With new Ministers announced regularly, this Commonwealth Grants project maps each Minister against the grants made during their tenure in any given position. A new Minister (or occasionally an entire Ministry) has been published on average every eight weeks since the beginning of the 2017-18 financial year (mid 2017). A new dataset has been created with these positions and dates to map both budget data (which operates on a financial year) and Commonwealth the grants that each agency claims are coming out of annual budget appropriations.

Portfolios are the administrative lines drawn between specific agencies and responsible Ministers. Each Portfolio administers specific agencies and those agencies can only spend funding appropriated through Parliament and documented in the Portfolio Budget Statements published on budget night or the MYEFO updates each December or Portfolio Additional Estimate Statements published in February.

Portfolio names change when Administrative Arragement Orders are made by the presiding government. This can change the portfolio to which an agency is attributed or the Minister responsible. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison announced significant changes to the Portfolios and agencies they administed which came into effect on 1, February 2020.

Unless otherwise specified, grants in this system date back to January 2018 when the Commonwealth implemented a whole-of-government grants reporting system, using the same schema (fields) across every agency for the first time.

See the budget project for updates on how the government is reporting budget data during the Covid-19 crisis.

Agency

Totals for current financial year to date (at last update)

1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH $4,309,742,548 30.2362%
2 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $1,791,857,881 12.5713%
3 DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET $1,282,417,501 8.9972%
4 NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE AGENCY $1,071,061,918 7.5143%
5 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL $1,058,562,807 7.4266%
6 NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL $1,034,721,754 7.2594%
7 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS $883,014,252 6.1950%
8 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AGENCY $452,693,146 3.1760%
9 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CITIES $288,140,454 2.0215%
10 DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE $233,956,422 1.6414%
11 DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, ENERGY AND RESOURCES $226,160,184 1.5867%
12 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT $211,323,327 1.4826%
13 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT $188,463,730 1.3222%
14 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING $181,807,370 1.2755%
15 DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS $175,596,623 1.2319%
16 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS $160,065,128 1.1230%
17 DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, SKILLS, SMALL AND FAMILY BUSINESS $153,322,463 1.0757%
18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE $140,947,388 0.9889%
19 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE $73,530,734 0.5159%
20 AUSTRALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION $59,035,641 0.4142%
21 DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE $58,093,767 0.4076%
22 ATTORNEY-GENERALS DEPARTMENT $50,673,553 0.3555%
23 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY $29,648,041 0.2080%
24 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS $24,299,655 0.1705%
25 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY $23,851,912 0.1673%
26 CANCER AUSTRALIA $16,580,713 0.1163%
27 WINE AUSTRALIA $11,595,555 0.0814%
28 ORGAN AND TISSUE AUTHORITY $10,012,333 0.0702%
29 NDIS QUALITY AND SAFEGUARDS COMMISSION $9,550,822 0.0670%
30 AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY $9,534,649 0.0669%
31 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, CITIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $9,163,600 0.0643%
32 AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION $8,897,328 0.0624%
33 FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN AND REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS COMMISSION ENTITY $4,950,000 0.0347%
34 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE $3,619,392 0.0254%
35 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE $1,738,732 0.0122%
36 AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE $1,050,000 0.0074%
37 NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION $1,027,142 0.0072%
38 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $977,146 0.0069%
39 NATIONAL BLOOD AUTHORITY $866,472 0.0061%
40 GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA $708,700 0.0050%
41 SAFE WORK AUSTRALIA $334,944 0.0023%

Category

1 AGED CARE $5,097,622,828 13.0750%
2 INDIGENOUS HEALTH $3,636,319,430 9.3269%
3 SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES $3,179,360,074 8.1548%
4 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES $2,735,395,676 7.0161%
5 MEDICAL RESEARCH $2,313,136,367 5.9330%
6 INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS $1,958,927,366 5.0245%
7 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $1,821,470,784 4.6719%
8 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) RESEARCH $1,537,553,569 3.9437%
9 INDUSTRY INNOVATION $1,140,314,146 2.9248%
10 LEGAL SERVICES $1,095,888,168 2.8109%
11 CHILD CARE $1,021,555,399 2.6202%
12 MENTAL HEALTH $1,015,697,835 2.6052%
13 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES $996,167,963 2.5551%
14 HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH $982,498,826 2.5200%
15 INDIGENOUS EDUCATION $917,784,908 2.3540%
16 VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS $904,481,753 2.3199%
17 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT $851,817,919 2.1848%
18 NATURAL RESOURCES - CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION $605,520,403 1.5531%
19 HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (HASS) RESEARCH $542,635,025 1.3918%
20 CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES $530,400,364 1.3604%
21 TRANSPORT $416,369,787 1.0680%
22 INFRASTRUCTURE $407,465,526 1.0451%
23 EDUCATION SUPPORT $348,954,774 0.8950%
24 HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS $332,892,176 0.8538%
25 HUMANITIES $313,629,673 0.8044%
26 BROADCASTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS $310,592,511 0.7966%
27 DROUGHT $303,230,530 0.7778%
28 DEFENCE $274,965,377 0.7053%
29 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT $263,355,177 0.6755%
30 ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE $227,175,620 0.5827%
31 RURAL DEVELOPMENT $221,871,802 0.5691%
32 SETTLEMENT SERVICES $221,627,449 0.5685%
33 DEMENTIA $215,609,058 0.5530%
34 CANCER $171,415,726 0.4397%
35 DISASTER RELIEF $159,079,373 0.4080%
36 SCIENCE $157,972,447 0.4052%
37 RECREATION AND SPORT $151,792,763 0.3893%
38 FARMING $117,798,608 0.3021%
39 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY $107,032,042 0.2745%
40 HIGHER EDUCATION $106,455,471 0.2730%
41 NATIONAL SECURITY $104,103,845 0.2670%
42 FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE $98,767,541 0.2533%
43 INDIGENOUS ARTS AND CULTURE $83,011,931 0.2129%
44 COMMUNITY SAFETY $82,398,569 0.2113%
45 SMALL BUSINESS $77,134,914 0.1978%
46 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY $76,054,252 0.1951%
47 SCHOLARSHIPS $61,587,983 0.1580%
48 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION $59,245,228 0.1520%
49 ENERGY RESOURCES $58,955,334 0.1512%
50 PALLIATIVE CARE $57,729,578 0.1481%
51 TRADE AND TOURISM $53,053,095 0.1361%
52 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT $50,204,126 0.1288%
53 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH $39,987,764 0.1026%
54 VETERANS $37,955,055 0.0974%
55 WOMEN $33,077,717 0.0848%
56 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS $32,806,319 0.0841%
57 CRISIS ACCOMMODATION $32,400,000 0.0831%
58 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS $29,517,460 0.0757%
59 ACADEMIC MEDICAL RESEARCH $20,092,922 0.0515%
60 SOCIAL SUPPORT $18,895,160 0.0485%
61 COMMEMORATIVE $17,075,452 0.0438%
62 HERITAGE $14,016,320 0.0360%
63 MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS $13,785,494 0.0354%
64 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES $12,806,148 0.0328%
65 PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTARISM AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS INFRASTRUCTURE $12,446,005 0.0319%
66 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS $12,082,227 0.0310%
67 MULTICULTURALISM $11,520,461 0.0295%
68 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY BASED SERVICES $10,931,489 0.0280%
69 CHILD HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING $6,945,400 0.0178%
70 MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES $6,552,892 0.0168%
71 HUMAN RIGHTS $5,233,356 0.0134%
72 TRANSITION TO WORK $4,967,035 0.0127%
73 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH $4,479,200 0.0115%
74 SOCIAL INCLUSION $4,415,700 0.0113%
75 CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH $4,400,000 0.0113%
76 SOCIAL JUSTICE $3,212,747 0.0082%
77 TECHNOLOGY $3,050,850 0.0078%
78 CLIMATE CHANGE $3,031,093 0.0078%
79 CULTURAL HERITAGE $2,176,595 0.0056%
80 OVERSEAS ADVOCACY $1,924,979 0.0049%
81 MIGRANTS $1,860,100 0.0048%
82 INTERNATIONAL AID AND DEVELOPMENT $1,840,863 0.0047%
83 YOUTH SERVICES $1,175,625 0.0030%
84 FOOD AND NUTRITION $1,133,000 0.0029%
85 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY $1,123,691 0.0029%
86 ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES $890,966 0.0023%
87 ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION $649,000 0.0017%
88 COMMUNITY CARE $619,836 0.0016%
89 HEALTHY AGEING $349,261 0.0009%
90 LITERACY AND NUMERACY SUPPORT $345,240 0.0009%
91 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES $286,000 0.0007%
92 ZOOS, WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES $278,000 0.0007%
93 POLLUTION CONTROL $211,150 0.0005%
94 VISUAL ARTS $182,000 0.0005%
95 RECYCLING $165,000 0.0004%
96 LIBRARIES $150,000 0.0004%
97 PERFORMING ARTS $115,560 0.0003%
98 CONSULAR SERVICES $95,000 0.0002%
99 ADVOCACY $75,000 0.0002%
100 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY $55,910 0.0001%
101 FAMILY RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT $54,450 0.0001%
102 WATER RESOURCES $33,000 0.0001%
103 ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN $20,000 0.0001%
104 VICTIMS OF CRIME $2,610 0.0000%

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1 MONASH UNIVERSITY $688,585,350
2 GREAT BARRIER REEF FOUNDATION $493,133,300
3 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE $430,126,010
4 UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES $376,279,605
5 THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND $366,180,020
6 THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST Q $347,255,578
7 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY $317,533,862
8 AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION $301,728,000
9 AUSTRALIAN UNITY HOME CARE SERVICE $293,286,164
10 THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST NSW $257,935,502
11 THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE $257,562,622
12 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES $229,965,347
13 SETTLEMENT SERVICES INTERNATIONAL $229,047,511
14 ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA $206,500,068
15 UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST NSW $206,077,056
16 THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY $200,353,531
17 GP SYNERGY $196,485,821
18 KU CHILDRENS SERVICES $190,116,639
19 NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA $189,531,405
20 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND $168,635,774
21 UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA $164,642,353
22 CARERS QUEENSLAND $163,934,312
23 MISSION AUSTRALIA $158,883,976
24 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY $155,848,553
25 CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CONGRESS ABORIGINAL CORPORATION $151,438,741
26 MTP-IIGC $150,012,500
27 QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY $142,980,424
28 NORTHERN RIVERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL $139,955,402
29 TRANSPORT FOR NSW $139,646,243
30 ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY NSW $135,818,696
31 UNITING NSWACT $133,956,824
32 JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY $132,909,994
33 WELLWAYS AUSTRALIA $128,316,910
34 RELATIONSHIPS AUSTRALIA QLD $126,737,732
35 THE CORPORATION OF THE SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF BRISBANE $124,792,796
36 MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY $123,677,908
37 HEADSPACE NATIONAL YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION $120,565,641
38 SILVER CHAIN GROUP $119,366,736
39 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $117,772,966
40 HAMMONDCARE $117,594,518
41 UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA $116,834,287
42 THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY $111,994,153
43 NATO-AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY TRUST FUND $111,747,200
44 MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE $111,726,548
45 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA $110,243,472
46 MERRI COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES $107,626,570
47 THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS $107,030,124
48 LATROBE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE $106,397,471
49 DEAKIN UNIVERSITY $105,492,978
50 WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH $105,470,374
51 CURTIN UNIVERSITY $105,181,596
52 FLINDERS UNIVERSITY $102,182,999
53 APUNIPIMA CAPE YORK HEALTH COUNCIL $100,066,878
54 GENERAL PRACTICE QUEENSLAND $99,885,903
55 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE $98,644,884
56 PRIMARY HEALTH TASMANIA $97,595,707
57 INSTITUTE FOR URBAN INDIGENOUS HEALTH $97,521,386
58 REGIONAL EXPRESS $97,307,708
59 MIWATJ HEALTH ABORIGINAL CORPORATION $96,111,173
60 NSW RURAL DOCTORS NETWORK $94,155,660
61 OZCARE $93,376,455
62 ROYAL DISTRICT NURSING SERVICE OF SA $92,169,089
63 BEYOND BLUE $91,781,530
64 BROTHERHOOD OF ST LAURENCE $90,757,789
65 COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION $88,969,100
66 THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE $87,490,396
67 LIFELINE AUSTRALIA $87,217,722
68 SERENDIPITY WA $87,049,454
69 ROYAL DISTRICT NURSING SERVICE $86,681,455
70 EASTERN AUSTRALIA SATELLITE BROADCASTERS $85,284,100
71 NATIONAL PRESCRIBING SERVICE $84,982,304
72 HEALTHDIRECT AUSTRALIA $84,484,882
73 RMIT UNIVERSITY $83,546,271
74 LA TROBE UNIVERSITY $82,421,068
75 MOUNT ISA ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTROLLED HEALTH SERVICES $82,131,658
76 INTERRELATE $81,696,503
77 THE ARNHEM LAND PROGRESS ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION $81,227,293
78 NGANAMPA HEALTH COUNCIL $79,938,294
79 HEALTH WORKFORCE QUEENSLAND $79,050,087
80 INTEREACH $78,556,735
81 WA PRIMARY HEALTH ALLIANCE $78,282,666
82 ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES $77,492,747
83 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY $77,424,422
84 AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITY SERVICES $77,379,350
85 CLONTARF FOUNDATION $77,302,256
86 COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION $75,812,453
87 RACE FOR 2030 $75,350,000
88 KIMBERLEY ABORIGINAL MEDICAL SERVICES $74,756,204
89 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA $74,396,127
90 RELATIONSHIPS AUSTRALIA NSW $74,108,061
91 KINCARE HEALTH SERVICES $72,935,209
92 GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY $72,095,862
93 CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN QLD TRAINING CONSORTIUM $71,909,516
94 ASPEN MEDICAL $71,904,413
95 UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY $71,566,675
96 CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY $71,043,076
97 DANILA DILBA BILURU BUTJI BINNILUTLUM HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION $70,565,773
98 COUNTRY HEALTH SA LOCAL HEALTH NETWORK $70,367,858
99 NGAANYATJARRA HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION $68,358,987
100 QANTAS GROUP AS REPRESENTED BY QANTAS AIRWAYS $68,050,000

