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, ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ has received more funding for Discovery Projects and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) than any other Australian university.
³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿’s combined result in these two schemes for 2016 also tops the country, with more than $39.7 million awarded.
³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ Vice-Chancellor and President said this reinforced ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿’s position among the nation’s leading research-focused institutions, and recognised ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿’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.
³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ attracted funding across three ARC schemes:
- In , 78 ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ proposals share a total of just over $30 million. ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ 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 ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ researchers share more than $9.7 million under the scheme, with ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ 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 ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ 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 ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ 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 ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿’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 ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿’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 ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ 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 ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ projects funded by the Australian Research Council is available
Media: ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ Communications, communications@uq.edu.au, +7 3346 7086
