Competitive Research Grant Funding

Total competitive grant funding: AU $5,373K as CI or co-CI across 20 projects (8 as first CI)

20. 2025–2026, New Colombo Plan Mobility Program, AU$98K, Chief Investigator

“Solomon Islands Earth & planetary sciences research tour”  Olierook, H. & Miljkovic, K.

19. 2023–2026, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, AU$772K, Chief Investigator

“Controls on the severity of past environmental crises”  Olierook, H.

18. 2022–2023, Department of Education, Skills & Employment, AU$881K, Co-investigator

“AuScope Geochemistry Laboratory Network - CURTIN (part 3)”  McInnes, B. I, McDonald, B., Mayers, C., Olierook, H., Gao, H., Prent, A.

17. 2022–2023, National Environmental Isotope Facility, GB£68K (~AU$120K), Co-investigator

“Developing Rb-Sr mica and feldspar standards for in-situ geochronology” Storey, C., Warren, C., Olierook, H., Chapman, G.

16. 2022–2023, ANZIC IODP Legacy Analytical Funding, AU$15K, Chief Investigator

“Did the Caribbean large igneous province cause the Turonian global oceanic anoxic event?” Olierook, H., Jourdan, F., Jiang, Q., Bourdet, J.

15. 2022–2023, ANZIC IODP Legacy Analytical Funding, AU$10K, Co-investigator

“Oceanic zircon and their apatite inclusions hold clue to Earth’s mantle evolution” Doucet, L., Olierook, H., Fougerouse, D.

14. 2022–2024, CSIRO Early Research Career Postdoctoral Fellowship, AU$273k, Co-investigator

“Diffraction contrast tomography for Earth and Planetary Sciences” Godel, B., Dautriat, J., Fougerouse, D., Olierook. H., Tomkins, A., Barnes, S. J.

13. 2021, National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, AU$455K, Co-investigator

“Expanding the AuScope Geochemistry Network (AGN) through Data Partnerships”  Prent, A., McInnes, B. I, McDonald, B., Mayers, C., Olierook, H., Gao, H.

12. 2021, The Institute of Geoscience Research (TIGeR) funding, AU$3k, Chief Investigator

“HDR trip to the Porongurups and Stirling Ranges” Olierook. H. et al.

11. 2020, Department of Education, Skills & Employment, AU$1,435K, Co-investigator

“AuScope Geochemistry Laboratory Network - CURTIN (part 2)”  McInnes, B. I, McDonald, B., Mayers, C., Olierook, H., Gao, H., Prent, A.

10. 2020–2021, The Institute of Geoscience Research (TIGeR) funding, AU$6K, Chief Investigator

“Centrifuge and vacuum filtration for rapid heavy mineral separation” Olierook. H. et al.

9. 2020, AuScope National Argon Map initiative, AU$15K, Co-investigator

“An Antarctica perspective of the Kerguelen plume”  Doucet, L. S., Olierook. H., Jiang, Q., Jourdan, F.

8. 2020, The Institute of Geoscience Research (TIGeR) funding, AU$15K, Co-investigator

“Benchtop agate ring mill for isotope geochemistry”  Doucet, L. S., Olierook. H., et al.

7. 2019, Department of Education and Training, AU$569K, Co-investigator

“AuScope Geochemistry Laboratory Network - CURTIN (part 1)”  McInnes, B. I, McDonald, B., Mayers, C., Olierook, H., Gao, H.

6. 2017–2020, Australian Antarctic Science Project, AU$115K, Co-investigator

“Age and origin of the magmatism along the transpressional Australian-Pacific plate boundary” Merle, R., Jourdan, F., Olierook, H., Bostock, H.

5. 2017–2019, Australian Antarctic Science Project, AU$76K, Chief Investigator

“The Kerguelen Large Igneous Province: dynamics of a pulsating mantle plume” Olierook, H., Jourdan, F., Merle, R., Whittaker, J., Halpin, J., Coffin, M. Chief Investigator.  

4. 2017, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR) funding, AU$85K, Co-investigator

“Acquisition of a Zeiss Axio M2.m Axio Imaging Optical Microscope System” Timms, N., Andrea Agangi, Milo Barham, Gretchen Benedix, Alison Blyth, Aaron Cavosie, Chris Clark, Bill Collins, Timmons Erickson, Katy Evans, Noreen Evans, Ian Fitzsimons, Denis Fougerouse, Nick Gardiner, Tim Johnson, Fred Jourdan, Chris Kirkland, Zheng-Xiang Li, Alexander Nemchin, Hugo Olierook, Amaury Pourteau, Andrew Putnis, Steven Reddy, Kirsten Rempel, Chris Spencer, Rich Taylor, Xuan-Ce Wang, Simon Wilde. 

3. 2016–2018, ANZIC IODP Legacy Analytical Funding, AU$10K, Chief Investigator

“Time constraints on the world’s clearest oceanic curved fracture zone: implications for a plate reorganisation in the Cretaceous” Olierook, H., Merle, R.E., Jourdan, F., Whittaker, J.

2. 2012, ANLEC R&D Targeted Program, AU$311K, Co-Investigator

“Facies-based rock properties distribution along the Harvey-1 stratigraphic well” Delle Piane, C., Dewhurst, D., Esteban, L., Iglauer, S., Lebedev, M., Maney, B., Rezaee, R., Saeedi, A., Timms, N., Olierook, H.

1. 2012–2015, Australian Postgraduate Award & Curtin University Postgraduate Scholarship, AU$109K, PhD funding.

“Tectono-stratigraphic evolution during rifting of the southwestern Australian margin.” Olierook, H., Curtin University.

Awards, Prizes & Medals

2025, ACGR Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision (special commendation):

• For the best higher degree by research supervision by an individual or team in Australia as deemed by the Australian Council of Graduate Research.

2023, Most Outstanding Research Story:

• For the best Curtin-led research story that garnered the most media attention.

2023, WA Tall Poppy of the Year:

• For excellence in research, science communication and science outreach.

2022, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award:

• Prestigious, three-year funding from the Australian Research Council for fundamental research.

2022, Research Team of the Year Award:

• Best research team at Curtin University, 2022, as part of the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group.

2021, Research Team of the Year Award:

• Best research team in Science & Engineering at Curtin University, 2021, as part of the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group.

2017, Chris Powell Medal (nomination):

• Best paper by a young researcher on tectonics & structural geology. Awarded at SGTSG Denmark, Australia for Olierook, H.K.H., Timms, N.E., Merle, R.E., Jourdan, F. & Wilkes, P.G. 2015. Paleo-drainage and fault development in the southern Perth Basin, Western Australia during and after the breakup of Gondwana from 3D modelling of the Bunbury Basalt. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 62, 289–305.

2016, David I. Groves Award (runner-up):

• Best paper by a young researcher in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences for Olierook et al., 2015, AJES (same as above).

2016, Outstanding Paper in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Prize:

• (Top 20 papers in 2015) for Olierook et al., 2015, AJES (same as above).

2016, F. L. Stillwell Award (nomination)

• Best paper in AJES for Olierook et al., 2015, AJES (same as above) 

2015, Krishna and Pamela Sappal Prize

• Best Geoscience Thesis at Curtin University

2015, Chancellor’s Award (nomination)

• Top thesis at Curtin University

2012, Australian Postgraduate Award & Curtin University Postgraduate Scholarship

• PhD scholarship, 2012–2015, Curtin University