Program

1 AGED CARE SERVICES $5,654,156,898 14.5025%
2 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH $3,438,280,324 8.8189%
3 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $2,315,362,968 5.9387%
4 HEALTH WORKFORCE $2,139,903,793 5.4887%
5 FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES $2,047,118,600 5.2507%
6 HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH $2,032,121,807 5.2122%
7 JOBS LAND AND ECONOMY $1,890,179,616 4.8482%
8 NDIA AGENCY COSTS $1,458,136,270 3.7400%
9 ARC DISCOVERY $1,280,593,201 3.2846%
10 SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD CARE SYSTEM $1,217,585,071 3.1230%
11 HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS $1,149,203,690 2.9476%
12 SUPPORTING SCIENCE AND COMMERCIALISATION $1,021,660,533 2.6205%
13 MENTAL HEALTH $1,008,704,416 2.5872%
14 CHILDREN AND SCHOOLING $914,913,865 2.3467%
15 DISABILITY MENTAL HEALTH AND CARERS $875,926,376 2.2467%
16 BUILDING SKILLS AND CAPABILITY $874,110,935 2.2420%
17 COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS $862,594,539 2.2125%
18 SAFETY AND WELLBEING $795,433,690 2.0402%
19 ARC LINKAGE $743,648,082 1.9074%
20 PREVENTIVE HEALTH AND CHRONIC DISEASE SUPPORT $627,128,571 1.6085%
21 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT $595,032,233 1.5262%
22 GROWING BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND IMPROVING BUSINESS CAPABILITY $465,508,826 1.1940%
23 AIR TRANSPORT $361,167,651 0.9264%
24 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATIONS $334,679,748 0.8584%
25 ARTS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT $318,383,613 0.8166%
26 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND COORDINATION $316,445,474 0.8117%
27 AGED CARE QUALITY $241,232,811 0.6187%
28 NATIONAL SECURITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE $212,615,109 0.5453%
29 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $171,590,340 0.4401%
30 A NATIONALLY COORDINATED SYSTEM FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION FOR TRANSPLANTATION $166,108,827 0.4261%
31 HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE $158,399,200 0.4063%
32 REMOTE AUSTRALIA STRATEGY $156,566,508 0.4016%
33 STRATEGIC POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE $150,538,043 0.3861%
34 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES $142,771,845 0.3662%
35 JUSTICE SERVICES $137,587,853 0.3529%
36 PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS $135,683,034 0.3480%
37 EARLY LEARNING AND SCHOOLS SUPPORT $122,929,226 0.3153%
38 SPORT AND RECREATION $113,215,783 0.2904%
39 CAPABILITY ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT $112,879,470 0.2895%
40 AVIATION, AIR CARGO AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PACKAGE $98,198,244 0.2519%
41 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT $97,589,104 0.2503%
42 NATURAL RESOURCES $87,462,003 0.2243%
43 WORKING AGE PAYMENTS $86,463,982 0.2218%
44 CULTURE AND CAPABILITY $82,497,969 0.2116%
45 NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME $76,080,286 0.1951%
46 MEDICAL BENEFITS $63,820,082 0.1637%
47 ACCESS AND INFORMATION $61,936,857 0.1589%
48 HOME SUPPORT AND CARE $59,694,807 0.1531%
49 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT $55,598,512 0.1426%
50 PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH $50,000,000 0.1282%
51 NEW COLOMBO PLAN $48,328,435 0.1240%
52 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT - NATURAL RESOURCES $46,032,057 0.1181%
53 HEALTH PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE $44,456,092 0.1140%
54 NEW COLOMBO PLAN TRANSFORMING REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS $43,767,360 0.1123%
55 SERVICES TO TERRITORIES $43,735,925 0.1122%
56 AUSTRADE NATIONAL TOURISM ICON PROGRAM $43,500,000 0.1116%
57 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT $43,441,540 0.1114%
58 RESEARCH CAPACITY $43,000,000 0.1103%
59 ABORIGINAL BENEFIT ACCOUNT SPECIAL ACCOUNT $41,601,994 0.1067%
60 REFUGEE AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE $38,074,232 0.0977%
61 PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET $36,271,138 0.0930%
62 IMPROVED CANCER CONTROL $35,351,098 0.0907%
63 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DISASTER FINANCIAL SUPPORT PAYMENTS $34,699,600 0.0890%
64 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRACTICE INCENTIVES $32,999,999 0.0846%
65 AUSTRADE PROGRAM PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE AUSTRALIAS EXPORTS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTERESTS $32,590,559 0.0836%
66 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS $32,400,000 0.0831%
67 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT $30,975,533 0.0794%
68 BIOSECURITY AND EXPORT SERVICES $28,414,693 0.0729%
69 PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH $27,125,068 0.0696%
70 PROGRAM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATIONS $26,659,200 0.0684%
71 HEALTH PEAK AND ADVISORY BODIES $25,024,502 0.0642%
72 WATER REFORM $24,563,796 0.0630%
73 SMALL BUSINESS $24,419,875 0.0626%
74 CITIES $24,308,301 0.0623%
75 PAYING LEGACY UNPAID EXTERNAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION DETERMINATION PROGRAM $22,529,068 0.0578%
76 ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT $20,665,049 0.0530%
77 SUPPORT FOR MARKETS AND BUSINESS $20,452,623 0.0525%
78 SUPPORTS FOR MARKETS AND BUSINESS $20,000,000 0.0513%
79 NOT APPLICABLE $18,774,320 0.0482%
80 CONSERVATION OF AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT $18,769,049 0.0481%
81 ASSISTANCE AND OTHER COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS AND DEPENDANTS $18,428,086 0.0473%
82 CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER $17,625,054 0.0452%
83 FOREST INDUSTRY $15,832,000 0.0406%
84 FEDERAL POLICING AND NATIONAL SECURITY $15,498,005 0.0398%
85 DROUGHT $15,000,001 0.0385%
86 AUSTRADE SUPPORTING AUSTRALIAS EXHIBITING ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS $14,457,714 0.0371%
87 RESIDENTIAL AND FLEXIBLE CARE $13,770,293 0.0353%
88 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP GRANTS $13,428,880 0.0344%
89 MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS AND CITIZENSHIP $13,373,561 0.0343%
90 CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION $13,301,740 0.0341%
91 COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES $12,156,985 0.0312%
92 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES $11,600,583 0.0298%
93 DROUGHT PROGRAMS $10,898,828 0.0280%
94 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY $10,633,500 0.0273%
95 PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE $10,454,400 0.0268%
96 ASSETLESS ADMINISTRATION FUND $10,190,926 0.0261%
97 HEALTH SYSTEM POLICY, DESIGN AND INNOVATION $10,002,023 0.0257%
98 FINANCIAL CAPABILITY OF WOMEN $10,000,000 0.0256%
99 ENERGY $8,340,285 0.0214%
100 AN EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE, COMPETITIVE, SAFE AND SECURE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR ALL TRANSPORT USERS THROUGH REGULATION, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS $7,960,000 0.0204%
101 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENTNHT $7,864,257 0.0202%
102 RURAL PROGRAMMES $7,700,000 0.0197%
103 FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE OPERATIONS $7,343,345 0.0188%
104 VETERANS? COMMUNITY CARE AND SUPPORT $7,296,371 0.0187%
105 DOD NOT APPLICABLE $6,457,984 0.0166%
106 TARGETED ASSISTANCE AIDS AND APPLIANCES $6,230,400 0.0160%
107 PAYING LEGACY UNPAID EXTERNAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION DETERMINATION $6,142,135 0.0158%
108 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH $5,944,527 0.0152%
109 REDUCING AUSTRALIAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS $5,500,000 0.0141%
110 VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE AND SUPPORT $5,305,915 0.0136%
111 MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTES, SUBSTANCES AND POLLUTANTS $5,060,150 0.0130%
112 FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN ADDITIONAL RESOURCING NEW POLICY PROPOSAL $4,950,000 0.0127%
113 SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME PROVIDERS IN RELATION TO REGISTRATION $4,775,722 0.0122%
114 HEARING SERVICES $4,620,000 0.0118%
115 SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY $4,620,000 0.0118%
116 INTERNATIONAL MARKET ACCESS $4,194,518 0.0108%
117 FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS $4,008,125 0.0103%
118 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES $3,983,080 0.0102%
119 NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION $3,867,181 0.0099%
120 ASSETLESS ADMINSTRATION FUND $3,763,675 0.0097%
121 SURFACE TRANSPORT $3,612,250 0.0093%
122 NA317 NONAID AUSTRALIA PACIFIC SPORTS GRANT $3,421,774 0.0088%
123 NDISQSC PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR NDIS PROVIDERS IN RELATION TO REGISTRATION $3,258,200 0.0084%
124 NONAID PACIFICAUS SPORTS GRANT $3,227,259 0.0083%
125 SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT $3,100,000 0.0080%
126 SERVICES FOR OTHER ENTITIES AND TRUST MONIES $2,420,000 0.0062%
127 NATIONAL BLOOD AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT $2,268,973 0.0058%
128 DAIRY INDUSTRY $2,211,000 0.0057%
129 ANTARCTICA: SCIENCE, POLICY AND PRESENCE $2,188,353 0.0056%
130 GATEWAY NETWORK GOVERNANCE BODY $2,157,100 0.0055%
131 VETERANS AND COMMUNITY GRANT $2,139,087 0.0055%
132 ESTATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE $1,980,000 0.0051%
133 NATIONAL TAX CLINIC PROGRAM $1,978,925 0.0051%
134 EDUCATION $1,950,650 0.0050%
135 PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY $1,870,448 0.0048%
136 ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY $1,845,318 0.0047%
137 EVALUATION AND RESEARCH $1,755,733 0.0045%
138 ABCM INNOVATIVE CLINICAL TRIALS GRANT OPPORTUNITY $1,749,170 0.0045%
139 PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE $1,738,732 0.0045%
140 PROGRAM PAYMENT TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS $1,665,683 0.0043%
141 NONAID AUSTRALIA PACIFIC SPORTS GRANT $1,592,900 0.0041%
142 ROAD SAFETY $1,566,016 0.0040%
143 SUPPORT FOR NDIS PROVIDERS IN RELATION TO REGISTRATION $1,516,900 0.0039%
144 SUPPORTING YOUNGER VETERANS $1,212,565 0.0031%
145 PAYMENT TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS $1,186,207 0.0030%
146 CANCER AUSTRALIA $1,147,065 0.0029%
147 INDIGENOUS LEGAL AND NATIVE TITLE ASSISTANCE $1,126,100 0.0029%
148 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY $1,100,000 0.0028%
149 HEALTH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY $1,100,000 0.0028%
150 DISASTER RESILIENCE AUSTRALIA PACKAGE $1,100,000 0.0028%
151 PEOPLE $943,471 0.0024%
152 RURAL MES $901,146 0.0023%
153 DEFENCE PEOPLE $836,412 0.0021%
154 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT PROMOTIONS $825,000 0.0021%
155 OPERATING EXPENSES CIVIL JUSTICE AND LEGAL SERVICES $780,575 0.0020%
156 GEOSCIENTIFIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SERVICES $708,700 0.0018%
157 REDUCING AUSTRALIA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS $666,907 0.0017%
158 REFORM OF AND IMPROVEMENTS TO AUSTRALIAN WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS $641,521 0.0016%
159 AUSTRALIAN RURAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION LIMITED $577,948 0.0015%
160 ANTARCTIA: SCIENCE, POLICY AND PRESENCE $550,000 0.0014%
161 AUSTRADE REGIONAL TOURISM EVENTS INITIATIVE $536,982 0.0014%
162 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT FOR APEC 2018 $522,000 0.0013%
163 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP PAYMENTS $496,364 0.0013%
164 IT STUDENTS SPONSORSHIP $459,000 0.0012%
165 FISHING INDUSTRY $440,000 0.0011%
166 DATA SCIENCE AND DECISION STUDENTS SPONSORSHIP $380,000 0.0010%
167 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY $330,000 0.0008%
168 MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES $284,691 0.0007%
169 MONEY SMART TEACHING $253,050 0.0006%
170 CYBER SECURITY CRC $247,500 0.0006%
171 AIR FORCE CAPABILITIES $230,100 0.0006%
172 REGIONAL COOPERATION $200,000 0.0005%
173 ARMY CAPABILITIES $152,250 0.0004%
174 AUSTLII $150,000 0.0004%
175 ARC LINKAGE PROJECT $126,983 0.0003%
176 FISHING INDUSTRY ISTERED EXPENSES FISHERIES RESOURCES RESEARCH FUND $110,000 0.0003%
177 JUSTICE SERVICES COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES $100,000 0.0003%
178 HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY $100,000 0.0003%
179 EMPLOYMENT $90,669 0.0002%
180 DEPARTMENTAL BUILDING CAPACITY IN PNG FIRE SERVICE $87,000 0.0002%
181 DEPARTMENTAL OUTCOME 1 $74,066 0.0002%
182 INTERCESSIONAL GRANT $73,502 0.0002%
183 MONEY SMART TEACHING PROGRAM $66,340 0.0002%
184 FEDERATION UNIVERSITY INTERNS GRANT ROUND 1 $60,000 0.0002%
185 COMMONWEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL WATER $60,000 0.0002%
186 CONSERVATION OF AUSTRALIAS HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT $54,912 0.0001%
187 SACSMHDT SACS IN MENTAL HEALTH $54,049 0.0001%
188 CONSULAR SERVICES $45,000 0.0001%
189 INDIGENOUS SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE 219 22 $34,500 0.0001%
190 CONSERVATION OF AUSTRALIA'S HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT $31,725 0.0001%
191 SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION BY REPRESENTATIVES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IN INTERNATIONAL FORUMS $30,000 0.0001%
192 PORTFOLIO BUDGET STATEMENTS $26,400 0.0001%
193 GEOSCIENTIFIC AND SPATIAL INFROMATION SERVICES $20,000 0.0001%
194 INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION $19,000 0.0000%
195 PAYMENT SCHEME FOR AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA'S EN ROUTE CHARGES $17,500 0.0000%
196 HEALTH ACCESS AND INFORMATION $11,550 0.0000%
197 2019 NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK $10,000 0.0000%
198 UNR DEPARTMENTAL PAYMENTS UN YOUTH $8,800 0.0000%
199 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY $8,500 0.0000%
200 WAR GRAVES CARE AND MAINTENANCE $4,530 0.0000%
201 IMPROVING THE OUTLOOK FOR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF $1,100 0.0000%

