UNSW ranks in top three for ARC grants
9th November 2005
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| Prof Michelle Simmons |
UNSW has had significant success in the 2006 round of funding from the Australian Research Council, securing more than $26 million in Discovery Project grants and gaining the highest number of Linkage Project grants of any university.
With 91 Discovery projects approved, UNSW ranks third for both total funds allocated and the number of grants.
The largest Discovery grant, of $895,000 over three years, is awarded to Professor Michelle Simmons of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology and colleagues Dr Giordano Scappucci (UNSW) and Associate Professor Federico Rosei (Canada), for their project on fundamental conduction mechanisms in atomic-scale silicon devices.
Dr Steve Wroe, who was awarded a QE11 and will join the University shortly, receives $750,000 over five years for an examination of Australia’s mammalian carnivore diversity, which will address issues relating to the current extinction crisis.
Dr Bob Hall of UNSW@ADFA’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences is awarded $700,000 over five years for a project looking at low-intensity conflict, the dominant form of warfare since 1945.
More than $7 million in Linkage grants has been awarded to UNSW for 22 projects. The grants carry with them contributions from industry partners of an additional $9.3 million.
With 91 Discovery projects approved, UNSW ranks third for both total funds allocated and the number of grants.
The largest Discovery grant, of $895,000 over three years, is awarded to Professor Michelle Simmons of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology and colleagues Dr Giordano Scappucci (UNSW) and Associate Professor Federico Rosei (Canada), for their project on fundamental conduction mechanisms in atomic-scale silicon devices.
Dr Steve Wroe, who was awarded a QE11 and will join the University shortly, receives $750,000 over five years for an examination of Australia’s mammalian carnivore diversity, which will address issues relating to the current extinction crisis.
Dr Bob Hall of UNSW@ADFA’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences is awarded $700,000 over five years for a project looking at low-intensity conflict, the dominant form of warfare since 1945.
More than $7 million in Linkage grants has been awarded to UNSW for 22 projects. The grants carry with them contributions from industry partners of an additional $9.3 million.
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| Prof Kjelleberg and Prof Steinberg |
The largest Linkage grant, $1.6 million over five years, goes to a team led by Professor Staffan Kjelleberg, of the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, and Professor Peter Steinberg, of the School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, for a project on environmental genomics and novel bioactives from microbial communities on living marine surfaces. The partner organisation is the J. Craig Venter Institute.
“This is a tremendous result for UNSW,” Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Les Field said.
“I congratulate the researchers and the staff of UNSW Research Services, who work so hard in putting these applications together. This latest announcement, combined with the recent NH&MRC grants, puts us in good stead for increasing our strategic investment in research over the next few years.”
The Minister for Education, Science and Training, Dr Brendan Nelson, announced the grants today. A total of $370 million has been allocated for 1214 new research projects to be funded by the Federal Government over the next five years.
Details of the ARC research grants and projects can be found on the ARC website.
“This is a tremendous result for UNSW,” Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Les Field said.
“I congratulate the researchers and the staff of UNSW Research Services, who work so hard in putting these applications together. This latest announcement, combined with the recent NH&MRC grants, puts us in good stead for increasing our strategic investment in research over the next few years.”
The Minister for Education, Science and Training, Dr Brendan Nelson, announced the grants today. A total of $370 million has been allocated for 1214 new research projects to be funded by the Federal Government over the next five years.
Details of the ARC research grants and projects can be found on the ARC website.
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