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 |
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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Thanh Nho Do |
Novel Soft Bio-Inspired Exosuit for Upper Limb Rehabilitation, Augmentation, and Haptic Interaction | Engineering | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| 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 |