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Griffith University researchers have been awarded a combined total of $7,218,149 in the Australian Research Council’s latest round of Discovery Projects, representing a 44.4% success rate.

From settlement agreements between First Peoples and governments, quantum experiments to test reality beyond Bell’s theorem, to oxygen release from red blood cells under pressure, the 12 successful Griffith research teams will #makeitmatter by tackling a variety of societal and scientific challenges the world faces.

Griffith’s successful Discovery Projects are:

• Spectral-spatial-temporal object tracking in hyperspectral videos, led by Professors and , valued at $523,425.
• Advancing Quantum Experiments to Test Reality Beyond Bell’s Theorem, led by Professor , Dr , Associate Professor and Dr William Zeng, valued at $956,929.
• Advancing statistical models for clustering data with structured dependence, led by Professor , Associate Professor Hien Nguyen, Dr Florence Forbes and Associate Professor Liming Xiang, valued at $509,809.
• Unlocking the mechanobiological events in oxygen unloading by erythrocytes, led by Associate Professor , Professor , Dr and Associate Professor , valued at $644,976.
• Developing chemical probes for effector triggered immunity in plants, led by Associate Professor and Dr , valued at $767,243.
• Breaking the Cycle: Understanding Precarity in Australia’s Youth Workforce, led by Professor , Professor , Professor and Dr Xi Wen Chan, valued at $408,977.
• Dissecting the interplay of metabolism and lysine acetylation in Plasmodium, led by Professor , Dr Ghizal Siddiqui and Dr Alain-Dominique Gorse, valued at $646,936.
• Mitigating the dark side of AI-powered virtual influencers, Dr , Associate Professor Isaac Cheah, Associate Professor Park Thaichon, Professor and Professor Dr Robert Palmatier, valued at $365,770.
• Proxy advisors and political dynamics in ethical investment campaigns, led by Dr Erin O’Brien, Dr Ainsley Elbra and Dr Martijn Boersma, valued at $660,397.
• Settlement agreements between First Peoples and Australian governments, led by Dr and Professor Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh, valued at $700,332.
• Timber reimagined: structurally efficient two-way flat plate construction, led by Professor , Associate Professor and Associate Professor Benoit Gilbert, valued at $520,387.
• Co-creating a sustainable future for the community heritage sector, led by Professor , valued at $512,968.