Research and Innovation Postgraduate Scholarship 2011 recipient Matthew Brien measuring a baby crocodileResearch and Innovation Postgraduate Scholarship 2011 recipient Matthew Brien.

Territory innovators receive scholarships

The 2011 Research and Innovation Postgraduate Scholarships have been awarded to seven recipients.

The scholarships are offered annually to assist students who are enrolled in a postgraduate degree and are undertaking research that is aligned to the Northern Territory Government’s research priorities with the potential to provide economic, social and environmental benefits for the Northern Territory. Each recipient receives $2500.

The 2011 Northern Territory Research and Innovation Scholarship recipients are:

  • Matthew Brien
    Charles Darwin University:
    Improving survival rates of hatchling saltwater crocodiles to one year
  • Emma Ligtermoet
    Australian National University Australian Capital Territory/Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Darwin
    Indigenous use of floodplain resources; implications for climate change adaptation
  • Claire Treilibs
    Flinders University, South Australia
    Population dynamics of the endangered Slater’s Skink, Liopholis slateri
  • Jenny Molyneux
    University of Adelaide, South Australia
    Management and special ecology of the brush-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) in Central Australia
  • Tjanara Goreng Goreng
    University of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    The impact of elders on community development/private enterprise development in the Anangu Pitjanjatjara lands near Uluru Kata Juta National Park
  • Peter Novak
    Charles Darwin University
    Ecology and management of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Northern Australia
  • Jenny Buckworth
    Charles Darwin University:
    Effectiveness of various models of preservice teacher placement