Some 66 research teams will share $26m in Australia Research Council funding with another round of Linkage Grants announced this morning. The institutional split and CMM’s pick of intriguing projects is:

ACT

ANU: two projects

Antonio Tricoli and colleagues will work on self-cleaning lenses and Joseph Coventry and team will research absorber coatings for concentrated solar power.

NSW

Macquarie U: three projects

Southern Cross U: two projects

UNSW: nine projects

UniSydney: three projects

UniWollongong: three projects

UTS: two projects

At UNSW Bill Randolph’s team will look at high-rise residential building defects and how to address them. Guandong Xu from UTS and colleagues will use data analytics to identify determinants of successful superannuation investment,

Queensland

CQU: one project

Griffith Uni: one project

QUT: one project

UniQueensland: 12 projects

Brijesh Verma and Sam Atabak from CQU will partner with the state DOT to develop an automated system to analyse road safety. Joel Carpenter with colleagues at UoQ, will develop next-gen laser systems for fibre-optic comms.

South Australia

Flinders U: two projects

University of Adelaide: one projects

University of South Australia: one

Jennifer Clark’s team at the University of Adelaide will create an oral and archival history of GMH workers’ experience. Adrian Linacre and Kenneth Kirkbride from Flinders U will work on a proof of concept to visualise (no less!) invisible DNA.

UniTasmania: four projects

Jason Lavroff and crew will develop a remote monitoring system to measure ship motions, loads and ride control. Rodrigo Hamede with colleagues will look at the response of Tasmanian Devils to the facial tumour disease that bedevils them to examine immune capabilities in wild.

Victoria

Monash U: two projects

Deakin U: four projects

RMIT: one project

UniMelbourne: eight projects

Swinburne U: one project

Victoria U: one project

Andrew Western, Dongryeoi Ryu and Quan Wang from the University of Melbourne will work on a water ordering system for farmers, based on data, forecasts and observations. Yang Xiang and Swinburne colleagues will create a means to identify fake internet reviews.

Western Australia

Curtin U: one project

Murdoch U: one project

UWA: one project

Una Ryan and a Murdoch team will develop a “gut on a chip” to monitor pathogens in urban water supplies. Muhammad Hossain and UWA colleagues will work on ways to keep cryogenic pipelines stable on the seabed. This will cut costs in moving LNG from shore to tankers.