To cap off a solid year for Flinders University research, ten Flinders projects have been awarded Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project funding in one of the last grant rounds for 2021.
The projects from the colleges of Medicine and Public Health, Science and Engineering, and Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences will share in just under $5.5 million from the federal government, an almost three-fold increase from the same grant round the previous year.
The successful projects are:
- – College of Science and Engineering – The Devonian Gogo Fauna: Diversity, Palaeoecology and Global Significance – $507,060
- – College of Science and Engineering – Develop materials for stable and efficient printed polymer solar cells – $480,000
- – College of Science and Engineering – Quantitative Metagenomics – $567,057
- – College of Science and Engineering – Evolution. Morphodynamics and History of the Younghusband Peninsula – $378,000
- – College of Medicine and Public Health – Mapping sites of visceral convergence connecting the colon and bladder $456,249
- – College of Medicine and Public Health – How Spinal Afferent Neurons Control Appetite and Thirst – $438,619
- – College of Medicine and Public Health – Molecular control of memory traces – $720,000
- – College of Medicine and Public Health – How do protein quality control mechanisms maintain neuronal ageing? – $554,000
- – College of Medicine and Public Health – How do cells survive nutrient stress? Insight into mechanisms – $480,564
- – College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences – Warratyi: Cultural Innovation in the Indigenous Settlement of Australia – $910,000
In addition, Flinders University researchers will also feature across nine other successful non-Flinders led applications.
In total, 587 new projects from across Australia were funded, sharing in $258.6 million over the next five years.
‘The aim of the Discovery Projects scheme is to support excellent basic and applied research and research training; promote national and international research collaboration; and enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas,” says Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council, Professor Sue Thomas.
This December grant round completes a strong year for Flinders University research. Alongside funding injections from a number of bodies including the ARC, the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Health and Medical Research Council and the Medical Research Futures Fund, the year also saw the establishment of the and the , as well as the announcement of Flinders’ new landmark .
