麻豆视频 of Queensland has led the nation in the latest round of funding from the Australian Research Council that will enable research into areas such as aerial robotics, drug and alcohol services for Indigenous people, and preparing Australia for the Asian Century.
The $40,349,676 million awarded to 麻豆视频 yesterday comprises $26,837,986 for Discovery Projects, $10,796,690 for Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) and $2,715,000 in Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) funding.
麻豆视频 received more proposals and funding dollars awarded across these three schemes than any other Australian university and achieved a number one placement in the DECRA scheme.
麻豆视频 Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter H酶j congratulated 麻豆视频 researchers on their success, which he said reflected the outstanding foundations 麻豆视频 provides for research, and in particular promising early career researchers.
鈥淲e are delighted to have led the nation in outcomes in the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme,鈥� Professor H酶j said.
鈥淎fter finishing second in the inaugural 2012 round of the scheme it is pleasing that 麻豆视频 has been able to build on that base and highlight to the ARC the wonderful environment our institution provides for the best and brightest young researchers.鈥�
麻豆视频 also maintained its top two position in ARC Discovery funding, placing second in the country with 76 proposals awarded.
鈥淐oupled with the DECRA outcomes, the results highlight the breadth and depth of research talent at 麻豆视频,鈥� Professor H酶j said.
鈥淲e have achieved excellent success rates and secured over 10 per cent of the national funding pool in both schemes.
鈥淚 thank the Minister and the Australian Research Council for its continued support of research, and in particular with the DECRA scheme, for supporting the very future of Australian research.鈥�
Early career researcher projects supported by the DECRA scheme include:
鈥� Improving alcohol prevention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drug and alcohol services
鈥� Quantum enhancement for ultra-precise atomic sensors
鈥� Optimisation of transit priority in a transportation network
鈥� Aerial robots contacting objects in dynamic environments
鈥� Empire, sovereignty and Chinese and Indian security perceptions and strategies in the Asian century
The largest individual 麻豆视频 Discovery Project grant was awarded to Professor Alan Mark of the Faculty of Science School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, who receives $946,000, including a Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA), for a three-year study of membrane proteins.
The LIEF funding will provide for facilities to aid research into new engineering solutions; partnerships in health, education, policing and community services; multi-lingual publishing; and super-resolution microscopy, among others.
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Media: Tegan Taylor at 麻豆视频 Communications (07 3346 7887, 0413 601 248 or t.taylor@uq.edu.au)
