District Coin Club Inc
$2,100 for the Multiple District 201 of Lions Club International
$4,114.95 for the Newcastle and District Softball Association
$5,000 for the Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club
$4,825 for the Newcastle Baseball Association
$1,910 for the Newcastle Lapidary Club
$4,680 for Permaculture Hunter Region
$4,025 for the Polish Association of Newcastle
$1,321.54 for the Samaritans Foundation Newcastle Diocese
$1,149.36 for the Samaritans Foundation Newcastle Diocese Warabrook
$3,000 for the Scouts Association of Australia Hunter Region
$3,980 for the Scout Association of Australia Hunter Region 2nd Thornton Scout Group
$2,500 for Shortland Public School Parents and Citizens Association
$4,490 for the Shortland Wetlands Centre
$2,250 for the Switchpoint Institute
$5,000 for the Stockton RSL Sub-Branch
$5,000 for the Hunter Community Benevolent Trust
$2,210 for the Victims of Crime Assistance League
$3,939 for the Waratah Mayfield Junior Rugby League Football Club
$2,189 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Lake Macquarie Support Group
$3,990 for William the Fourth Incorporated

$9,500 to Awabakul Cultural Resource Association for an IT upgrade under the Family Support Program - 9 July 2010

$600,000 - Science and Engineering Challenge - 1 July 2010.
SCOPE Funding allocated to Science & Engineering Challenge.

$12,875,476 - Financial Assistance Grants - 1 July 2010.
$12,875,476 to Newcastle City Council in general purpose and road grants.
($6,417,973 to Maitland City Council in general purpose and road grants.
$5,234,272 to Port Stephens Council in general purpose and road grants.)

$1,890,000 for an Australian Research Council Linkage Project at the University of Newcastle - 1 July 2010

$30,000,000 for Newcastle Institute of Energy and Resources - 25 June 2010

$236,472 for Local Indigenous Services - 11 June 2010
$147,200 to Awabakul Cultural Resource Association under the Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records Program
$54,000 to Yarnteen Ltd under the Indigenous Cultural Support Program
$35,272 to the Loft Youth Venue under the Indigenous Cultural Support Program

$948,925 to the Hunter Community Legal Centre as part of the Rudd Government's Community Legal Services Program - 10 June 2010

$8,850,000 to Hunter Water Corporation for the National Urban Water Desalination Plan - 8 June 2010

$100,000,000 for the Smart Grid, Smart City Initiative - 7 June 2010

$637,092 to Northern Settlement Services - 7 June 2010
As part of the Rudd Government's Settlement Grants Program for Migrants

$157,980 to the Hunter Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre - 7 June 2010
Funding provided as part of the Rudd Government's Young Carers Respite and Information Services Program

$179,445 for Home and Community Care Funding - 31 May 2010
$4,000 to Newcastle Temporary Care Ltd
$2,400 to Mercy Community Services
$90,000 to Newcastle and District Nursing Service
$20,800 to Meals on Wheels
$2,800 to Newcastle Elderly Citizens Centre
$14,500 to Novocare Multi Service Outlet
$44,945 to the Ethnic Communities Council of Newcastle and Hunter Region

$2,643,820 for Indigenous Community Service Providers - 10 May 2010
Two local Indigenous Community Service Providers received funding under the Labor Government's Personal Helpers and Mentors Program for their community-based indigenous mental health programs.
$1,322,420 to Mission Australia
$1,321,400 to New Horizons Enterprises

$94,448 to Booth Mobile College Training Unit under the Rudd Government's Industry and Indigenous Skills Centre Program - 10 May 2010

$70,000 to Local Company for COMET grant - 6 May 2010
$70,000 to Guests Behaving Badly for the development of their online hospitality register.

$20,000 to Fix Traffic Black Spot - 28 April 2010
$20,000 to install chevrons and curve warning signs along Richardson Road from 50m to 250m west of Grahamstown Road in Campvale, under the Black Spots Program  

$698,646 to Local Community Organisations under Funding for Carers' and Community-based Respite Program - 23 April 2010
$404,710 to Newcastle Family Support Services
$293,936 to Hunter New England Area Health Services

$3,946 to Local Community Organisations under Saluting their Services - 23 April 2010
$3,000 to Merewether High School to assist students research local military history
$946 to Merewether RSL Sub-branch to assist in the restoration of the St Augustine's Chapel WW1 Honour Board

$205,677 to the University of Newcastle for New Diagnostic Birth Test - 20 April 2010
A new diagnostic test to predict when a woman will start labour, developed at the University of Newcastle, will receive over $200,000 in funding as part of the Rudd Government's Commercialisation Australia program.

$5,000 to the University of Newcastle for Prime Minister's Prizes for Science Program - 16 February 2010

$34,376,334 to the University of Newcastle - 21 January 2010
The University of Newcastle recieved over $34 million in funding for research block grants, which will support a further 81 PhD and Masters places. 

$33,052 for the Caring for Our Country Program - 12 January 2010
$16,818 to Kooragang Landcare for the Butterfiles and Bushland Program
$16,234 to Trees in Newcastle for Coastal Rehabilitation Sites

$88,901 in one-off payments as part of the National Respite for Carers Program - 8 January 2010
$68,182 to the ethnic Communities Council of Newcastle and the Hunter Region for a kitchen refurbishment
$12,363 to Novocare Incorporated for furniture and promotional activities
$929 to Prebysterian Aged Care NSW & ACT for wheelchair and seat buckle
$7,427 to Hunter New England Area Health Service for emergency respite and new equipment