This grant opportunity aimed to support the development of an evidence-based understanding of the effect of wind farms on human health. 

The applications listed below were approved for funding by the Minister for Health and announced by the NHMRC CEO on 22 March 2016. 

Following peer review, 2 applications were funded by NHMRC. Details of the awarded Wind Farms TCR grants are in the Funding outcomes table.

Table: Funding outcomes
App IDChief Investigator (CI) teamApplication titleAdministering InstitutionBudget
1113571
  • CIA – Associate Professor Peter Catcheside
  • CIB – Professor Leon Lack
  • CIC – Doctor Kristy Hansen
  • CID – Associate Professor Con Doolan
  • CIE – Emeritus Professor Colin Hansen
  • CIF – Doctor Andrew Vakulin
  • CIG – Doctor Nicole Lovato
  • CIH – Professor Dorothy Bruck
  • CII – Doctor Ching Li Chai-Coetzer
  • CIJ – Doctor Jeremy Mercer
Establishing the physiological and sleep disruption characteristics of wind farm versus traffic noise disturbances in sleepThe Flinders University of South Australia$1,357,652
1113615
  • CIA – Professor Guy Marks
  • CIB – Professor Ronald Grunstein
  • CIC – Doctor Renzo Tonin
  • CID – Doctor Nathaniel Marshall
  • CIE – Associate Professor Miriam Welgampola
  • CIF – Professor Nicholas Glozier
  • CIG – Doctor Craig Phillips
  • CIH – Doctor Brett Toelle
  • CII – Associate Professor Delwyn Bartlett
  • CIJ – Doctor Christine Cowie
Multidimensional Assessment of the Health Impacts of Infrasound: Two Randomised Controlled TrialsUniversity of New South Wales$1,943,934