112 passionate and determined Australians are now officially confirmed as the 2020 recipients of the Churchill Fellowship award!
Australian Capital Territory
Fiona Buining ACT Ainslie
To investigate urban farm ventures that provide vocational pathways for aspiring food growers – Canada, US, UK, Netherlands
Cara Kirkwood ACT Rivett
To explore how Indigenous peoples, cultures and values are embedded throughout colonised Parliaments – New Zealand, New Caledonia, Canada, Norway, Finland
Robyn Lewis ACT Chapman
To explore the use of Yoga within Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for people with a diagnosis of mild to moderate dementia – New Zealand, US, UK
Malcolm McLeod ACT Dickson
To visit leading international drug checking services to rapidly improve the analytical chemistry capabilities in Australia – Austria, Netherlands, Portugal
Camille Schloeffel ACT Campbell
The Peter Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to explore ways activists and universities can work together to prevent sexual violence on campus – US, UK
Leonard Weiss ACT Forrest
The Mr and Mrs Gerald Frank New Churchill Fellowship to assist and observe renowned conductors with leading orchestras – US, Austria
New South Wales
Danielle Allen NSW Greenethorpe
To explore integrated responses to non-fatal strangulation domestic violence victims – US, Canada
Adam Clarke NSW Newcastle
To investigate leading global actions to transition cities to a resilient low carbon economy – Singapore, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain
Leila Enright NSW Redfern
To study how theatres reach representation and cultural dexterity in hierarchy, programming and development – US, UK
Kalia Forde NSW Turvey Park
The Northern Districts Education Centre (Sydney) Churchill Fellowship to explore innovative ways of teaching traditional texts in secondary English – Singapore, UK, Ireland, Canada
Peter Frazer NSW Sydney
The NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust Churchill Fellowship to identify policies, strategies and treatments used overseas that protect vulnerable road users and workers – US, Canada, UK, Sweden, Malaysia, New Zealand
Paul Fung NSW Hunters Hill
The Paul Tys Churchill Fellowship to investigate clinical service models that integrate mental health care with General Practice – US, Canada, UK, New Zealand
Jeremy Heathcote NSW Redfern
To gain an international perspective on the work being undertaken in First Nations communities on Mental Health – US, Canada, New Zealand
Chloe Hicks NSW Darlinghurst
To gain international learnings that will ensure effective implementation of Renewable Energy Zones – US, Mexico, UK, Germany, South Africa
Andrew Hurst NSW Bourke
To explore diversionary methods to change behaviours in domestic violence offenders – UK, US, Canada
Arif Hussein NSW Petersham
To ensure access to justice and procedural fairness in Australia’s refugee determination process – New Zealand, Canada, UK, Germany, Greece
Nadine Manion NSW Summer Hill
The Dr Iain C. Medgett Churchill Fellowship to investigate vocal technique and care of the transgender singing voice in the applied voice studio – UK, US, Canada
Adam McCurdie NSW Kurraba Point
To collaborate and integrate with leading US tech providers to enhance Humanitix’s social impact – US
Matthew Minehan NSW Randwick
To investigate world-class training for embedding ethical behaviour within police agencies – China, UK, Ireland, US, Canada
Justin Morrissey NSW Blackheath
To identify strategies that can foster socio-economic development in the Creative Industries – China, UK, Germany, US
Summer Petrosius NSW Arding
The Peter Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to eliminate the social isolation experienced by 3 in 5 Australian parents of children with disabilities – UK, Canada, US, New Zealand
Donna Purcell NSW Mount Kuring-gai
To study leadership models that remove barriers to employment for people with disability – US, UK, France, Switzerland
Fleur Ramsay NSW Chippendale
To develop a best practice Indigenous led program for a mainstream environmental law organisation – US, Canada, Guam
Nicole Rankin NSW Bulli
The Leslie (Les) J. Fleming Churchill Fellowship to explore strategies that enable people from deprived communities to screen for lung cancer – UK, Netherlands, US, Canada
Stephen Robinson NSW Croydon
To investigate responses from religious leaders to violent attacks on houses of worship – New Zealand, Indonesia, US
James Rowland NSW Hobartville
To investigate the use of blood products in the pre hospital setting – USA
Nick Sellars NSW Sutton
To optimise good decision-making and probity in government grant administration – UK, Belgium, US
Carly Stanley NSW St Peters
To investigate community-led responses and innovative approaches to the criminal justice system – US, Canada
Yaroslava Vasina NSW Elizabeth Bay
To explore virtual student mobility programs to increase participation of disadvantaged students – Japan, UK, Germany, Netherlands, US