Electorate


StateElectorateValue
1NSW SYDNEY$3,315,103,886
2VIC MELBOURNE$3,049,778,450
3QLD BRISBANE$2,249,521,337
4NT LINGIARI$1,839,324,542
5SA ADELAIDE$1,716,052,771
6ACT CANBERRA$1,542,601,177
7NSW KINGSFORD SMITH$995,401,216
8NT SOLOMON$974,675,683
9VIC HOTHAM$896,001,772
10WA DURACK$875,119,256
11VIC MACNAMARA$707,273,636
12WA SWAN$705,140,096
13WA PERTH$701,959,061
14QLD LEICHHARDT$698,067,060
15QLD RYAN$635,138,517
16QLD GRIFFITH$626,324,345
17WA CURTIN$587,488,837
18NSW GRAYNDLER$545,674,155
19NSW NORTH SYDNEY$534,265,245
20NSW BENNELONG$434,662,918
21TAS CLARK$429,504,620
22QLD KENNEDY$416,662,779
23NSW PARRAMATTA$395,427,463
24VIC KOOYONG$389,215,118
25NSW PARKES$374,235,518
26NSW NEWCASTLE$350,708,741
27SA GREY$347,781,773
28NSW MITCHELL$320,782,144
29NSW PAGE$292,136,396
30NSW CUNNINGHAM$268,815,916
31VIC COOPER$266,031,631
32QLD DAWSON$243,252,706
33VIC GIPPSLAND$238,585,246
34WA STIRLING$237,794,560
35QLD MORETON$237,357,094
36VIC CORIO$228,782,719
37NSW CALARE$225,510,451
38QLD MARANOA$223,969,803
39NSW FARRER$221,709,012
40VIC CHISHOLM$219,067,128
41TAS FRANKLIN$200,839,270
42NSW COWPER$197,748,349
43SA BOOTHBY$196,930,497
44QLD HERBERT$186,011,576
45NSW RIVERINA$182,742,570
46SA BARKER$180,909,481
47NSW NEW ENGLAND$178,531,993
48QLD LILLEY$178,133,927
49VIC WILLS$176,484,575
50NSW GILMORE$175,679,607
51QLD CAPRICORNIA$163,412,014
52VIC MALLEE$161,489,951
53VIC WANNON$153,916,657
54VIC NICHOLLS$143,990,988
55CHINA OVERSEAS$138,769,081
56QLD MCPHERSON$133,966,445
57QLD BONNER$132,845,589
58VIC HIGGINS$132,101,137
59TAS BASS$128,935,722
60WA O'CONNOR$122,039,205
61VIC ISAACS$117,888,782
62QLD FAIRFAX$110,862,931
63QLD GROOM$109,189,416
64ACT BEAN$107,782,835
65SA HINDMARSH$107,695,386
66VIC INDI$107,143,224
67NSW WARRINGAH$106,257,882
68NSW WENTWORTH$102,185,081
69QLD HINKLER$101,340,855
70WA FREMANTLE$98,233,024
71WA FORREST$97,345,192
72NSW HUNTER$95,447,543
73TAS BRADDON$91,569,237
74NSW FOWLER$89,380,881
75NSW LINDSAY$89,286,448
76VIC ASTON$87,012,537
77TAS LYONS$84,370,151
78VIC BENDIGO$82,841,020
79SA STURT$82,303,900
80NSW EDEN-MONARO$81,729,081
81QLD MONCRIEFF$80,289,961
82QLD WIDE BAY$78,715,510
83WA HASLUCK$76,617,153
84QLD FISHER$72,302,248
85WA MOORE$69,956,194
86NSW RICHMOND$69,840,335
87NSW LYNE$67,318,881
88NSW MACARTHUR$67,131,015
89SA MAKIN$66,329,287
90VIC BALLARAT$64,217,143
91NSW REID$63,552,315
92VIC GELLIBRAND$62,414,698
93QLD FLYNN$59,722,691
94SA MAYO$58,969,626
95NSW DOBELL$58,029,124
96QLD LONGMAN$56,750,144
97VIC CORANGAMITE$56,543,929
98WA TANGNEY$56,331,856
99WA BURT$53,412,810
100NSW MACKELLAR$53,365,882
101VIC MONASH$52,565,338
102NSW ROBERTSON$51,568,203
103NSW COOK$50,646,150
104VIC SCULLIN$50,432,968
105QLD BLAIR$50,342,008
106VIC GOLDSTEIN$49,293,434
107QLD RANKIN$48,529,334
108VIC CALWELL$47,950,680
109VIC BRUCE$47,248,451
110WA CANNING$45,599,891
111NSW MACQUARIE$44,973,013
112NSW CHIFLEY$44,528,110
113QLD FORDE$43,944,243
114NSW WATSON$43,659,623
115VIC FLINDERS$42,878,366
116QLD BOWMAN$42,564,658
117VIC CASEY$42,157,803
118WA PEARCE$41,082,714
119VIC JAGAJAGA$39,780,381
120NSW PATERSON$39,738,929
121NSW BRADFIELD$39,495,994
122NSW GREENWAY$37,846,102
123VIC DUNKLEY$34,988,740
124SA SPENCE$34,841,368
125NSW WHITLAM$32,830,243
126NSW HUME$27,400,210
127VIC MARIBYRNONG$26,489,320
128NSW BLAXLAND$26,062,182
129QLD OXLEY$25,628,234
130VIC MENZIES$24,867,551
131NSW BANKS$24,858,110
132ACT FENNER$23,781,381
133VIC GORTON$23,408,556
134QLD DICKSON$22,943,244
135VIC LALOR$21,459,558
136QLD FADDEN$20,863,955
137VIC HOLT$20,735,646
138NSW BARTON$20,612,228
139VIC FRASER$20,168,922
140QLD WRIGHT$19,334,463
141NSW HUGHES$17,910,939
142SA KINGSTON$17,893,635
143VIC DEAKIN$16,197,630
144NSW MCMAHON$15,344,866
145VIC LA TROBE$14,947,463
146NSW WERRIWA$14,001,112
147QLD PETRIE$13,822,965
148NSW BEROWRA$13,375,122
149WA COWAN$12,117,487
150WA BRAND$11,177,848
151VIC MCEWEN$9,081,165
152NSW SHORTLAND$7,728,309
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
$236,671,720


Fin Year Agency Since Jan 2018 Grants
1 19-20 Australian Research Council $75,606,889 81
2 18-19 Australian Research Council $50,385,111 95
3 17-18 Australian Research Council $23,618,148 60
4 18-19 Department of Agriculture $5,930,000 2
5 19-20 Australian Taxation Office $100,000 1
6 18-19 National Blood Authority $73,799 1
7 17-18 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade $53,106 1
8 17-18 Department of Education and Training $25,000 1
9 18-19 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet $25,000 1
10 19-20 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade $16,500 1
11 18-19 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade $15,000 1


Fin Year Program Since Jan 2018 Grants
1 19-20 ARC LINKAGE $38,877,144 9
2 19-20 ARC DISCOVERY $36,729,745 72
3 18-19 ARC DISCOVERY $36,545,325 84
4 17-18 ARC DISCOVERY $20,579,661 53
5 18-19 ARC LINKAGE $13,839,786 11
6 18-19 NATURAL RESOURCES $5,316,150 1
7 17-18 ARC LINKAGE $3,038,487 7
8 18-19 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT - NATURAL RESOURCES $613,850 1
9 19-20 NATIONAL TAX CLINIC PROGRAM $100,000 1
10 18-19 NATIONAL BLOOD AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT $73,799 1
11 17-18 PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY $53,106 1
12 17-18 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT $25,000 1
13 18-19 PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET $25,000 1
14 19-20 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP GRANTS $16,500 1
15 18-19 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP GRANTS $15,000 1


