Monash Science researchers awarded just over $5 million for Australian Research Council Discovery Projects
Faculty of Science researchers have been awarded $5,176,208 for Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects (DPs).
The ARC announced funding of more than $221 million for 478 new projects through the ARC Discovery Projects scheme.
Monash University was successful with 46 applications with 11 of those applications secured by Faculty of Science researchers. The University was awarded $22,581,688.
The DP scheme aims to support research and research training; promote national and international research collaboration; and enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas.
In this latest funding round the Faculty of Science achieved a success rate of 18.3% compared to 16.3% for Monash and 18.5% for national results.
Welcoming the announcement Monash Science Dean Professor Jordan Nash said the success in attracting this highly competitive funding confirmed the excellence of the research activity in the Faculty.
“On behalf of the Faculty, I congratulate all of our talented and committed researchers who continue to strive for excellence,” Professor Nash said.
“The Discovery Projects led by the Faculty of Science reflect the strength of our research initiatives and our ability to deliver positive impact.”
Successful Science-led projects include:
School of Biological Sciences
A/Prof Alistair Evans;Prof Joy Richman;Dr Daniel Field
Project: A universal power law for growth and diversity of dinosaur and bird beaks
Funding: $529,060
Prof Dustin Marshall;Asst Prof Naomi Levine;Dr Holly Moeller;Prof Dr Helmut Hillebrand
Project: Determining the links between size and function in phytoplankton
Funding: $468,901
A/Prof Francine Marques;Prof Charles Mackay;Dr Joanne O'Donnell
Project: Unravelling the maternal gut microbiome as a driver of fetal development
Funding: $933,439
School of Chemistry
Prof San Thang;Dr Bo Fan;Dr Jiali Zhai;Prof Bin Liu
Project: A platform technology for developing mesoporous polymer particles
Funding: $592,792
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment:
Dr Martin Singh
Project: A theory for the vertical structure of tropical atmospheric circulations
Funding: $494,105
School of Mathematics:
Dr Kengo Deguchi;Prof Philip Hall;Prof Genta Kawahara
Project: How do vortices live in spatio-temporally complex flows?
Funding: $442,443
A/Prof Andrea Collevecchio;A/Prof Timothy Garoni;Prof Kais Hamza
Project: Self-interacting random walks
Funding: $514,043
School of Physics and Astronomy
Prof German Valencia;Dr Sally Dawson
Project: Extracting subtle hints for new phenomena at the Large Hadron Collider
Funding: $428,270
Dr Kaye Morgan;Prof David Paganin;Dr Marie-Christine Zdora;A/Prof Marcus Kitchen
Project: Dark-field: A new kind of x-ray imaging
Funding: $650,507
Prof Peter Skands;Prof Ulrik Egede;Dr Michal Kreps
Project: Beautiful strings
Funding: $757,333
Prof Eric Thrane;A/Prof Paul Lasky
Project: A transdimensional approach to gravitational-wave astronomy
Funding: $739,201
For further information about the excellent basic and applied research funded by the ARC through the Discovery Projects scheme, please visit Discovery Projects.
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