Charlotte Wood NSW Chippendale
To identify innovative methods to drive cyber security awareness and behavioural change across Australia – France, Lithuania
Bernadette Zanet NSW Tumut
To investigate the relevance of design thinking principles on tourism business development – Canada, Netherlands, Denmark
Northern Territory
Dawn Beasley NT Millner
The Bob and June Prickett Churchill Fellowship to research the use of traditional porcelain processes to inform contemporary art practice – China
Kelly Green NT Gunbalanya
To transcend the influence of Cultural Resistance on academic achievement in Indigenous schools – US, Canada, Mexico
Tom Morrison NT Alice Springs
The Bob and June Prickett Churchill Fellowship to research and assess UAV delivery methods of incendiary devices used in fuel reduction burning – US
Leonie Norrington NT Noonamah
To research and update home food gardening information for the north Australian tropical climate – Timor, Indonesia, India, Zimbabwe
Rebecca Ross NT Fannie Bay
To evaluate practical models to improve access to justice in isolated and disadvantaged communities – Canada, US, India, South Africa
Nadine Tinsley NT Larrakeyah
The Bob and June Prickett Churchill Fellowship to study the education and training practices of Peritoneal Dialysis Units with first nation patients – New Zealand, Canada
Queensland
Heather Batten QLD Runcorn
To improve transition of people with lower limb amputation from hospital to living in the community – Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Ireland, UK
Kristin Berardi QLD Sherwood
The Mr and Mrs Gerald Frank New Churchill Fellowship to study with composers, singer songwriters and musicians to advance my skills – US, Germany, Austria
Kathleen Christopherson QLD Southport
To assess the efficacy of prosecuting the offence of coercive control – UK, Ireland
Cameron Cliff QLD West End
The James Love Churchill Fellowship to improve training on preventing and responding to domestic violence to Australian workplaces – New Zealand, US, Canada, UK, Finland
Carl Cutler QLD Murrumba Downs
To achieve quick clearance while maintaining evidence integrity at fatal and serious crashes – US, Canada, UK
Natano Faanana QLD Yamanto
The Gilbert Spottiswood Churchill Fellowship to investigate approaches to integrating First Nations culture into circus and theatre – Vietnam, Cambodia, China, South Africa, UK, Canada, New Zealand
Martin Garred QLD Mermaid Waters
To research land use approaches to assist in addressing Australia’s housing affordability crisis – US, UK, Denmark, Sweden
Helen Glazebrook QLD Jacobs Well
To investigate international best practice in corrections intelligence methodologies – China, UK, Canada, US, New Zealand
Gavin Hardy QLD Highgate Hill
To investigate the potential of community food forests & orchards – US, Canada, UK, Italy
Nick Marshall QLD Mermaid Waters
The Rodney Warmington Churchill Fellowship to improve community inclusion and reduce social isolation using activity in people with special needs – US
Stuart McGruddy QLD Bongaree
The Hort Innovation Churchill Fellowship to build on the knowledge, experience and technology used in the freezing of whole soft berry fruits – Serbia, France, US, Chile
Michela Mitchell QLD Wights Mountain
To investigate venom discovery practices to develop a strategy to translate venom into bio-applications – Israel, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, France, UK, US
Joseph Monteith QLD Camp Hill
To improve Australian Defence Force healthcare through analysis of international military clinical governance systems – New Zealand, US, Canada, UK
Michael Roth QLD South Brisbane
The Auto Skills Australia Churchill Fellowship to understand how Light Electric Vehicles, including e-scooters, could improve transport systems – US, UK, Netherlands, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, China, Singapore
Andrew Rozefelds QLD Wavell Heights
The Elvie Munday Churchill Fellowship to investigate the origins and history of the modern Australian Flora and the likely impacts of climate change – US, Argentina, UK, Germany
Elizabeth Williams QLD Darra
To improve the efficiency and success of eradicating fire ants and other invasive ant species – China, South Korea, Japan, US, Argentina
South Australia
Andrew Christian SA Green Patch
The Richard Rischbieth Churchill Fellowship to expand my knowledge and experience of seaweed production in an ocean-based environment – New Zealand, Vietnam, Norway, Faroe Islands, Belgium, Portugal, Canada, US
Dylan Crismani SA Grange
The Mr and Mrs Gerald Frank New Churchill Fellowship to document the musical instruments of Harry Partch so that they can be replicated in Australia – Germany, US
Michele Giles-Clark SA South Plympton
To address the gap in care for Australians living rurally and remotely with Huntington’s Disease – Peru, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela
Mary Leaker SA Belair