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $8,575,134
Address ACTON 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency Department of Health
Program HEALTH WORKFORCE
Component Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training Programme
CategoryPublic Health Services Closed Non-Competitive
PurposeThe Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training Programme aims to increase the rural health workforce by supporting universities to deliver quality medical, multidisciplinary and dental training in rural communities and promote/encourage rural careers
ActivityRural Health Multidisciplinary Training Programme
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
31 May 201814 Jan 201901 Jan 201931 Dec 2020 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - AUSTRALIA-JAPAN RESEARCH CENTRE
CANBERRA  $22,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Trade
Agency Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Program PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP GRANTS
Component Australia-Japan Foundation
CategoryPublic Diplomacy Open Competitive
PurposeThis one-day public conference is ANU's flagship event on Japan. Drawing on recent scholarship, the conference provides an 'update' of emerging developments in Japan's politics, international relations, and economics. There will be a smaller'scale event in Adelaide.
ActivityJapan Update 2019
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
31 Jul 201914 Aug 201914 Aug 201901 Feb 2020 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $27,500
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Trade
Agency Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Program PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP GRANTS
Component Australia-Japan Foundation
CategoryPublic Diplomacy Open Competitive
PurposeOur team of Australian and Japanese scientists will host a workshop and exchange activities. These activities will progress investigation of how to increase crop productivity using new mechanisms we discovered influencing water, nutrient and salt uptake in barley and rice.
ActivityBoosting barley and rice stress tolerance in Australia and Japan
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
31 Jul 201914 Aug 201914 Aug 201930 Jun 2020 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $34,935,113
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component ARC Centres of Excellence
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThe ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems will develop the next-generation of miniaturised optical systems with functionalities beyond what is conceivable today. By harnessing the disruptive concept of meta-optics, the Centre will overcome complex challenges in light generation, manipulation and detection at the nanoscale. The Centre brings together a trans-disciplinary team of world-leaders in science, technology and engineering to deliver scientific innovations in optical systems for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The research outcomes will underpin future technologies, including real-time holographic displays, artificial vision for autonomous systems to see the invisible, and ultra-fast light-based WiFi.
ActivityARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
29 Nov 201905 Dec 201901 Jan 202031 Dec 2026 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $199,037
Address Acton 2602 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Mental Health Commission
Program NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION
Component Digging Deeper – Exploring the Effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Social Connectedness and Mental Health
CategoryMental Health
PurposeDigging Deeper - Exploring the Effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Social Connectedness and Mental Health
ActivityDigging Deeper – Exploring the Effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Social Connectedness and Mental Health
Delivery Area Multiple National AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
29 Jun 202015 Jul 202029 Jun 202030 Jun 2021 2020-21


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $16,500
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Trade
Agency Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Program PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP GRANTS
Component Australia-Korea Foundation
CategoryPublic Diplomacy Open Competitive
PurposeA one-day public event that brings together key representatives from the academic and policy-making communities to discuss current social, political, economic, and security issues related to Korea.
ActivityANU Korea Update 2019
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
29 Jul 201906 Aug 201901 Aug 201930 Nov 2019 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $499,222
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component European Union
CategoryHealth and Medical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeProductivity loss related to mental illness. Digital technologies improve mental health and wellbeing at the workplace. A multimodal digital platform is the software of a website allowing for the interaction of its users and including different modules such as apps, chatbots and virtual assistants. This will be the first multimodal platform developed in Europe. We will provide a critical knowledge transfer for its design, pilot and implementation and will coordinate the impact analysis.
ActivityEuropean platform to promote wellbeing and health in the workplace (EMPOWER)
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
29 Jan 202011 Mar 202001 Mar 202029 Feb 2024 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $3,740,000
Address ACTON 2600 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Agriculture Water and the Environment
Agency Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Program AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Component Agricultural Stewardship Package
CategoryRural Development
PurposeTo develop and trial a farm biodiversity certification scheme.
ActivityAgricultural Stewardship Package
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
28 Apr 202004 Jul 202022 Jun 202031 Dec 2022 2020-21


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $102,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Trade
Agency Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Program FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE OPERATIONS
Component Ad hoc/One-off
CategoryOverseas Advocacy
PurposeTo support Australia's engagement in regional track two diplomacy forums.
Activity2017-18 Grant Funding to the Australian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (AusCSCAP)
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Oct 201711 Jan 201827 Oct 201730 Jun 2018 2017-18


