Awards and Grants

  • ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust (MathQuEST) - $44.7M (R. Steinfeld is the Security Theme lead of the Centre led by University of Sydney)
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography in the Indo-Pacific (PQCIP), US Department of State - $1M (R. Steinfeld, M. Esgin, A. Sakzad, et al.)
  • Google Research Scholar Award (M. Esgin)
  • Amazon Research Award (M. Esgin, R. Steinfeld)
  • Dean’s Research Team of the Year Award 2026, Monash Faculty of IT (R. Steinfeld, A. Sakzad, M. Esgin)
  • Dean’s Researcher of the Year Award 2026, Monash Faculty of IT (R. Steinfeld)
  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision 2026, Monash Faculty of IT (A. Sakzad)
  • Dean’s Early-Career Researcher of the Year Award 2025, Monash Faculty of IT (R. Steinfeld)
  • Research Excellence Team Award, Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity 2025 (R. Steinfeld, A. Sakzad, M. Esgin)
  • Education Excellence Award, Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity 2025 (M. Esgin)
  • Faculty Education Excellence Award in Industry and Community Engagement Programs 2025, Monash Faculty of IT (R. Steinfeld, A. Sakzad, M. Esgin, et al.)
  • Various ARC grants totalling $1.5M+