To gain insights into the impact of new domestic violence criminal offences on women’s safety – UK
Lewis Major SA Millicent
The Dame Roma Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to increase knowledge, entrepreneurialism and capacity in the Australian arts sector – UK, Belgium, Netherlands
Haydn McComas SA Banksia Park
To investigate learning and development options in leadership for volunteer firefighters – France, Denmark, Canada, US, New Zealand
David Pearson SA Adelaide
To better understand how communities around the world are reducing and ending street homelessness – Canada, US, Finland, UK
Helen Stone SA Torrens Park
To articulate a framework for the role of Palliative Care Pharmacist in community and aged care in Australia – Canada, UK, New Zealand
Kylee von Ohle SA Adelaide
The Donald Mackay Churchill Fellowship to optimise policing of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs through innovative investigation techniques – US
Tasmania
Kate Dobson TAS Howrah
The Gallaugher Bequest Churchill Fellowship to investigate effective strategies to minimise casualties during school attacks – US, New Zealand
Rebecca Heath TAS Hobart
The MPST Foundation Churchill Fellowship to establish and sustain Australia’s first Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship – Canada, US, UK
Craig Hoey TAS South Hobart
To investigate how Sweden and leading European countries are eliminating road trauma – Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands
Philip Ladlow TAS North Hobart
To explore pioneering technology promoting neuroplasticity in people with brain injury and disease – Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, US, Canada
Celia Leverton TAS Franklin
The Yulgilbar Foundation Churchill Fellowship to identify regenerative farming practices to increase landscape, business and farmer health long term – US, Canada, Mexico
Anita Long TAS Richmond
The Hort Innovation Churchill Fellowship to investigate development programs for young beekeepers that are scalable to an Australian context – UK, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland
Rose Nash TAS Kingston Beach
To ascertain if health literacy should be treated as a health, education and community issue – Finland, Denmark, Germany, UK, Ireland, Switzerland
Alex Newman TAS West Hobart
To research and experience best practice correctional examples in Scandinavia and Europe – Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, UK, Austria
Lincoln Quilliam TAS Lindisfarne
To investigate the key features and benefits of aspirational trail running destinations – UK, France, Switzerland, Norway, US, China, Japan
Victoria
Cal Andrews VIC Coburg
To learn from specialised LGBTIQ+ homelessness services in North America and the United Kingdom – US, Canada, UK
Sam Birrell VIC Shepparton
To observe world’s best practice in co-operation between industry and secondary education – US, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, UK
Anne-Marie Cade VIC Caulfield
To investigate best practice in Parenting Coordination as a dispute resolution tool after separation – US, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Israel, South Africa, Singapore
Gavin Collis VIC Upwey
The Auto Skills Australia Churchill Fellowship to develop new battery materials and processes for a Circular Economy – US
David Cowan VIC Malvern East
To investigate the development of evidence based policing across police agencies worldwide – US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, India, New Zealand
Margie Danchin VIC Brighton
The Bob and June Prickett Churchill Fellowship to improve vaccine and risk communication to optimise COVID and routine vaccine acceptance and uptake – US, UK, Switzerland
James Deering VIC Mount Eccles
The Park Family Churchill Fellowship to learn the syllabi and methods of blacksmith training organisations and individuals – UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Italy
Camilo Demarco VIC Campbells Creek
To investigate how Indigenous/First Nations communities are using Culture to address family violence – New Zealand, US, Canada
Matthew Dwyer VIC Coburg North
To document the architectural design of a new youth custodial model that can address current crises – New Zealand, US, UK, Belgium
Daniel Engelman VIC Elsternwick
The Dr Dorothea Sandars Churchill Fellowship to develop best practice approaches for population mapping of scabies and tropical skin diseases – US, Canada, UK
Andrea Evans-McCall VIC Inverloch
To investigate employability skills development in inclusive learning environments – US, Finland, UK
Camilla Humphries VIC Red Hill South
To investigate orchard growing systems for improving Australian cider production – New Zealand, UK, France, Spain
Jennifer Kulas VIC Brunswick
To investigate innovative housing models for women – UK, France, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland
Lauren Levin VIC Malvern
