International research that benefits Australia

Churchill Trust Fellowships

The Churchill Trust

The Churchill Trust was formed with the principal objective of perpetuating and honouring Sir Winston Churchill's memory by the awarding of Memorial Fellowships to be known as ‘Churchill Fellowships’.

The Trust provides an opportunity for Australians to travel overseas to conduct research in their chosen field that is not readily available in Australia.  Projects undertaken by Fellows provide demonstrable benefits to Australia and the research findings are shared with the Australian community

Churchill Fellows & Their Research Projects

 

Year Fellow State Fellowship Project
2016 Walker, Dr Anthony ACT

The ACT Government David Balfour Churchill Fellowship to establish best practice models for firefighter peer-led workplace health and fitness programs - USA, Netherlands, Italy, UK

Project not yet complete.
2016 Bjarnesen, A/Sergeant Ben QLD

To enhance police response to LGBTI domestic violence - UK, Canada, USA

Project not yet complete
2016 Donaldson, Mrs Fiona WA

To evaluate evidence based resilience and prevention programs for use in emergency services - Canada, USA, UK

Project not yet complete.
2015 Honor, Mr Dwayne QLD The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet Churchill Fellowship to research the impact and key learnings from extreme Storm Surge events on coastal communities - Philippines, USA
2015 Pepper, Mr Matthew NSW To research international models and innovation in Tactical Emergency Medical Support - USA, Canada
2015 Pritchard, Mrs Susan NSW To better integrate volunteer canine search capabilities with emergency services for search response - UK, Ireland, Switzerland, New Zealand, USA
2015 Warton, Mr Andrew NT The Australian Institute of Management Churchill Fellowship to investigate emergency service volunteer community engagement to build community resilience - USA, Japan, New Zealand
2015 Whitton, Miss Shona NSW The Peter Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to investigate methods of planning and managing disaster memorials - USA, UK, Norway, Germany, France
2014 Ranford, Mr Justin SA To study methods for reducing South Australia's road toll by exploring coordinated emergency services training and rapid extrication techniques - Norway, UK, Ireland, Germany
2014 Campbell, Mr Philip NSW To determine the effects of media images in influencing unsafe behaviour in disasters - New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK
2014 Mitchell, Dr Robert QLD To investigate models of postgraduate training in International Emergency Medicine - USA, UK, Canada
2014 Young, Mr Scott ACT The ACT Government David Balfour Churchill Fellowship to advance capacity in vertical rescue resulting in safer and more efficient operations and training - Japan, France, Belgium, USA
2014 Wear, Sergeant Michael WA To study Marine Search and Rescue coordination together with technology use in search planning - USA, Canada, Singapore
2014 Bacchus, Sergeant David SA To identify innovative and effective methods for the recruitment, training and management of volunteer marine rescue services - USA, Canada, UK, France
2013 Gould, Mr Matthew NSW The Lord Mayor's Bushfire Appeal Churchill Fellowship to analyse the use of social media as a communication and intelligence gathering tool during fire emergency incidents - USA, Canada, UK, Belgium, Turkey
2013 Kirwan, Mr Peter NSW The NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust Churchill Fellowship to learn new rescue techniques to reduce the national road toll - USA, New Zealand, Norway
2012 Mannix, Mr Ian SA To examine how emergency agencies provide information on radio and social media to communities under threat from fires, floods, tornadoes and tsunamis - Canada, USA
2012 Millington, Superintendent Ben NSW To examine mass evacuation centres and supporting arrangements utilised following significant natural disasters - New Zealand, Japan, USA, Canada
2011 GRAHAM, Ms Wendy NSW To study the effectiveness of disaster assistance programs in promoting individual resilience in recovery from disasters - UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand
2011 CROFTON, Mr Shannon NSW To investigate the utilisation of helicopters for flood rescues and reconnaissance - USA, Canada
2010 BRADY, Ms Kate VIC The Peter Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to study disaster recovery services following a variety of emergencies - USA, UK, China
2010 ROBERTS, Ms Michelle VIC The Nancy Fairfax Churchill Fellowship to investigate strategies that contribute to creating a classroom environment where school aged children who have experienced emergencies and disasters are able to maintain their social, emotional and academic trajectories - USA, Israel
2009 HARPER, Mr Grant NSW The Lord Mayor's Bushfire Appeal Churchill Fellowship to research and develop an automated, rapid multi-media national emergency incident update and notification system - USA
2009 RAFFEL, Mr Shan QLD To study emergency planning, preparation and response to fires and other incidents in large tunnels - Germany, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, USA
2009 HATCH, Mr Anthony NSW To undertake research and training in the area of large animal technical rescue - USA, U.K.
2009 HOPKINS, Inspector Darren TAS To study contemporary land-based search and rescue coordination - New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK
2007 JONES, Mr Robert QLD To study classroom and mental health strategies for schools after experiencing natural disasters - USA
2007 BELTRAN, Chief Superintendent Michael NSW To examine neighbourhood based emergency preparedness management - Canada
2007 GANNON, Mr Gregory NSW To identify systems to accurately locate emergency incidents on major roads - U.K., Germany, USA
2007 KIRBY, Miss Rachel NSW The Bob and June Prickett Churchill Fellowship to study management preparedness strategies for mass burns disasters - USA
2006 TURNER, Ms Sharon NSW The Dr Dorothea Sandars Churchill Fellowship to investigate and compare emergency animal disease preparedness and response arrangements with a particular focus on how plans have evolved following a significant disease outbreak - Italy, France, U.K., USA, Canada
2006 STANBURY, Mr Neil WA To research methods used by police and emergency services authorities for the management, preparation and delivery of effective media liaison and public information functions during and immediately following terrorist attacks - Singapore, U.K., Spain, Netherlands
2006 DONALD, Mr Danny QLD To undertake an indepth analysis of internal ambulance, police and fire service media operations with a view to developing practical and effective media response measures for Australia's emergency services, media and public - USA, U.K.
2005 HARPER, Mr Matthew ACT To study emergency evacuation planning, education and training - U.K., USA, Canada
2005 JAY, Inspector Andrew VIC To examine the traffic, crime and emergency management implications of Distribution Centres - USA, U.K., France
2005 SLOANE, Ms Jane SA To examine Humanitarian Emergency Response Team models to work toward establishing a similar operation in Australia - Denmark, Switzerland, Canada, USA, U.K.
2004 HARRISON-WARD, Ms Josephine WA To evaluate programs in community engagement, particularly those that have benefited community disaster management and can be adapted to suit Australia's isolated and remote communities - USA, U.K., Ireland
2003 HALL, Ms Jeanie VIC To study how Rural Development Partnerships have assisted disaster affected regions rebuild into resilient sustainable communities through the grant making process - U.K., USA
2003 GRAHAM, Inspector Robert QLD To study coastal maritime search and rescue procedures - USA, Canada, U.K., Singapore