$28m funding investment for new University of Sydney research
Food security, epigenetics, media ownership and space weather are among the topics that will be investigated as part of a $28 million funding injection to Sydney research from the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham has announced that University of Sydney researchers have received 55 , worth $21 million and 13 (DECRA), worth $4.5 million.
A further $1.7 million was awarded for two Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grants and almost $700,000 for a Discovery Indigenous project.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) congratulated University of Sydney academics on the funding success, adding that Sydney had an average success rate of 25 percent in this round and had received $15.5 million more from the ARC in 2017 compared to last year 鈥� a 40 percent improvement.
I鈥檓 delighted to see so many of our researchers recognised by the ARC.
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The University has already received $24.5 million from the ARC this year for聽, as well as three Linkage Projects to work with industry to聽,听.
The total amount of ARC funding received in 2017 is $52.5 million, compared to $37 million in 2016.聽
The University of Sydney researchers awarded grants in this round include:
- , from the , was awarded $322,000 for a DECRA to investigate binary star formation with NASA鈥檚 Kepler Space Telescope
- , from the , was awarded the University鈥檚 only Discovery Indigenous grant, valued at $678,000, to incorporate Indigenous voices into judgments and celebrates Indigenous people's contributions to the development of Australian law.
- , from the , received $315,000 for a Discovery Project to investigate media ownership and online news
- , from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, received $159,000 for a Discovery Project looking at political critiques of deficit spending and public debt
- , from the Faculty of Science, was awarded $401,000 for a Discovery Project to conduct mathematical modelling of viral infections
- , from the , received $524,000 for a Discovery Project that will demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders' active intervention in public affairs through performances of music and dance
- , from the , received a $956,000 LIEF grant to work on cleaner and more efficient processes that will benefit a range of applications from engine design to the generation of new fuels.聽