SA universities research fights superbugs and treats cataracts
01 June, 2011South Australian universities’ research projects have received $6.3m in funding to help combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs, develop a new treatment for cataracts and improve roadside and workplace drug testing.
Boost for research into Indigenous education and control of crop-eating insects
01 June, 2011Australian Government funding of $4.95m will assist Western Australian universities to partner with governments and industry to research the control of crop-eating insects, improve the communication of fire threat information and better understand the learning needs of rural and remote Indigenous vocational education students.
Endangered fish stocks and insider e-threats amongst research funding for Vic
01 June, 2011Managing endangered fish stocks, improving our personal security online and discovering how migration is changing the financial services industry labour market are amongst 55 Victorian university research projects that have received $14.45m in Australian Government Linkage Projects funding.
Funding for Queensland research into changing ecosystems
01 June, 2011Queensland 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.
High-risk children a focus of grant funding to NT
01 June, 2011Australian Government research funding to the Northern Territory will help transform child protection services and improve safety for vulnerable Indigenous children.
NSW universities research the long march of the cane toad and needle-free vaccines
01 June, 2011Research by NSW universities into the likely impacts from the cane toad’s southern march, the development of needle-free vaccinations and reducing the toxic fumes that occur after blasting in mines will benefit from $19.7m in Australian Government funding.
$4m for ACT to research foodborne disease and drought-proofing canola
01 June, 2011$4m in funding will enable ACT universities to partner with industry and governments to reduce foodborne disease, make genetically modified (GM) and non-GM canola more drought tolerant and save the Grassland earless dragon from extinction.
Funding for Tasmanian research into energy from the sea
01 June, 2011Tasmanian researchers have received $815,000 in Australian Government funding for research projects, including one finding better ways to generate energy from ocean waves.
Commercialisation funding of $13m for Australian biotech companies
18 May, 2011The commercialisation of new Australian inventions, including an influenza test kit for pandemics, is being supported by $13m of federal government funding.
$3bn for CSIRO
13 May, 2011The CSIRO, through a new quadrennial funding agreement with the Australian Government, will receive $3 billion over the four years from 2011.
Steady science Budget won’t win the race
11 May, 2011While the Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Budget decision not to cut science research funding, it is disappointed there will be no increase in the research budget and no ongoing support for scientists to collaborate internationally.
DNA equipment donated to The University of Western Australia
19 April, 2011Philanthropist Charles Morgan has donated cutting-edge DNA equipment to The University of Western Australia.
NHMRC provides high-level research programs
09 March, 2011Nine medical research programs provided through the NHMRC have been announced, and they will help boost Australia's reputation as an international leader in research.
Prize offered for genome research paper
25 February, 2011Researchers in Western Australia have been offered a prize for the first published research paper to use new gene sequencing equipment.
Investment needed for Australian science
02 February, 2011The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the release of the first data assessing Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA).