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $600,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to dissect the ecological and evolutionary processes causing a decline in an iconic Australian bird species. Studies that can properly test explanations for declines in wild populations are rare. This project aims to test how environmental and genetic processes shape individual traits, how these traits determine fitness and how changes in individual fitness affect population dynamics. The project expects to provide essential information for the improved management of Australian bird populations, and for understanding the effects of environmental change on natural systems globally.
ActivityWild eco-evolutionary dynamics: the decline of an iconic Australian bird
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $470,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to study the fundamental processes governing interaction of ultrafast light pulses with an important class of ferroelectric materials. In particular, it will investigate the physics of light-induced ferroelectric domain reversal in various types of ferroelectrics. Project outcomes will lead to the development of a novel, ultrafast laser domain patterning technique for application in nonlinear photonics, optical memories, and photovoltaics. This technique will be employed to create the first example of three-dimensional domain patterns for versatile wave interactions. This project expects to expand Australia's knowledge in ultrafast laser engineering of materials and contribute towards its rapid uptake by industries, with great potential for commercialisation.
ActivityFormation and manipulation of ferroelectric domains with ultrafast light
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $405,092
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to provide new evidence on the twin wealth and health costs and benefits of greater gender equality in work hours, and new data resources for policy modelling and testing. It also aims to provide insights into progress on gender parity which appears to have stalled despite concerted policy action. Expected benefits of this evidence include improving the health and economic security of women, and the identification of options for new policy actions to solve the problem of gender inequality in employment and earnings.
ActivityAddressing the hour-glass ceiling: new case for action on gender equality
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $270,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate whether ocean surface temperatures can increase beyond the 35 degree centigrade threshold for the survival of humans and many other mammal species. Climate models predict that ocean surface temperatures will exceed 35 degree centigrade in parts of the middle east and throughout much of South East Asia in as little as 50 years. This project will use a series of laboratory experiments to test whether parts of the ocean surface can be warmed beyond this limit under natural conditions. Expected outcomes of this project are a new understanding of what sets the maximum surface temperature of the ocean, thereby allowing us to determine whether coastal regions of the humid tropics and sub-tropics will remain habitable for humans and other mammal species in the near future.
ActivityLimits to ocean surface temperature in future climates
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $430,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate the roles of plant malectin receptor kinases in pathogen recognition and response. The project will utilise molecular and cell biological tools to detect complex formation and changes in sugar import into cells. Expected outcomes of this project include a better understanding of how pathogens manipulate plant cells to their benefit, and greater knowledge of which host molecules participate in this process. This should provide significant benefits such as a new theoretical basis to engineer crop plants for resistance against devastating diseases.
ActivityControl of sucrose source/sink status by the plant immune system
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $462,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate the causes and consequences of variation in rate of DNA sequence evolution across three kingdoms of life. Dates estimated from DNA sequences have a wide range of applications, including evolutionary biology, conservation prioritisation and epidemiology. These methods rely on accurate rate estimates, but current models lack information about the biological drivers of rates of genomic change. This project will test reliability of current methods, identify potentially misleading estimates of disease origin or conservation priorities, and develop new approaches with empirically-informed models of rate change.
ActivityEvolving rates: foundations for the next generation of molecular clocks
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $320,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop highly porous, transparent and electrically conducting networks of oxide nanoparticles for artificial photosynthesis applications. The majority of hydrogen is currently produced via natural gas reforming, a process that generates a significant carbon footprint due to the use of fossil fuels. This project will develop novel materials and fabrication methods to improve the efficiency of hydrogen production using clean and renewable solar energy. This project will contribute to development of technologies for the chemical storage of renewable energy, and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. This will have applications in the areas of optoelectronic devices, medical biosensors, and photocatalysis, offering downstream benefits for the society, the economy and the environment.
ActivityPorous transparent conducting oxides for efficient solar fuel production
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $376,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop a holistic framework for prioritisation of uncertainties in Integrated Water Resource Assessment and Management to assist water resource analysts and planners to improve sustainability of water resource management outcomes. The framework will help scientists, consultants, policy makers and water users better select which sources of uncertainty to address in their work, with what resources, and what methods. Expected outcomes are novel analytical methods to evaluate current practice in uncertainty prioritisation, communicate when and how to use established and novel uncertainty management techniques, and improve prioritisation of uncertainty using proof-of-concept model-based analyses. The project should improve decision making in policy and industry, and societal and environmental outcomes of water management.
ActivityAdvancing uncertainty prioritisation in water resource management
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $377,402
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to provide a comprehensive examination of the transnational networks of the ultra-orthodox Salafi Sunni Muslim clerics. The project expects to generate new knowledge in the areas of Islamic studies and religion in society by studying transnational religious actors. This project offers new insights on the workings of Salafi clerical networks, and how these clerics attempt to influence and operate in Muslim societies. Since Salafism is blamed for providing the ideological foundations for extremism, the project provides significant benefits to the scholarly community as well as for policy makers, intelligence professionals and the general public in Australia and worldwide.
ActivityTransnational networks of Salafi Clerics
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $490,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to determine the electrical properties of dendrites in human neurons. Dendrites are the primary site of synaptic input to neurons and their electrical properties play a key role in information processing in the brain. While we know much about the electrical properties of dendrites in other species, primarily rodents, little is known about the electrical properties of human dendrites. This project aims to address this gap in knowledge for the first time. The results obtained will shed light on the mechanisms the brain uses to process information, and therefore will bring us a step closer to truly understanding ourselves.
ActivityElectrical properties of human dendrites
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $353,085
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop the first national consensus statement on the use of technology in mental health care in Australia. The project will examine how Australian health practitioners currently use digital therapy programs, and synthesise this data with international evidence and input from Australian government, health service, and digital health experts. This project expects to improve the implementation of digital therapy tools using an innovative, theory-driven approach. Expected outcomes of this project include increased and optimal implementation of digital therapy tools among mental health care providers and enhanced capacity within the Australian health system to meet the high demand for services in the community.
ActivityOptimising digital mental health care: how technology is used in practice
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Feb 201913 Mar 2023 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $0
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to build a physical-organic chemistry framework of transferable molecular descriptors for a relatively new but a rapidly developing area of unimolecular electronics (UE) using advanced computational chemistry tools. Established structure-property relationships will drive the cutting-edge applications of UE in sensing and catalysis and significantly expand our understanding of charge transport involving free radicals and non-covalent assemblies. Expected outcomes of this project include new design guidelines and candidate molecular architectures for such practical applications as organocatalysis inside molecular junctions, molecular spintronics and molecular sensors for reactive oxygen species and nitroaromatic pollutants.
ActivityUnifying chemical concepts for advanced molecular electronics applications
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201901 Jan 2019 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $404,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate how reform of the United Nations (UN) peace and security architecture is shaping the organisation's human protection practices in local conflicts. The project will develop a new interdisciplinary framework for studying the international-local interactions that influence global norm making and implementation, using methods drawn from international relations and international law. Expected outcomes include enhanced understanding of the factors driving major institutional reform in the UN and the impact of reform on UN prevention and protection. It will benefit those in Australia and internationally seeking to support the UN reform agenda to enhance international stability and human protection.
ActivityUnited Nations peace and security reform for human protection
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $344,682
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate the impact of the four basic forces of evolution, mutation, selection, neutral drift, and gene flow, on the genome. Genome'scale data have a signature of these forces and extracting it would greatly improve the quality of evolutionary models fit to the data, but the framework to identify the evolutionary forces has not been developed. This project will develop tests for assessing the impact of the primary evolutionary forces on the genome, and test these methods using simulations. The new framework of genomic analysis will be disseminated through an intuitive software package, and will be used to estimate with unprecedented confidence the history of diversification and genome evolution of marsupials.
ActivityThe drivers of genome evolution and diversification in marsupials
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $390,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to explore the design, synthesis, characterisation and applications of novel materials in which metals are bridged by a single carbon atom. Materials based on metals (M) separated by a single oxygen atom (O) underpin all manner of technologies from the pigments of antiquity to modern electronics. Electronic/magnetic communication across MOM bridges is thus extremely well understood. Materials with two metals bridged by one carbon atom (MCM) are in contrast, rare and poorly understood. Developing synthetic routes to such materials will make it possible to map the diversity of chemical and electronic features against theoretical models in search of new materials with unique reactivities and properties for commercial exploitation.
ActivityBimetallic carbidos: hard-wiring a single atom of carbon
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $410,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop novel methods of controlling multi'species particles in fluid suspensions, such as microorganisms in wounds. Physical methods of control offer additional opportunities for wound healing in the era of increased microbial resistance to antibiotics. The project will develop methods of controlling the local concentration of microorganisms, such as bacteria and cells, using wave-driven turbulent transport and active synthetic agents. The proposed methods will also benefit applications in microfluidics, liquid metamaterials, micro-assembly and technologies for cleaning liquid surfaces. The project will advance our fundamental knowledge of particle interaction with matter waves.
ActivityTransport control in multi-species fluid suspensions
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201815 Sep 201914 Sep 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $400,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to study the fabrication and application of nano-porous antimony based semiconductors prepared by high-energy ion irradiation. Using a unique combination of synchrotron and laboratory- based analytical techniques as well as computer simulations, the project expects to identify the physical mechanisms for porous structure formation and exploit the materials for application in thermoelectric and thermo-photovoltaic devices. Expected outcomes of the project include fabrication processes compatible with current device fabrication methodologies that should enable rapid integration of the materials into advanced device applications. Significant benefits should result from novel applications of the technologies such as energy harvesting and sensor devices.
ActivitySwift heavy ion induced nano-porous antimony-based semiconductors
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $480,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to formally verify automatic memory managers in the presence of concurrency and the weakly ordered memory of modern processors. A new framework for verifying memory managers, reusable for a wide range of managed programming languages, target hardware, policies, and algorithms will be developed. Expected technical outcomes include improved techniques to ensure trustworthiness of the foundations on which critical software infrastructures are built. This will significantly enhance the security of public and private cyber assets, and deliver applications that are more robust and trustworthy, across a range of critical infrastructure such as transportation, communication, energy and defence.
ActivityVerified concurrent memory management on modern processors
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $309,942
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to address how complex hunter-gatherers sustained large villages along the South China Coast for 2 millennia. About 7000 years ago, the people and landscape of this region began a long journey of transformation when affluent village systems appeared. Combining archaeology with archaeo-botany, palaeo-landscape reconstruction, and bio-archaeology, this project seeks to learn how these early coastal societies contributed to regional social-economic developments, in a time long prior to written chronicles. The project expects to support new comprehension of these unique coastal communities and their relationship with others in the broader Asia-Pacific region.
ActivityProsperity along the sea in the Asia Pacific at 5000-3000 BC
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $380,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to reveal the process of gaseous accretion in interacting galaxies by elucidating the origin and evolution of the Magellanic Stream. The Magellanic Stream is an enormous tail of hydrogen gas extending from the Magellanic Clouds almost fully around the Milky Way. Through unravelling the Magellanic Stream and revealing how it will impact the Milky Way, this project will help understand how galaxies receive new gas to continue their star formation and very existence. The project will use the newly constructed Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder to shed light on the question of how galaxies evolve, one of the highest priority questions in Australian Astrophysics as defined by the Australian Astronomy Decadal Plan.
ActivityDisentangling the origin and evolution of the tangled magellanic stream
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $0
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to understand how the elements forged in stars flow through space and find their way into new stars and planets. The history of these elements, and how they came to be in planets like ours, is one of the most basic questions remaining in astrophysics. The expected outcome is to provide a model for the history of the elements that can provide a theoretical basis and a vital set of statistical tools to interpret the flood of data that will arrive from Australian and international telescopes over the next five years. The results will significantly benefit astronomical fields from cosmology to chemical evolution, and the machine learning methods developed will have applications well beyond astronomy. The end result will be a new and deeper insight into our cosmic origins.
ActivityThe cosmic distribution of metals
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201904 Feb 2019 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $435,449
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to resolve simultaneously the timing and space localisation of photoelectron emission from atoms and molecules as a means for targeted breaking of molecular bonds. Existing techniques determine the timing and spatial characteristics of photoemission independently. The simultaneous time'space resolution will allow for the precise manipulation of photoelectrons by a sequence of phase'stabilised laser pulses, a technique known as coherent control. The benefit of this project will be the coherently controlled breaking of molecular bonds in oxide, carbonyl and hydrocarbon molecules. The outcome will be a significant step forward in driving complex photochemical reactions in industry.
ActivityTime-space resolved photoelectron emission to control molecular processes
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $165,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to advance our understanding of liberal culture, a concept central to the humanities and to modern social and political discourse. It will address the problem of liberalism's perceived rationalism by investigating the role of emotion as a core characteristic of liberal culture during its formation and subsequent development over the course of the long nineteenth century. The project will focus on periodicals as a vital medium for the cultivation and dissemination of progressive liberal ideas and values, as well as for the expression and discussion of the emotions. The project will benefit scholars in political, literary, and cultural studies and contribute to current debates in Australia about liberal culture and its sustainability.
ActivityThe emotional register of liberal culture in the long nineteenth century
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $505,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to create a degenerate Fermi gas of metastable helium atoms to study some basic properties of elementary quantum systems. The unique properties of helium provide access to observe many-body correlation functions. Expected outcomes are a new demonstration of the Pauli exclusion principle, where no two Fermions can be in the same location, and revealing the fundamental correlations that underlie many-body quantum systems. Correlations between Fermions underpin many effects in physics, such as high temperature superconductivity and quantum magnetism. This knowledge will have an influence on the development of new quantum technologies, such as quantum computers.
ActivityMany body correlations in a Bose Fermi gas
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $489,045
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to fill a major gap in Australia's metabolic analytical infrastructure by making available an automated, high-resolution, two-dimensional gas chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer. In a collaborative effort to build a critical mass of cutting-edge metabolic analytical tools, this is expected to give Australia a world-leading edge in metabolic research. This project will enhance skills and capabilities of the Australian research community to enable the discovery of important biochemicals and molecular mechanisms and provide an unprecedented capacity to resolve complex metabolic samples, study the volatile metabolome, discover valuable new compounds and measure metabolic flows. Outputs are expected to inform the independent development of new technologies, commercial products and services, creating jobs and generating revenue while benefiting the agriculture, health and environmental sectors.
ActivityHigh resolution gas chromatography mass spectrometry for metabolic research
