It wins three of the 11 new Australian Research Council centres of excellence
The partnerships programme “is one of our largest and most prestigious schemes” says Australian Research Council CEO Judy Zielke. There is $384.9m in federal funding over seven years for this round, with $375m from “universities and collaborators” and $304, in cash and kind from 221 partners
Lead organisations for the new centres are
Uni Adelaide: Plants for Space (“on-demand, zero-waste, high-efficiency plants and plant products to address grand challenges in sustainability for space and on Earth”)
James Cook U: “Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures”
Monash U: * Elimination of Violence Against Women (“will work closely with practitioners and Indigenous leadership across Australia and the Indo-Pacific) * Weather of the 21st century
RMIT: Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science
Swinburne U: Gravitational Wave Discovery
Uni Melbourne: Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (“engineering biotechnological applications”)
UNSW: Carbon Science and Innovation
Uni Queensland: * Green Electrochemical Transformation for Carbon Dioxide, * Quantum Biotechnology * Indigenous Futures (“transform and improve the life chances of Indigenous Australians”