Australian Research Council Linkage grants funding for better cemetery experiences

The second round of Australian Research Council Linkage Grants was announced yesterday. Notable among the 14 are:

* coordinating innovation in globally-dispersed organisations (Swinburne U)

*  creative coding in digital media (UNSW)

* improving academic performance of children with autism (Griffith U)

* producing high value proteins from serum (UoQ)

* analytics to reduce drop-out rates in on-line learning (UWA)

Academics at the University of Melbourne, partnered with Greater Melbourne Cemeteries Trust received $282 000 for research on “the future cemetery,” to “identify and critically assess the potential of innovative technologies to enhance the experience of the cemetery for an increasingly diverse, secular, and well-informed public, and to strengthen cemeteries’ community connections.”

Some ten universities shared Linkage funding, with the University of Queensland and partners winning three projects. Swinburne U and the University of Melbourne picked up two each.

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