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2019 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $418,386
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to provide a suite of theories, methods and software to enhance our understanding on how the generation of variation at molecular level is linked to the generation of species richness at lineage level. This new approach tests various ways that molecular changes are manifested as patterns of diversification, as revealed by genomic data analysed at the lineage level in phylogenetic studies. Expected outcomes of this project add to a growing body of evolutionary theory and provide practical phylogenetic tools for future analyses. These should benefit Australia by improving our understanding on the formation of Australia's biodiversity hotspots.
ActivityLinking genomic changes to the generation of biodiversity
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $404,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to determine the underlying cause of recent earthquake activity in central Australia. Of all the stable continents, Australia is surprisingly seismically active, with intra-plate earthquakes occurring relatively frequently. However, these are unpredictable, placing lives and infrastructure at risk. This project offers the opportunity to use a new seismic experiment to improve detection of small events that may warn of a more dangerous earthquake to come, and provide sub'surface imaging of the hidden crustal boundaries and faults that are ultimately responsible. Benefits will include improved hazard assessment, and a new predictive model for exploration that relates regional seismicity, crustal faults, and mineral systems.
ActivityWhat's shaking down under-
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $445,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop and realise experimentally integrated circuits where light propagation mimics dynamics in arbitrarily complex imaginary photonic lattices. The project puts forward a universal and mass-fabrication compatible design concept of planar optical structures featuring unconventional synthetic multi-dimensional properties, which can also be reconfigured in real time. This underpins expected outcomes in optical detection with fundamentally enhanced sensitivity and optical signal switching with ultra-low threshold. The benefits of such breakthrough improvements can have broad applications spanning from future optical communication networks to optical sensors for monitoring and health applications.
ActivitySynthetic multi-dimensional integrated photonics
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $300,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to provide a systematic and empirically-informed account of the way networks facilitate or hinder knowledge. Distinguishing on-line information from disinformation can be difficult. This task can be greatly assisted by networks of trusted peers, but figuring out who to trust is itself a challenge. Identifying, designing, and facilitating networks of trust is therefore an urgent task. By using the tools of social epistemology, virtue epistemology, and network science, this project will identify how individuals should distribute their trust when embedded in epistemically hostile environments.
ActivityTrust in a social and digital world
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $560,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to explore how the sex of cells impacts virus infections in culture. To date, the sex of cells in culture has been overlooked as an important source of biological variability, but may be found to affect basic science through to anti-viral drug discovery. Using a model in which a virus can be adapted to grow better in cells of a single sex, this project expects to generate new knowledge about how sex differences impact virus-host interactions. This project expects to provide new insights into sex-based differences in how cells detect and respond to virus infection, and the extent to which the sex of cells impacts viruses in general.
ActivityThe cellular basis of sex-specific responses to virus infection
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $433,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate a multispecies approach within nomadic medical practices and how this knowledge has been transmitted on the Mongolian Plateau. It will examine how Mongolian medicine treats both humans and animal patients, and how multispecies knowledge has developed over time. The project will focus on three forms of knowledge transmission: learning through word-of-mouth and practical trial-and-error; a more structured form of learning through Buddhist monasteries, which engages with both apprenticeship and ancient texts; and the modern institutional model of the hospital. The project expects to contribute to research on global health across species, as well as across different environmental contexts within local settings.
ActivityMongolian medicine: different modes of knowledge transmission
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 May 201930 Apr 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $390,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to combine strengths of human cognition and evolutionary computing to efficiently solve problems which neither can do alone. The project will develop techniques combining advanced non-intrusive sensor measures of behaviour and emotional reaction in interaction tasks to enable high level computer support for human goal seeking, in complex data and design environments. This project will allow non-expert users to use tools normally requiring extensive training in settings where the user can 'see' when they get something they like but do not know how to instruct a computer system to show or do it. Applications of the project will include visualisation for bespoke manufacturing or for high dimensional data, generating abstract art, or improving teleconferencing systems.
ActivityAdaptive modelling of human responses in complex interaction
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201816 Sep 201915 Sep 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,079,304
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to complete the SABRE South dark matter detector with the most radio-pure sodium-iodide crystals installed in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory. Existing evidence for dark matter is indirect, but the southern hemisphere location and operation, in conjunction with a similar detector in Italy, provides crucial advantages for resolving a dark matter signal from seasonal backgrounds. The expected outcome is to search for dark matter from 2019-2022 and, in doing so, resolve whether one of the most persistent and enigmatic signals for dark matter is real. The benefits will include scientific understanding of the universe, Australian leadership in big science, and significant technological advances. The discovery of dark matter would have an immense impact, similar to that involving the detection of the Higgs boson and gravitational waves.
ActivityConstruction of SABRE, Australia's first full-scale dark matter detector
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201809 Sep 201908 Sep 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $422,574
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop a range of bio-inspired, mixed metal iron-molybdenum complexes that are capable of activating molecular nitrogen, N2, at ambient pressure and temperature. The activation of atmospheric N2 is performed on a multi-million tonne scale each year and is key to a number of industrial processes. The project expects to generate new knowledge in the area of organometallic chemistry, specifically with regards to molecular metal-metal bonding and subsequent reactivity towards the activation of N2. Expected outcomes include new and improved catalysts, which will provide significant financial benefits to industry, as well as benefiting the environment by reducing energy demand.
ActivityHeterometallic iron-molybdenum complexes for nitrogen activation
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $384,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to demonstrate room temperature hybrid nanowire-nanoantenna infrared photodetectors by integrating plasmonic nanoantennas on semiconductor nanowire arrays. It is expected that such novel device architectures will not only bring enhanced performance in responsivity, detectivity, and photoresponse bandwidth, but also additional functionalities such as selective wavelength and tunable polarisation, which may significantly outperform current infrared technology. The outcomes will provide a new device platform for next-generation, large'scale, reduced-cost, high-performance imaging systems in self-driving navigation, object identification, spectroscopy, and other high-end defence and civilian applications.
ActivityHybrid nanowire-nanoantenna infrared photodetectors
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $405,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to establish a tool to accelerate lead generation from very small molecules. This will shift the paradigm in the identification of small molecules that can serve as lead compounds for the development of specific probes or drugs. This project offers a new strategy to rapidly generate lead compounds from a library of compound fragments. The new approach is expected to facilitate identification and development of new lead molecules, drawing on advances made in the field of fragment-based lead discovery, which is increasingly used in the pharmaceutical industries. The tools developed can also be applied for imaging of biological processes. By developing new technologies, the project should deliver intellectual property with potential for commercialisation.
ActivityGlobal positioning system for small molecules: accelerating lead discovery
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Mar 201930 Dec 2023 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $375,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to discover the largest black holes in the early universe and their origin, and weigh them using infrared spectroscopy. Giant black holes at the centres of galaxies reach masses over ten billion times that of our Sun. Astronomy has revealed the origin of black holes with masses similar to that of the Sun, but remains puzzled by the existence of those with masses many million times larger. This project will reveal pathways of black-hole growth early after the Big Bang. The project will shed light on the evolution of galaxies in the early universe and prepare the ground for new work by other scientists, for example on the origin of the elements.
ActivityThe growth of giant black holes in the early universe
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $380,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop advanced 3D computer vision and image processing technology that can turn regular cameras into high-precision location'sensing devices. Spatial Location is a fundamental type of information of our physical world. Determining the precise location of people, vehicle, and mobile devices is essential for many critical applications. Outcomes of the project will enable a wide range of novel applications of significant social, environmental and economic value, such as Location-Aware Service, Environment Monitoring, Augmented Reality, Autonomous Vehicle, and Rapid Emergency Response. The project will enhance Australia's international competitive advantage in forefront of ICT research and technology innovation.
ActivityLeveraging 3D computer vision for camera-based precise geo-localisation
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $435,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop thermal infrared technologies for the Very large telescope interferometer Infrared Kernel-NullinG instrument (VIKiNG), making it the most capable direct exoplanet detection instrument on any existing, or under construction, facility. Australia is currently world leading in innovative photonics technologies, and these are currently the limiting factor in producing a manufacturable design for VIKiNG. This project provides a clear pathway for laboratory development of high-efficiency, active mid-infrared photonic circuits in the thermal infrared. Beyond benefits to astronomy, these circuits are the first step in developing remote molecule detectors for environmental monitoring and security.
ActivityEquipping VIKiNG: mid-infrared technology for exoplanet characterisation
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $510,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to quantify and model the processes that lead to quantum thermalisation in nuclear collisions. Thermalisation is critical to the synthesis of new superheavy elements, production of medical isotopes, and creation of heavy elements in the cosmos. Yet quantum thermalisation in nuclear systems is not understood, causing models to be wrong by up to a factor of 100. This project will determine the routes to thermalisation in nuclear systems by combining the latest concepts in many body quantum physics with enhancements to Australia's precision measurement capabilities. The project will enable new fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and benefit broader applications of nuclear collisions.
ActivityQuantum thermalisation: a new framework for nuclear collisions
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $360,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate deep connections between genetic structure (population genetic processes, linkage disequilibrium and population structure) and the ability to statistically detect genetic variants responsible for variation in traits. The project expects to generate new knowledge in the areas of statistics, mathematics and biology through an innovative, multidisciplinary approach that synthesises and extends foundational disciplinary results. Expected outcomes of this project include principles and methodology that underpin future genetic association studies by supplying a framework for interpreting results. This should provide significant benefits by reducing false conclusions and their associated costs.
ActivityGuiding principles and guardrails for genetic association studies
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Oct 201930 Sep 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $419,406
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate divergence in drought response strategies among foundation Eucalyptus species, using the latest genomic advances. The project expects to contribute new knowledge of drought adaptation in trees, specifically identifying above and below ground interactions that may constrain evolutionary responses to climate change by assessing genotype-trait associations in an integrated, whole plant research model. Expected outcomes include enhanced capacity to design agroforestry and restoration breeding programs to increase tree productivity and resilience under increasing aridity. This will benefit the conservation of endangered Australian woodlands, restoration of degraded landscapes, and production forestry.
ActivityGenomics of drought adaptation in endangered Eucalyptus woodlands
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $393,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to generate new knowledge on how to influence public policy in order to reduce the supply and consumption of a health-harming commodity, ultra-processed foods. Using governance theory and qualitative techniques the project intends to identify the actors who are influential in the three key policy areas of trade, taxation and marketing and who affect the consumption of these foods in Australia, Thailand and Fiji. Expected outcomes include strategies for pursuing these different actors- interests and evidence that can help institutions to promote better policies. Intended benefits include better nutrition outcomes in Australia, Thailand and Fiji.
ActivityGoverning harmful commodities: the case of ultra-processed foods
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $520,372
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of a reaction to produce a carbon-neutral solar fuel.-People are currently still over reliant on fossil fuels for energy production, which leads to increased greenhouse gases and their detrimental climate effect. This project will develop novel wireless sustainable nano-reactors, which can be scaled to a system working in an ambient environment for high-yield production. The expected outcomes are to synthesise nano-flowers composed of 2D functional nano-leaves, which will be fabricated into a flexible large-area carbon dioxide-to'solar fuel system. This project will also expand knowledge in heterojunctions, surface chemistry and nano-manufacturing of 2D materials. The technology to be developed will only rely on natural solar, atmospheric, and earth-abundant eco-friendly resources, and intends to promote Australia as a key regional solar fuels production and export nation.
ActivityBlack titanium dioxide-graphene nanoleaves drive solid-gas selective carbon dioxide to solar fuels
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201812 Aug 201911 Aug 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $425,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to deliver a new technique for cooling dilute ultracold gases, which are rapidly transitioning from a fundamental physics platform to a building block for quantum technology. This technique is measurement-based feedback cooling. Unlike the current evaporative methods, feedback cooling neither loses atoms, nor relies on elastic collisions or internal atomic structure. This opens up the possibility of directly cooling traditionally un-coolable systems. This project will expand the quality and range of available atomic sources, benefitting research into exotic materials, and improving precision sensor applications. Quantum sensors are rapidly reforming our image of what a sensor is and what it can do, offering unprecedented opportunities in sensor fusion, and directly impacting business opportunities in mineral exploration, mapping and navigation.
ActivityCreating high flux degenerate quantum atomic sources with active feedback
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $450,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate the mixing of light colours in semiconductor nanocrystals arranged in an ultra-thin transparent film, called a nonlinear metasurface. Understanding of the resonant nonlinear interactions in such metasurfaces will allow for the up and down frequency conversion of light beams and images with efficiencies well beyond current capabilities. The outcomes of the project will form the basis for novel cost-effective and compact devices for infrared imaging, and will also enable ultra-fast sources of quantum light with tailored spatial and spectral correlations. These will benefit important applications in defence and security, including night vision, security holograms, quantum cryptography and communications.
ActivityOptical frequency conversion in nonlinear dielectric metasurfaces
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $350,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to address large uncertainties in Australia's hydroclimate projections, by reconstructing Australian monsoon variability over the past three million years. The project expects to generate new knowledge to quantify the frequency and amplitudes of extreme rainfall and drought in Northwest Australia. By providing essential new information about the timing, frequency, and intensity of past drought and extreme rainfall, the project is expected to enable more accurate climate projections required for effective adaptation and mitigation. This project will also benefit the Australian archaeology community, by providing a much-needed environmental context for mapping Australian pre-history.
ActivityLong-term variability of the Australian monsoon
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $164,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to study how transport infrastructure supports innovations, productivity gains, and industrial development. This project will study the effects of this development on productivity and resource allocation in the manufacturing sector, output and efficiency growth, and the spatial allocation of capital and labour inputs. The project expects to build a geospatial database covering China's full transportation network from 1993-2014, merge this database with manufacturing plants- longitudinal data, and apply (quasi)-natural experiments for analyses. Knowledge derived from this project will be significant for Australia because China's productivity, resource allocation, and competitive advantage directly impact Australia's industrial development, employment and sustainable economic growth.
ActivityTransport and productivity, a study on Australia's largest trading partner
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $376,358
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to establish Australia's first Multiparameter Mapping Nanoelectrode Microscope (MMNM) platform. The improvement of electro/photo-catalytic nanodevice performance requires an understanding of the nanocatalysts- fundamental electronic processes in practical reaction environments, and this is not achievable by standard (photo) electrochemical techniques. As Australia's first MMNM facility, the project will establish an integrated domestic platform to provide powerful new electro/photo-catalysis nano tools for addressing globally'significant research challenges in fields such as climate-change, energy, environment and materials science. The proposed diverse research cooperation will expand new knowledge in materials science and engineering, help Australia to continue to deliver world-class research, and bring with it the potential for multiple economic benefits for Australia.
ActivityMulti-angle in-operando mapping of nanoscale electro/photo-redox reactions
