The has given the green light today to more than 100 University of Queensland research projects, and will back them to the tune of almost $42 million.
Cumulatively over the last five rounds, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has received more funding for Discovery Projects and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) than any other Australian university.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s combined result in these two schemes for 2016 also tops the country, with more than $39.7 million awarded.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Vice-Chancellor and President said this reinforced Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s position among the nation’s leading research-focused institutions, and recognised Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s excellence in developing the next generation of world-class researchers.
“Our consistent success in attracting competitive research funding is evidence of our high-calibre researchers and the direct relevance of their projects to solving pressing global problems,” Professor Høj said.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ attracted funding across three ARC schemes:
- In , 78 Â鶹ÊÓƵ proposals share a total of just over $30 million. Â鶹ÊÓƵ enjoyed a 23.56 per cent success rate across its Discovery Project applications, well ahead of the national average of 17.7 per cent.
- A total of 27 Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers share more than $9.7 million under the scheme, with Â鶹ÊÓƵ a clear leader in Australia.
- Three projects were funded for a total of almost $3.3 million.
“It’s fantastic to see the breadth of research that will proceed at Â鶹ÊÓƵ in coming years as a result of this new funding, in areas such as engineering, social sciences, biochemistry and climate change strategy,” Professor Høj said.
“As a former head of the ARC, I know how tough the competition is, and how truly impressive the research proposals need to be to succeed.
“It’s a great delight again to congratulate a group of Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers who have attracted funding for their work, which is independently seen as the nation’s best in their respective areas.”
Significant highlights of today’s funding announcement include:
- In Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s largest Discovery Project grant this round, (IMB) secured $650,000, for a four-year project to develop novel, sensitive, inexpensive and flexible electric biosensors to potentially monitor any molecule.
- from Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s and and from the TC Beirne School of Law secured $628,000 for a project to address how to better manage the flow of public finances and people across international borders.
The Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Queensland Brain Institute at Â鶹ÊÓƵ enjoyed success rates of 55 per cent and 50 per cent respectively for Discovery Project grants, reinforcing their position as leading Australian research institutes.
A full list of Â鶹ÊÓƵ projects funded by the Australian Research Council is available
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