The 2010 Small Project grants, Honours grants and Clinical Research Development Award have been received and the Research Advisory and Scientific Advisory committee met via teleconference on Monday 30 November to discuss and review assessment scores. The Committees recommended the following for funding.

Quality of life small research grants

•    Debbie Quain: Does cerebral blood flow drop with upright posture in acute ischeamic stroke patients?
•    Heidi Janssen: The use of an enriched environment to improve recovery after stroke
•    Natalie Hamam: Strategies for resuming sexual activities following stroke: the stroke survivors perspective'.
•    Tammy Hoffman: Self-management intervention for enhancing early emotional adjustment following stroke for people with aphasia: A Phase II trial'.

Basic Science small research grants

•    Dr Elaine Leung: TIA Management and Diagnosis - COMBAT and Biomarker Discovery'.

Clinical Research Development Award

•    Katy Hackling: The effect of intensive home based speech pathology intervention on Speech, swallowing and quality of life for stroke survivors.

Honours grants

•    Laura Fisher: Intra-rater relability of sonographic measures and early changes in muscle thickness in individuals hospitalised after stroke
•    Geraldine Banks: Exercise preferences in stroke patients and their relationship to perceived self-efficacy