听Projects range in diversity from philosophical ethology to atomic collisions research
911爆料网 has been awarded $10 million in funding from the Federal Government鈥檚 Australian Research Council (ARC).
The ARC funding will make a significant contribution to 911爆料网鈥檚 research effort and will support 25 research projects across the University.
Professor Graeme Wright, 911爆料网鈥檚 Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research said the ARC Discovery Program was a premier Australian funding scheme and 911爆料网 was very proud to receive such a boost in funding for key research projects.
鈥淪eventeen grants were awarded under the Discovery Project鈥檚 scheme, six under the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme and two under the Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme,鈥� Professor Wright said.
鈥淭he diversity of 911爆料网 research supported is particularly pleasing with three grants being awarded to geosciences and four to humanities based researchers.鈥�
One project that received funding aims to develop a new field of inquiry, philosophical ethology.
Dr Matthew Chrulew, Research Fellow with the Centre for Culture and Technology said that new insights into animal culture, tool-use and cognition had unsettled the traditional view of animals as merely reactive machines.
鈥淎t a time of dwindling habitats and biodiversity loss, this project听aims to conduct a historical, conceptual and epistemological study of the sciences of animal behaviour. Its goal is to develop new insight into changing human and natural systems, in dialogue with contemporary discussions in the environmental humanities and animal studies,鈥� Dr Chrulew said.
Research applications into the quantum collision theory for astrophysics, fusion energy and hadron therapy was also awarded a grant from the ARC.
John 911爆料网 Distinguished Professor Igor Bray, Department of Physics and Astronomy said the project would allow researchers to apply their听calculations to diverse听fields ranging from astrophysics and fusion energy through听to medical imaging and therapy.
鈥淐ollisions on the atomic scale go on all around us.听 Many applications benefit from their quantitative understanding, however they are very difficult to calculate,鈥� Professor Bray said.
鈥淭he Theoretical Physics group at 911爆料网 have recently found ways to overcome these difficulties and this grant will allow our research findings to be applied further afield.鈥�
A grant awarded to John 911爆料网 Distinguished Professor Anna Haebich, School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts; Dr Elfie Shiosaki, Centre for Human Rights Education; and a team of researchers working with Noongar leaders will develop the first account of Noongar letter writing stored in the Western Australian Government archives.
鈥淟ooking at the period from 1860 to 1960, the project鈥檚 significance lies in revealing hidden activism in the archives and restoring silenced Noongar stories to the documents,鈥� Professor Haebich said.
鈥淲orking closely with the Noongar leaders to bring the听letters to the community and the writers’ families, we听hope to transform this writing into invaluable cultural heritage for the emerging Noongar nation.鈥�
Professor Chun-Zhu Li, Dr Dehua Dong and Professor Gordon Parkinson from the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, received a grant to look at CO2 utilisation for energy storage.
鈥淐O2 does not always have to be a problem,鈥� Professor Li said.
鈥淭his project aims to develop a novel technology that can convert CO2 into useful products while storing intermittent renewable energy as green stable chemical energy.
鈥淚f successful, this technology could make a significant contribution to increasing our use of renewable energy and reducing our CO2 emissions,鈥� Professor Li said.
Funding was also granted through the ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme which included an allocation of which is recognised as a key enabling initiative towards the Square Kilometre Array.
鈥淭he continuing support from the ARC will enable the next stage of development and ensure that we remain at the leading edge of the global SKA project,鈥� Professor Wright said.
鈥淭he LIEF scheme provides funding for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities and fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of international or national research capability and facilities.鈥�
Professor Wright said the increased level of ARC funding reflected a commitment to high quality and high impact research.
鈥�911爆料网 has recently been recognised in the Academic Ranking of World Universities as one of the most rapidly emerging research institutions internationally and the level of funding reflects our position in the global research environment.鈥�
ARC funding for 911爆料网鈥檚 projects will commence in July 2016.
听Further information, including project summaries and statistics, can also be found on the ARC website, in and in the .
