911爆料网 has today secured $10.45 million in funding from the Federal Government鈥檚 Australian Research Council (ARC) to support important research activities.
The ARC funding will make a significant contribution to 911爆料网鈥檚 commitment to high-impact research across a wide range of areas by supporting 26 research projects.
The successful grant recipients include seven Discovery Early Career Research Awards (DECRA) valued at $2.5 million, one ARC Discovery Indigenous Award valued at $1.3 million and 18 ARC Discovery Projects totalling $6.6 million.
In addition, 911爆料网 researchers are investigators on seven collaborative projects led by other universities, which received $4.2 million in ARC funding.聽 These include four Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grants, totalling $2.8 million, two Discovery Projects valued at $0.7 million, and one Discovery Indigenous project valued at $0.7 million.
The grants were announced by Federal Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham, today.
911爆料网 Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry congratulated 911爆料网鈥檚 successful ARC grant recipients, adding it would enable the University to continue to grow its research capabilities.
鈥淭his funding builds on the quality of research already being undertaken by researchers at 911爆料网 and I am delighted that this important work has been supported by $10.45 million in funding from the ARC,鈥� Professor Terry said.
鈥淭he projects supported by this funding aim to make a real difference to the lives of people through vital health, Aboriginal children鈥檚 wellbeing, science, chemistry and engineering research.
鈥淚 would also like to congratulate the 911爆料网 researchers involved in other successful research projects, which are being run as collaborations with other universities.鈥�
911爆料网 Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Professor Chris Moran, said the range of research supported by ARC funding was a fantastic achievement for the University.
鈥淭his ARC funding assures the ongoing underlying growth in research excellence at 911爆料网, underpinning our strategy to balance researcher-driven and demand-driven outcomes and create a better tomorrow,鈥� Professor Moran said.
The successful 911爆料网 recipients and projects in this round of ARC funding include:
ARC Discovery Indigenous Award
Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker – Cultural learnings: strengthening Aboriginal children’s wellbeing
ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA)
Dr Rebecca Fuller – Design and synthesis of new radical and heterometallic magnetic molecules
Associate Professor Sender Dovchin – Empowering vulnerable youth in Australia by combatting linguistic racism
Dr Gemma Anderson – Probing extreme astrophysics via rapid response to cosmic explosions
Dr Nicola Browne – Island resilience to tropical cyclones and rising sea levels
Dr Katarina Miljkovic – Impact processes and evolution of the Martian crust
Dr Chao Su – Electric power and useful chemicals co-generation
Dr Hung-Lin Chi – Knowledge-embedded motion planning for smart construction machinery 聽
ARC Discovery Projects
Dr Mihye Won, Professor David Treagust and Dr Kok-Sing Tang – Drawing science diagrams to enhance students鈥� scientific creativity
Professor David Moore – Analysing gender in research and policy on alcohol-related violence
Dr Welber Marinovic and Professor Ottmar Lipp – How brain oscillations influence our behaviour
Professor Igor Bray, Professor Dmitry Fursa and Professor Alisher Kadyrov – Electron, positron, and heavy-particle collisions with molecules
Professor San Ping Jiang, Dr Jian Liu and Dr Jean-Pierre Veder – Single-atom catalysts for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion
Dr Vanissorn Vimonsatit 鈥� Developing innovative concrete composites by upscaling material properties
Dr Katarina Miljkovic and Professor Phil Bland 鈥� Structure of crust on Mars
Associate Professor Pawel Podsiadlo, Professor Gwidon Stachowiak and Associate Professor Grazyna Stachowiak – New technology for designing advanced surface textures
Professor San Ping Jiang and Dr Zakaria Quadir – Smart utilisation of cobaltite based electrodes on solid oxide fuel cells
Dr Jean-Pierre Macquart and Dr Ryan Shannon – Weighing the Universe using fast radio bursts
Professor Ottmar Lipp – Evaluative learning: do all roads lead to Rome?
Professor Kliti Grice and Associate Professor Marco Coolen – The recovery of life recorded at the end-cretaceous impact crater
Professor Chun-Zhu Li – Biochar as a renewable catalyst for hot gas cleaning
Professor Roderick Ellis and Associate Professor Craig Lambert – Teaching and testing second language pragmatic skills
Professor Lynn Meuleners and Dr Kate Brameld – Visual field impairment and injury: A population-based study
Professor Barry Fraser and Dr Rekha Koul – STEM education: Student attitudes, teacher relationships & emotional climate
Professor Shaomin Liu – Helium recovery from liquefied natural gas waste stream using nanoporous Mxene materials
Associate Professor Peng Wu – Smart transformation of transport asset management through semantic web
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