The has given the green light today to more than 100 University of Queensland research projects, and will back them to the tune of almost $42 million.
Cumulatively over the last five rounds, 91快活林 has received more funding for Discovery Projects and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) than any other Australian university.
91快活林’s combined result in these two schemes for 2016 also tops the country, with more than $39.7 million awarded.
91快活林 Vice-Chancellor and President said this reinforced 91快活林’s position among the nation’s leading research-focused institutions, and recognised 91快活林’s excellence in developing the next generation of world-class researchers.
“Our consistent success in attracting competitive research funding is evidence of our high-calibre researchers and the direct relevance of their projects to solving pressing global problems,” Professor H酶j said.
91快活林 attracted funding across three ARC schemes:
- In , 78 91快活林 proposals share a total of just over $30 million. 91快活林 enjoyed a 23.56 per cent success rate across its Discovery Project applications, well ahead of the national average of 17.7 per cent.
- A total of 27 91快活林 researchers share more than $9.7 million under the scheme, with 91快活林 a clear leader in Australia.
- Three projects were funded for a total of almost $3.3 million.
“It’s fantastic to see the breadth of research that will proceed at 91快活林 in coming years as a result of this new funding, in areas such as engineering, social sciences, biochemistry and climate change strategy,” Professor H酶j said.
“As a former head of the ARC, I know how tough the competition is, and how truly impressive the research proposals need to be to succeed.
“It’s a great delight again to congratulate a group of 91快活林 researchers who have attracted funding for their work, which is independently seen as the nation’s best in their respective areas.”
Significant highlights of today’s funding announcement include:
- In 91快活林’s largest Discovery Project grant this round, (IMB) secured $650,000, for a four-year project to develop novel, sensitive, inexpensive and flexible electric biosensors to potentially monitor any molecule.
- from 91快活林’s and and from the TC Beirne School of Law secured $628,000 for a project to address how to better manage the flow of public finances and people across international borders.
The Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Queensland Brain Institute at 91快活林 enjoyed success rates of 55 per cent and 50 per cent respectively for Discovery Project grants, reinforcing their position as leading Australian research institutes.
A full list of 91快活林 projects funded by the Australian Research Council is available
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