Funding for Queensland research into changing ecosystems

Queensland universities’ research projects have received a boost of $16.9m from the Australian Government. The universities are partnering with governments and industry to help stop cyberbullying, better understand the Great Barrier Reef and increase pre-flood warning times.

The research projects are among 43 Queensland projects receiving funding from the government's Linkage Projects scheme.

Using a $2.65 million grant, the University of Queensland will lead a research project to upgrade the satellite monitoring toolkit used by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Queensland University of Technology will use a $143,226 grant to develop and test a legal-based program to increase student, parent and teacher knowledge of the law to prevent cyberbullying.

Griffith University will use a $92,000 grant to identify ways to rapidly estimate flood water levels and increase pre-flood warning times.

For more information on these projects and to see a list of all projects, visit www.arc.gov.au/media/major_announce.htm.