Outcomes and Awardees
| UNSW Academic Lead | Project title | Associated Faculty/School | Partner organisation(s) | Region(s) of focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shona McNab | Organic Multi-exciton Generation Augmented Silicon (OMEGA-Si) for >30% efficient silicon solar cells | UNSW Engineering | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | USA |
| Adam Fish | Establishing Ethical Guidelines for Successful Collaboration between the Space Industry and Indigenous Communities | UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture |
| USA, UK, Canada |
| Elvira Sojli | Biodiversity and the unintended consequences of climate legislation | UNSW Business School | National University of Singapore, Sustainable and Green Finance Institute | Singapore |
| Tristan Reekie | Nature inspired anticancer treatments | UNSW Canberra | University of Gdansk | Poland |
| Lucia Jones | UNSW-IISc Research Academy for Strategic Research and HDR | UNSW Graduate Research School | Indian Institute of Science | India |
| UNSW Academic Lead | Project title | Associated Faculty/School | Partner organisation(s) | Region(s) of focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jing (Camille) Zhao | Multi-proxy geochemical and geomorphological approach to unravel the genesis of placer gold deposits in Tierra del Fuego (the Land of Fire), Patagonia, South America | UNSW Engineering | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) | Chile |
| Carmen Leong | Tech-Driven Behavioural Design for Mongolia’s Renewable Energy Transition: A UNSW–UNDP Partnership | UNSW Business School | United Nations Development Programme
| International |
| Elizabeth Hollaway | Review of the Framework for a Pacific Oceanscape: Integrating Ocean Governance within the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent | UNSW Law & Justice | Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner | International |
| Hasan Turan | Decision support for sustainable land-use management | UNSW Canberra | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ and Ohio Northern University | Germany and USA |
| Billal Obeng | Molecular epidemiology HIV-1 in Ghana | Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney | University of Ghana | Ghana |
| Shiva Abdoli | Advance Engineering Education (AEE4.0) on Intelligent Product Lifecycle Management and Model Based Systems Engineering in industry | UNSW Engineering | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden |
| Muhammad Umair Khan | Advancing Solar Cell Reliability through Novel Surface Characterisation | UNSW Engineering | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Elena Atroshchenko | Design of Acoustic Meta-Materials for Wave-based Analogue Computing for Machine Learning Applications | UNSW Engineering | Technical University of Munich | Germany |
| Melissa Crouch | Defending Constitutional Democracy? The Legal Roles of the Military | UNSW Law & Justice | Chulalongkorn Law School, Thailand and Padjajaran University (UNPAD) Indonesia | Thailand and Indonesia |
To be announced in early 2026.
| UNSW Academic Lead | Project title | Associated Faculty | Associated School |
|---|---|---|---|
Lewen Wei | CareBots Across Cultures: Designing Inclusive and Culturally Sensitive AI for Older Adults’ Well-Being | Arts, Design & Architecture | Arts & Media |
Zhenhai Xia | Collaborative Studies on Novel Carbon Nanomaterials for Targeted Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering and Biosensing | Engineering | Chemical Engineering |
Chung-Li Tseng | Empowering Chronic Disease Self-Management by Leveraging Social Influence | Business School | Information Systems & Technology Management |
Liya Zhao | Self-powered load sensing in human joint replacement implants | Engineering | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Chuan Zhao | Robust Solar Hydrogen Production at Intermittent Conditions | Science | Chemistry |
Mohammad Deghat | Personalized Cognitive-Motor Integrated Intervention Methods for Alzheimer's Disease by Leveraging Multimodal Large Models and Collaborative Robots | Engineering | Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering |
Jie (Kevin) Ni | Adjuvant Autologous Tumour–Derived Exosome Vaccines for Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence and Metastasis | Medicine & Health | Clinical Medicine |