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2019 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $359,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to cultivate socially responsible design practices within the Australian digital start-up industry through an industry-user design ethnography, and the development and delivery of a critical design toolkit for industry participants. Social ills associated with technological design have plagued Silicon Valley in the United States of America. Australia is positioned to avoid these issues while emerging as a global leader in ethical design practices. This project will provide Australian start-ups with crucial knowledge to serve diverse populations through thoughtful design decisions, positioning the industry as an exemplar model of social responsibility. This project will advance theories of science and technology studies while positioning Australia as a leading force in social responsibility.
ActivityThe social dynamics of digital design: building an ethics-based industry
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $413,745
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate questions about cross-cultural communication through the circulation of art objects across the globe. Focusing on early modern diplomatic gifts that are now housed in museums around the world, this project examines the preservation and display of material culture in contemporary museology. Expected outcomes of this project include a better understanding of the role of art in cultural diplomacy, new digital methods for the analysis of cultural networks, and advanced theories for understanding cultural identity in an increasingly connected world.
ActivityArt and cultural diplomacy
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $360,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to build on recent advances in statistical inference to develop a new quantitative framework for palaeomagnetism. Palaeomagnetic analysis of Earth's ancient magnetic field helps us to derive plate tectonic reconstructions and to use geomagnetic reversals to date rock sequences. These applications depend on statistical methods that are either flawed or that lack sufficient diagnostic power to be useful for addressing increasingly complex questions. Expected outcomes are an urgently needed new generation of palaeomagnetic statistical analysis methods. The project will provide quantitative tools that will benefit all palaeomagnetic applications across Earth Science and have widespread benefit and impact in academic and industrial research.
ActivityA new generation of palaeomagnetic statistics
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $370,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to understand the initial steps of RNA biogenesis and how this process is linked to the chromatin environment. Although less than five per cent of our genome encodes proteins, almost the entire genome is transcribed to RNA. A large portion of these transcripts are degraded during the early steps of RNA biogenesis by the RNA surveillance machinery, but the mechanism for the recognition and degradation of these transcripts is not understood. New evidence suggests that the chromatin environment of the transcribed locus plays an important role in this process. This project will lead to significant benefits in the implementation of emerging RNA-based technologies and in understanding how genome stability is maintained.
ActivityRNA surveillance and the initial steps of RNA biogenesis
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $390,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate profound physics problem of quantum tunnelling of composite systems such as atoms, molecules and atomic nuclei. Using new theoretical concepts and tools to describe low-energy fusion between atomic nuclei, this project is expected to generate new knowledge and improve understanding of nuclear reactions, the formation of elements in the cosmos, and underpin future nuclear technologies. The project aims to leverage Australian capacity in quantum and nuclear theory to produce the first predictive model of quantum tunnelling with a modern microscopic treatment of nuclear dynamics. It will provide new theoretical guidance to experimental programs with exotic beams and focussing on nucleosynthesis.
ActivityQuantum tunnelling of composite systems
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $430,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to solve the enduring question about galaxy formation of why galaxies are so inefficient at turning gas into stars. This project will investigate two possible agents for this inefficiency, the pressures exerted by starlight photons and the relativistic cosmic rays produced by supernovae, using a combination of numerical simulations, basic physical analysis, and comparison to observations. The expected outcome will be a greatly improved understanding of the physics of the interaction of radiation and cosmic rays with star-forming interstellar gas. This will help complete the picture of how galaxies like our own came to be, and will provide tools for both future simulations and the interpretation of observations.
ActivityThe role of radiation and cosmic rays in galaxy formation
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $440,243
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to upgrade the beam injection for Australia's Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, by installing an electrostatic analyser and an ion source to produce negative helium beams. Fundamental questions on the origin of the elements and the quantum mechanics of nuclei will be studied, along with applications of accelerator science, which extend from measuring human impact on the environment to developing nuclear knowledge for medicine. Expected outcomes include improved isotope tracing in environmental applications, assessment of detectors for dark matter searches and exploring interstellar particle influx to the Earth. New research will be conducted into the quantum mechanics of nuclei and new astrophysics and medical applications. The project aims to enhance international scientific exchanges by attracting top scientists to a world-class Australian facility. It will provide unique training of skilled personnel in nuclear techniques for medicine, environmental monitoring and industry, and support Australia's leading role in nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation.
ActivityEnhanced beam injection for Australia's Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2019 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $391,950
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to document and compare the long-term historical trajectories of Eastern Polynesian chiefdoms by developing a new perspective on ancient ritual practices and monuments. Using archaeological, historical and ethnographic material, the project expects to increase our knowledge of Polynesia's archaeological history. Anticipated outcomes of this project include a better understanding of traditional religious systems in Polynesia, and the development of a theoretical and methodological framework for the study of ancient rituals. It should further create a new model of collaborative research with Pacific Islanders for whom their legacy of ritual monuments bear a critical cultural significance; it thus informs a better understanding of Australia's role in Pacific studies.
ActivityEthnoarchaeological investigation of religious systems in Ancient Polynesia
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $336,174
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to address many of the important problems in the area of geometric flow of hypersurfaces. Geometric flow is the central direction in the field of geometric analysis and has proven to be powerful in understanding geometry and topology of the underlying manifolds. The project expects to improve our understanding of the flows and enable their application to unravel new results in geometry and topology through the development of new mathematical techniques. The project is expected to impact on a range of related fields, including image processing and materials science.
ActivityGeometric flow of hypersurfaces and related problems
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,120,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to establish the Australian Mountain Research Infrastructure Facility (AMRIF). The facility will catalyse and support world-leading ecosystem, evolutionary and biophysical science to engage and build capacity of decision makers responsible for managing Australia's mountains. Australia's High Mountains provide critical water supply, clean energy, unique biodiversity, recreation and education opportunities but face an ecological crisis from climate and land use change. The AMIRF will bring together leading institutions and researchers to produce world-leading ecosystem, evolutionary and biophysical science to guide adaptive management of High Mountains across Australia. It will support research to assess the extent and effects of changing climate, water and fire regimes on ecosystem processes and their feedback, and provide a structure for integrated research, management and governance of Australia's mountains.
ActivityAustralian mountain environmental research infrastructure facility
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2020 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $4,320,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project enables Australian Researchers open, merit based access to the National Computational Infrastructure's (NCI) high-performance computing facility. The NCI provides researchers in universities, science agencies and industry with world-class, integrated high-performance computing/data services that enable high-impact research in every field of science and technology. The core capital infrastructure is supported through the NCRIS program, and the Administering Organisation and the Partner Organisations fund the operational costs. This project provides 30 per cent of the operational time of the NCI facility to Australian researchers who are not based at a Partner organisation. Benefits include ensuring merit based access to this national facility for all researchers, the acceleration in the design of new materials for the energy, health, and IT sectors, understanding how our oceans and atmosphere drive climate variability and extremes that impacts agricultural production, and the development of novel therapeutics for fighting multidrug-resistant infections.
ActivitySustaining and strengthening merit-based access to National Computational Infrastructure
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201810 Sep 201928 Feb 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $362,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to generate a new understanding of how rust fungi infect plant cells using single-cell sequencing technologies and data-driven investigations. This project expects to discover conserved rust infection strategies and the first characterisations of mechanisms that transfer virulence proteins from the fungus to the plant. Innovations and new knowledge from this project will be of high-impact and of benefit to the Australian and international community through knowledge discovery about conserved rust infection mechanisms. This project expects to deliver strategies for effective rust disease management that will in the future lessen the impact of rust diseases on agriculture and natural ecosystems in Australia.
ActivityUncovering how rust fungi cause devastating plant diseases
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201817 Jun 201930 Jun 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $440,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to improve the performance of programming languages used by millions of Australians every day, such as Java, JavaScript and PHP by developing improved memory-management algorithms. These languages use what is referred to as -garbage collection- to ensure memory is managed without data loss, but do so conservatively and consequently cause performance challenges and energy overheads. This project expects to provide these languages with improved memory-management algorithms, and provides researchers and industry with a framework for innovation. This project will enable safe software that is more efficient on today's hardware and able to exploit emerging hardware. This project should lead to better performance and energy savings for server applications, phones, watches, and smart appliances, while ensuring memory safety.
ActivityNext generation garbage collection: discovery, design, and development
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $330,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to fill in a critical knowledge gap in global carbon cycle research, by generating the first high-resolution deep Atlantic carbonate ion and nutrient records for the last 150,000 years. The project will derive air'sea carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange signals, which permit straightforward evaluation of the deep Atlantic's role in millennial atmospheric CO2 changes under various climate conditions. The intended outcome of this project is to substantially improve our understanding of the mechanisms that govern the global carbon cycle. This should provide significant benefits including the assessment of models used to predict future global warming due to anthropogenic CO2.
ActivityDeep Atlantic-s role in millennial atmospheric carbon dioxide changes
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $408,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to provide an analysis of the cultural and social drivers behind the threat of antimicrobial resistance in India. As the highest consumer of antibiotics globally, India is central to the global challenge of addressing antimicrobial resistance. This project will focus on antimicrobial resistance as a distinctly social problem. The intended outcomes include a deep understanding of how the crisis is unfolding in India at the nexus of poverty, weak governance and embedded cultural practices. Anticipated findings will generate policy-relevant outputs to optimise antimicrobial use, position Australia as a leading voice in addressing a global threat, and prepare Australia against the specific issue of microbial resistance.
ActivityAntimicrobial resistance, inequality and development in India
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $432,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to address the evolutionary biology question of what drives convergent evolution of morphological phenotypes. Leveraging previous research on the phylogenetics of Australian reptiles and amphibians, the project will apply new methodological and analytical tools for quantifying and evaluating morphological diversity in a phylogenetic context. The project expects to test the influence of climate, habitat and evolutionary history on driving convergent morphological evolution across multiple independent animal groups. The project will address fundamental theories on convergent evolution and will improve public awareness of Australia's unique animals and their history.
ActivityNew approaches to understanding the forces driving convergent evolution
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $470,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate health-related topics in invasive fish. The evolution of large brains suggests that smarter individuals have more offspring due to natural and sexual selection. This project aims to test if the ability to perform cognitively challenging tasks predicts reproductive success. In addition, many life history traits show a trade-off between early and late life performance. This project will test this prediction to see if individuals with above average cognitive performance when young are below average when old, that is faster 'cognitive senescence', or whether some individuals stay relatively smarter than others throughout their lives.
ActivityThe fitness consequences of age-dependent changes in cognitive abilities
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $440,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop a novel microscopy platform that will enable the visualisation and quantification of molecular events occurring under fluid shear stress. The project will generate new knowledge in platelet biology that will allow characterisation and prediction of key molecular and morphological changes occurring across a blood thrombus under flowing conditions as found in the blood vessels. These new tools and the imaging platform will have applications for researchers wishing to visualise small and rapid molecular events in four dimensions (length, width, height and across time) under fluid shear stress, which is applicable across a range of industries. The project expects to deliver the next generation of intravital microscopes that can visualise and quantify events in a challenging flow environment.
ActivityA multiplex microscope platform to define molecular events in fluid systems
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $410,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop new mathematical approaches to the theory of integrable systems to obtain exact solutions of various non-linear models of two-dimensional quantum field theory. The project is based on an unexpected correspondence between classical and quantum systems which provides a powerful method for describing physically interesting models of integrable quantum field theory. Expected outcomes include exact solutions to non-linear sigma-models which have important applications in many areas, including condensed matter physics, string and field theories and Riemannian geometry. The project expects to provide significant benefit to the advancement of knowledge in physics and mathematics.
ActivityNew approaches and applications of integrable quantum field theory
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $422,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to determine whether species that have small geographic ranges and which live in historically stable refugia have evolved narrow climatic tolerances. The project will compare such species with more widespread, related species living in the same areas and combine field- and lab-based estimates of physiological tolerances with genomic estimates of population history and diversity. The expected outcome is to test the prediction from evolutionary theory that small-range, refugial species are intrinsically more sensitive to climatic change. The project expects to provide improved guidance for ecological management of biodiversity hotspots.
ActivityAre evolutionary refugia traps for endemic species-
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $430,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop new methodologies to analyse and design control systems for highly resonant flexible structures occurring in emerging areas of precision engineering such as atomic force microscopes, scanning tunnelling microscopes and microelectromechanical systems. Critical to the operation of these instruments are feedback control systems. In order to enable microelectromechanical technologies to be developed at a large scale, control systems are required with high levels of accuracy, speed and robustness. This project will enable the systematic synthesis of such control systems and thus facilitate advances in micro and nano-electomechanical sensors, biological, medical and materials imaging, and quantum computing devices.
ActivityRobust control of highly resonant flexible and nanoscale systems
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $404,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to address the challenges of topological protection in active and tunable photonic elements utilised for compact optical transmitting devices by designing dielectric nanostructures. The rapidly growing demands of information processing have launched a race for compact optical devices transmitting signals without scattering losses. The recent emergence of topological phases of light provides unique opportunities to create new photonic systems immune to scattering losses and disorder increasing the efficiency of light transmission in optical devices. The project expects to advance knowledge in fundamental nanoscale optics and benefit globally important photonic applications, ranging from high'speed data processing and communications to optical storage and low-power nanolasing. This project will provide benefits by uncovering disorder-immune technologies for emerging photonic industries in Australia.
ActivityActive topological photonics with all-dielectric nanostructures
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201815 Nov 201914 Nov 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $391,743
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to discover new and potentially useful structural and regulatory genes while advancing knowledge of the chemical, genetic and ecological basis of unique evolutionary flower colour shifts.-Dramatic shifts in floral colour is widespread in flowering plants, however, just how changes in flower colour occur remains poorly understood. This project will take advantage of unique Australian plants to investigate the molecular mechanisms and evolutionary shift in flower colour changes. This project expects to advance knowledge on plant specialised metabolism with potential contributions to the floriculture, food and flavour industries.
ActivityMolecular systems biology of novel flower colour evolution
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201821 Dec 201920 Dec 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $485,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to advance knowledge to quantify ongoing mass loss of Earth's polar ice caps and glaciers, increases in sea level, and changes in continental water storage. The project expects to improve the capability to monitor changes on Earth using satellites and to enhance analysis by exploiting data from new instrumentation on the GRACE Follow-On space gravity mission, due for launch in 2018. Expected results aim to improve computational tools and to develop expertise to analyse the new data. Other expected outcomes include reliable methods to monitor significant sea-level rise and associated societal and economic disruptions.