To identify what legislative, regulatory and banking methods work in reducing online gambling harm – UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Germany, US
Belinda Luther VIC Surrey Hills
The Dr Dorothea Sandars and Irene Lee Churchill Fellowship to investigate and implement best practice physiotherapy in Australian paediatric palliative care – UK, Ireland
Richard Maddock VIC Clifton Hill
The AV Jennings Churchill Fellowship to explore the use of traditional Japanese wood-only joints in modern robotic building construction – Japan, US, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria
Angela Morgan VIC Carlton North
The Sir William Kilpatrick Churchill Fellowship to develop a best practice approach to treating child speech disorders across Australia – UK, Netherlands
Selina Parry VIC Brunswick East
To implement a rehabilitation pathway for Australians who have survived an intensive care admission – US, Canada, Netherlands, UK
Steven Percy VIC Abbotsford
To understand the role of hydrogen in Australia’s energy future – US, Japan
Selena Pertzel VIC Richmond
The Stuart and Norma Leslie Churchill Fellowship to learn the latest techniques in wig and facial hair making, fitting and dressing – UK
Samantha Rowbotham VIC Port Melbourne
To develop guidelines for best practice skeletal trauma analysis in forensic anthropology – South Africa, Spain, Italy, UK, US, Argentina
Gary Savage VIC Emerald
To gain practical experience from overseas foundries to add to our sovereign capability in casting for defence and export opportunities – Canada, UK
Jonathan Underwood VIC Lower Plenty
To maintain public confidence in election infrastructure despite increasing cyber security threat – US, Canada, Belgium, Spain, Estonia, UK
Brendan Van de Duim VIC Sunbury
To identify proven risk based frameworks for serious sex/violent supervision order offender management – New Zealand, Canada, US, UK, France
Mark Wakeham VIC Preston
To visit successful just transition climate change collaborations to consider their applicability to Australian contexts – UK, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain
Matthew Wilson VIC Craigieburn
To investigate innovative court-based approaches to infants in care and protection proceedings – US, UK
Western Australia
Glen Blackwell WA Warwick
The Churchill Fellows Association of Western Australia Churchill Fellowship to establish diversionary practices for mentally and intellectually disabled persons engaging police – US, Canada, UK
James Boyd WA Doubleview
To investigate new global responses offering arts companies alternatives to ethical, private funding dilemmas – UK, US
Elissa Campbell WA West Leederville
The WA Department of Health Churchill Fellowship to explore models of palliative care for people living with dementia – New Zealand, US, UK, Netherlands, Singapore
Jessica Colleu Terradas WA Jolimont
The Dorothy and Brian Wilson Churchill Fellowship to identify effective language and literacy screening and intervention practices for at-risk students – UK, France, US
Bethwyn Green WA Dunsborough
To explore motives for livestock producers to take the lead and improve traceability law for food safety – UK, Canada, US, Uruguay
Tina Gunter WA Northam
To investigate methods of long term recovery from addiction through education, employment and social reintegration – UK, Italy, Netherlands, US
Sarah Joyce WA Wembley
To explore how health systems can innovate to reduce their environmental footprint – Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland
Carol Kaplanian WA Beaconsfield
The WA Department of Communities Churchill Fellowship to understand the perspectives of migrant and refugee women who have experienced family violence – UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Canada, New Zealand
I-Lyn Loo WA Como
To investigate drivers for regenerative agriculture to incentivise adoption of these practices in Australia – France, Switzerland, US
Hannah McGlade WA East Victoria Park
To investigate the establishment and foundation of the Sami parliaments particularly the extent of their vested power, responsibility and representative structure – Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland
Hayley Passmore WA Mount Lawley
To improve the management of youth with disabilities in Australian justice and secure facilities – UK, US, Canada, New Zealand
Nat Raisbeck-Brown WA Beaconsfield
To build and share new knowledge of Indigenous mapping techniques from First Nations people globally – Chile, Canada, Sweden
Kelly Rattigan WA Mosman Park
To improve psychiatric care and normalise the mental health care environment through design – US, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands
Julius Susanto WA East Victoria Park
To optimally operate a low inertia electricity grid with high penetration of renewable energy – US, UK, Ireland, Spain
Zainab Syed WA Mount Hawthorn
To investigate models for creating collaborative, inclusive and intercultural performing arts ecosystems – UK, US, Canada, Germany, Palestine