Guan Heng Yeoh | Novel Arterial Vulnerable Plaque Imaging Feature Recognition Technology Based on 4DCTA and Advanced Image Processing Algorithms | Engineering | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Chris Pettit | VR4Inclusion: Co-designing autism-friendly urban spaces through wearable and VR technologies | Arts, Design & Architecture | Built Environment |
| Stevan Nikolin | Research on the Regulation of Frontoparietal Network Connectivity Based on Novel Precise Phase-Controlled Multi-Target Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) | Medicine & Health | Clinical Medicine |
| UNSW Academic Lead | Project title | Associated Faculty | Associated School |
|---|---|---|---|
Wengui Li | Next-Generation Coastal Concrete: Recycling Marine Clay Solid Waste for Decarbonization and Enhanced Waste Management | Engineering | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Mirjam Wiedemann | Enhancing Logistics and Disaster Resilience through Advanced Air Mobility: Economic Impact, Operational Optimisation, and VR/AR Training Integration | Science | Aviation |
Chang Liu | Robust Contracts in Experiment-Driven Companies: Screening through Incentive Alignment | Business | Economics |
Junbum Kwon | Enhancing Customer Engagement and Retention through Multi-Modal Digital Marketing | Business | Marketing |
Stevan Nikolin | Research on the Regulation of Frontoparietal Network Connectivity Based on Novel Precise Phase-Controlled Multi-Target Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) | Medicine & Health | School of Clinical Medicine; Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health |
| UNSW Academic Lead | Project title | Associated Faculty | Associated School |
|---|---|---|---|
Cordelia Selomulya | Amorphous Solid Dispersion-Based Spray Drying Method for Improving the Solubility and Bioavailability of Edible Insect Proteins | Engineering | Chemical Engineering |
Soojin Kim | Disengagement Scale Grounded in Cross-National and Cross-Generational Differences: Focusing on Sustainability Communication for Carbon Neutrality | Arts, Design & Architecture | Arts & Media |
Rose Amal | Catalyst Design for Photoelectrochemical Green Ammonia Production | Engineering | Chemical Engineering |
Jihyun Lee | Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy: Comparisons of Students and Teachers in Australia, Korea, China, and Taiwan, Results from International Large-scale Assessments | Arts, Design & Architecture | Education |
Gavan McNally | UNSW-KU Fear and Addiction Research Initiative | Science | Psychology |
| UNSW Academic Lead | Project title | Associated Faculty | Associated School |
|---|---|---|---|
Karin Sanders | The interplay of HR content, HR process and HR attributions in influencing firm performance and workforce well-being in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs | Business | Management & Governance |
Adam Fish | Technological Innovation, Market Forces, and Energy Justice with Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Arts, Design & Architecture | Arts and Media |
Sushmita Ruj | Towards a Quantum Safe Digital Future | Engineering | Computer Science & Engineering |
Sajjad Mofarah | High-Performance Na-Ion Batteries: UNSW and KU Leuven Joint Venture | Science | Materials Science & Engineering |
Kim Delbaere | The EMPOWER Framework: A collaborative transcontinental approach to implement the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention in older community-dwelling adults | Medicine & Health | Health Sciences |
Stuart Tangye | Leveraging inborn errors of immunity as a novel approach to delineate mechanisms underlying atopic/allergic diseases | Medicine & Health | Garvan Institute of Medical Research |
| UNSW Academic Lead | Project title | Associated Faculty | Associated School |
|---|---|---|---|
Pall Thordarson | Development of RNA therapeutics for the treatment of inherited metabolic liver diseases | Science | School of Chemistry; UNSW RNA Institute |
| Hamid Alinejad Rokny | Multi-Modal LLMs for Precision Diagnosis and Biomarker Discovery in Southeast Asian and Australian Healthcare | Engineering | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Daniel Fernandez-Ruiz | Strengthening Research Capacity to Accelerate Plasmodium vivax Vaccine Development | Medicine & Health | School of Biomedical Sciences |