Monash Science scores over $1.2 million in ARC Linkage grant funding
Congratulations to researchers at the Monash University Faculty of Science on being awarded $1,234,622 in Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project (LP) funding.
The ARC has announced more than $28 million for 57 grants for LPs over the next five years.
LPs promote national and international research partnerships between researchers and business, industry, community organisations and other publicly funded research agencies.
Monash was awarded a total of $2,950,996 with almost half of this amount allocated to Faculty of Science researchers. The Faculty submitted three applications with two being successful. Monash University submitted 12 applications with five being successful, including the two from Science.
The successful Science LP projects are:
- Upscaling genetic management of wildlife population
- High performance electrolyte for vanadium redox flow battery
This project was awarded $724,622 and involves researchers from the School of Biological Sciences.
This project aims to understand how to use genome science to support preservation of four endangered species in changing climates and apply these learnings to help other species to survive and thrive. Anticipated outcomes include innovative approaches to aid conservation decision-making, automated analyses of genome data, and improved conservation training. The expected benefits include larger, healthier populations of four species, new ways of saving other species, and the provision of important resources for conservation managers.
Dr Alexandra Pavlova and Professor Paul Sunnucks will work with a range of industry partners including: Zoos Victoria, CSIRO, the Department of Primary Industries, Revive and Restore, the Victorian Fisheries Authority, and Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd.
This project was awarded $510,000 and involves researchers from the School of Chemistry.
Vanadium batteries present a highly-scalable, sustainable solution for storage of renewable electricity, but the technology needs to be improved for robust and efficient operation in the warm Australian climate. This project aims to design and extensively test new high-performance electrolyte compositions with advanced thermal stabilising additives for safe long-term battery operation at 60 °C. New knowledge in materials science and electrochemistry will be generated. The core outcome of the project is a sustainable large-scale energy storage technology ready for immediate application in Australia. This will support the transition of the Australian energy sector to renewables and provide businesses with distributed energy storage solutions.
Professor Douglas MacFarlane and Drs Alexandr Simonov and Tam Nguyen will work with partner organisation VFlowTech.
More details about all the Linkage Projects announced are available at:
https://www.arc.gov.au/funding-research/funding-schemes/linkage-program/linkage-projects
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