ActivityGRACE follow-on: validation of measurements and initial results
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $270,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to determine why deposits of rare earth elements, which are critical for modern devices and technologies such as phones, tablets and plasma screens, are associated with carbonate magmas. The global supply of these critical metals is geopolitically unstable and, although Australia has significant reserves, there is very limited production. By improving our understanding of the geochemical behaviour of the rare earths this project aims to develop new reverse-engineering methods for their extraction, which will improve the security of supply of these elements and enhance Australia's role in high-tech industries.-The project will enhance the profitability of the Australian resources sector through improved extraction economics and will secure the supply of these critical metals for Australian high-tech industries and export. The outcomes will be targeted initially at junior resource companies that are not yet profitable.
ActivityThe geochemistry of rare earth elements in carbonate melts
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $640,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to create new, technologically-interesting, materials by combining shear (sliding forces) with high pressure. The work will use both modelling and experiments to understand the pathways to form new materials such as a different form of diamond that is predicted to be harder than regular diamond. Such a material could be used in coatings for cutting tools or ultra-low'scratch surfaces. Expected outcomes include both an understanding of the importance of shear in the study of high-pressure science, and as a tool to manufacture new functional materials.
ActivityExploiting shear to form new structures of carbon
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $480,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate the growth and demonstration of compound semiconductor microring lasers on silicon substrates, using selective area growth to engineer the shape of the lasing cavity at the nano/micro'scale. Silicon photonics is currently a dominant technology in optical and data communication systems, and the continued development demands higher speeds, lower power consumption and lower costs. However, on-chip integrated, high efficiency lasers are still elusive due to mismatch in material platforms between the lasers and silicon substrates. This project will produce reliable, efficient and easily manufacturable laser sources integrated on silicon photonic chips. It is also expected to pave the way for more development of this technology by the industry to further drive the cost of silicon photonics technology down whilst increasing data transmission speed.
ActivityEpitaxial growth of III-V microring lasers for integrated silicon photonics
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $252,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate how China uses infrastructure-driven development to wield international influence, by studying how Chinese ideas of -developmentalism- interact with nation building and regime security imperatives in Indonesia, Myanmar and Laos. The project expects to generate new comparative knowledge about development logics and competing sectoral interests around major infrastructure projects that breaks new conceptual ground on analysing international influence and the economic'security nexus in Asia. Enhanced understanding of the conditions under which China's development model is attractive to others, would benefit Australian and international agencies seeking strategic diplomatic and investment decisions in the Asia-Pacific.
ActivityThe infrastructure of China's international influence
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $510,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to improve our understanding of the damage processes in Positron Emission Tomography (PET). PET is a widely used medical imaging technique, but there are gaps in our understanding of the underlying interactions, in particular in the case of the radiation damage induced during the process. By using new models incorporating accurate descriptions of interactions processes, verified by experimental measurement, this project will develop a new model of positron transport in PET. The project will allow validation of predictions from the model by undertaking experiments in liquid water.
ActivityPositrons in biosystems
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $415,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims at investigating symmetries of geometric objects called CR-manifolds. It is expected to open new avenues for understanding such symmetries at the infinitesimal level and lead to ground-breaking results in CR-geometry. Expected outcomes include new methodology, solving long'standing problems, and establishing international research collaborations. The benefits are in enhancing the strength of the research in analysis and geometry performed in Australia, in fostering the international competitiveness of Australian research and in high-quality research training.
ActivitySymmetries in CR-geometry
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $300,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to determine precise timing of formation and primary melting of asteroids of various compositions, and to trace the stellar sources and mixing processes that caused the compositional diversity of asteroids and planets in our Solar System. This can be attained by comprehensive study of achondrites, meteorites derived from asteroids that were once partially melted. Using the world's foremost facilities for cosmochemical research in Australia and the United States of America, the processes leading to the formation of planets will be explored. This project is intended to advance fundamental knowledge of the environment in which planets emerge and evolve, and the place of our Solar System among planetary systems in the Galaxy.
ActivityThe history of accretion in our Solar System
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $411,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to conceptualise the history of one of East Asia's most significant modern conflicts, the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), focusing on neglected stories of the Nationalist soldiers. Combining historical research, ethnography and discourse analysis, the project intends to investigate the local, national and international context behind the veterans' journey of being forgotten and re-remembered in Chinese history. This work will assist governments and others to understand the legacies of the Second World War in China, and the complexity of Chinese nationalism. Potential benefits include reconciliation in this region through the facilitation of a more open discussion on war experiences and commemoration in Asia, intersecting with Australian commemoration practices.
ActivityUnwanted heroes: the Nationalist Sino-Japanese War veterans in China
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $381,268
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to address a significant gap in our current knowledge of global change in skeletal health throughout recent human history. By contributing the first bone microstructural data for archaeological humans from across Asia-Pacific, this project aims to map the ways in which these ancient humans grew and adapted to different lifestyles.-The project expects to identify new ways of predicting human bone health response to environmental and cultural change, contributing models for the wellbeing of past, living, and future human generations.
ActivityBone metabolism change with lifestyle in ancient Asia-Pacific populations
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201818 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $460,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to improve the management of endangered mammals by combining data on genomic and morphological variation with results from conservation translocations. Using new genomics methods, the project will measure the effects of small population size on genetic diversity and mutation load, in extinct as well as remnant and translocated populations. The project will monitor seven intensively managed marsupial species to better understand how to mix populations for fauna restoration projects. This project should improve methods to promote species recovery in Australia and globally.
ActivityGenomes on islands: Improving management of Australia's threatened mammals
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
27 Nov 201830 Apr 201901 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $73,799
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Blood Authority
Program NATIONAL BLOOD AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT
Component National Blood Sector Research and Development Program
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis study aims to generate data in support of further clinical trials into the effect of readily available frozen or lyophilised blood components to improve haemostasis in severely thrombocytopenic patients.
ActivityPatient Blood Management Seed Grant:Transfusion Strategies for Low Platelets
Delivery Area 2606 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
26 Oct 201820 Feb 201919 Dec 201801 Dec 2019 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $10,000,000
Address ACTON 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency Department of Health
Program HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
Component Medical Research Future Fund
CategoryMedical Research
PurposeMedical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Accelerated Research - Phenomics Capability (Australian National University).The Phenomics Translation Initiative
ActivityMedical Research Future Fund (MRFF)Accelerated Research Program
Delivery Area 2600 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
26 Mar 201904 Apr 201901 Apr 201931 Dec 2020 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $9,300
Address ACTON 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Industry, Innovation and Science
Agency Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Program SUPPORTING SCIENCE AND COMMERCIALISATION
Component Science for Australia's Future - Inspiring Australia
CategoryScientific Research Open Competitive
PurposeASTRO 3D Outreach team and Astronomers, who research the Universe from soon after the Big Bang to the present-day, will work with dance artists Liz Lea and Eric Avery, photographer Jen Brown, and animator James Josephides to create a 4-dimensional trip through space and time, exploring the key concepts of ASTRO 3D research - the origin of the Ionised Universe and the Origin of the Periodic Table. Our aim is to place the body in space while seeking connections with cultural histories including the Dreamtime and recent discoveries being made by our astronomers.
ActivityThe Universe in 4 Dimensions - an Astronomy/Arts collaborative
Delivery Area 2611 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
26 Feb 201903 Apr 201929 Mar 201929 Apr 2020 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $694,294
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeFood poisoning affects 1 in 4 Australians every year. In this proposal, we will explore the ability of toxins produced by a foodborne bacterium to trigger activation of a protective response in the cell. These results could lead to new ways to neutralise the harmfulness of the pathogen and/or boost the ability of the cell to mount a more effective response to eradicate the infection.
ActivityGNT1163358 | Host recognition of bacterial toxin
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Oct 201821 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $848,386
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeLymphoma is a blood cancer of lymphocytes, which results from uncontrolled growth and survival. The advent of DNA sequencing revealed that many lymphomas carry concurrent mutations in two signalling molecules, MYD88 and CD79B. The project will investigate how these mutant proteins cooperatively dysregulate signalling to understand the pathogenesis of this disease. It will also reinforce the rationale to use front-line drugs and identify new therapeutic targets.
ActivityGNT1159749 | Oncogenic signalling crosstalk between MYD88 and CD79B mutations
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Oct 201821 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,165,028
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeAn elevated level of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) production supports the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells and as a result they become 'addicted' to abnormal levels of rRNA. Consequently, cancer cells become more sensitive to drugs that target rRNA production. This application explores the development and use of 2nd-generation inhibitors of the enzyme that synthesizes rRNA (Pol I) for the treatment of hematological and solid cancers.
ActivityGNT1158726 | TARGETING RNA POLYMERASE I TO TREAT CANCER
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Oct 201821 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2022 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $963,804
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeAll our current vaccines are based on the development of protective antibody responses. However existing malaria vaccines (and vaccine candidates) are only able to induce very transient antibody responses. In this project we test the idea that this is because existing vaccines stimulate a burst of antibody producing cells, but fail to induce the immunological memory required for sustained effectiveness. We will then examine ways we can induce better long-term protection.
ActivityGNT1158404 | Modifying the B cell response to Plasmodium to make better vaccines
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, Overseas AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Oct 201821 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2022 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $791,052
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeDespite the availability of comprehensive data on multiple causes of death (MCoD), mortality statistics rely on a single underlying cause of death. This project will use National Cause of Death Unit Record Files containing all deaths registered in Australia from 2006-16, as well as a large cohort study, with linked health and mortality data, to generate new knowledge on MCoD in Australia, develop methods for reporting and analysis, assess the impact of use, and improve policy and practice.
ActivityGNT1163214 | Quantifying Mortality Incorporating Multiple Causes of Death: Optimising Data for Policy and Practice
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Oct 201821 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $804,294
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThe increasing prevalence of infection caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Australia is alarming. One way to fight against these bacteria is to boost the ability of the immune system to kill bacteria. In this proposal, we will investigate the basic biology of a new group of anti-microbial proteins produced by the cell in the hope of finding novel ways to treat deadly bacterial infections.
ActivityGNT1162103 | Interferon-inducible proteins in the innate immune defense against bacteria
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Oct 201821 Dec 201801 Jan 201931 Dec 2021 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $325,998
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeRecent years have seen new, urgently-needed malaria medicines enter the clinical development pipeline. One new medicine that has performed very well in clinical studies is cipargamin. Unfortunately, we have shown that malaria parasites grown in the laboratory are capable of acquiring a high level of resistance to this medicine. We seek to understand the cause and features of this high level resistance in order to assess the magnitude of the threat it poses and devise risk mitigation strategies.
ActivityGNT1159648 | Understanding high-level resistance to antimalarial PfATP4 inhibitors
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Oct 201810 Jan 201901 Jan 201931 Dec 2020 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,072,805
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThe subcellular compartment termed the nucleolus is the site of synthesis and assembly of the ribosomal subunits, these are essential for synthesizing cellular proteins. The nucleolus has evolved as a sentinel to sense stress in order to orchestrate cellular decisions about cellular fate. This proposal will investigate the molecular mechanisms controlling this stress pathway in order to develop new treatments for diseases such as ribosomopathies and cancer where it is aberrantly regulated.
ActivityGNT1158732 | HARNESSING THE NUCLEOLAR SURVEILLANCE RESPONSE TO TREAT DISEASE
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, Overseas AUSTRALIA, SWITZERLAND
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Oct 201817 Jan 201901 Jan 201931 Dec 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $25,000
Address The Australian National University 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Prime Minister and Cabinet
Agency Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Program PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
Component Prime Minister and Cabinet
CategoryResearch and Technology Based Services
PurposeThe grant is a contribution towards the establishment of an Australian Social and Behavioural Sciences Registry. Specifically, the registry will be housed within the architecture of the Australian Data Archive and will be open to all researchers in social and behavioural sciences.
ActivityAustralian Social and Behavioural Sciences Registry
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 May 201806 Jul 201801 Jul 201801 Jul 2019 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
SYDNEY  $743,778
Address CANBERRA 200 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Industry, Innovation and Science
Agency Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Program NOT APPLICABLE
Component Departmental Programmes
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research
PurposeGrant to support the replacement or renewal of specified aged or deteriorated telescope infrastructure, and that the continuity of service at the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is maintained for the optical astronomy community.
ActivityRenewal of telescope infrastructure and continuity of service at the AAT
Delivery Area 2600 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
25 Jun 201828 Jun 201827 Jun 201831 Mar 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $963,892
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeCytotoxic T cells eliminate infected or cancerous cells, constituting a major arm of the immune defence. In this study, we will investigate a subset of cytotoxic T cells that particularly migrate into B cell follicles to control infection and malignancy. Understanding of the differentiation and function of this subset, termed as follicular cytotoxic T (TFC) cells, will help us to develop new strategies to treat EBV and HIV infections as well as B cell lymphomas.
ActivityGNT1147709 | Follicular cytotoxic T cell differentiation and function in infection and B-cell lymphoma
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2021 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $441,473
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposePlatelets are the richest source of amyloid precursor protein (APP) in the body. Platelet ADAM10 regulates both the expression and function of the major platelet collagen receptor GPVI, and protective APP processing. Coagulation protein Factor X has a role in activation of ADAM10. This activation is disrupted in blood that has been treated with direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) rivaroxaban. This grant will investigate the implications for people taking rivaroxaban on regulation of APP and GPVI.
ActivityGNT1147214 | Platelet glycoprotein proteolysis: novel mechanisms and risk factors
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, WA AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $673,765
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeTuberculosis kills more people than any other infectious disease. Unfortunately, the drugs available to us to treat TB are losing their efficacy due to the evolution of drug resistance. A new class of drugs, nitroimidazoles, has been developed, but there is a risk that the bacterium that causes TB will develop resistance to these compounds too. We will identify resistance mutations before they occur in the wild, to help identify them and find new compounds for which resistance cannot develop.
ActivityGNT1139832 | Preventing the evolution of transmissible nitroimidazole resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, VIC, QLD, Overseas AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $639,327
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeWe will employ peptide inspired hydrogel nanoscaffolds that can be injected into a brain lesion as a single injection to provide chemical and physical support for the surrounding cells. We will utilize various modifications to these materials to reprogram inflammatory cells into neurons, whilst also promoting the survival, maintenance and growth of existing neurons to encourage repair.
ActivityGNT1144996 | Biomaterials for the direct reprograming of reactive astrocytes into functional neurons
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, VIC, WA AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $633,705
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeColorectal (bowel) cancer is a leading cause of death in Australia and worldwide. The ability of the body to detect DNA from damaged or dying cells in the gut is an important part of the healing process. This response also provides protection against colorectal cancer. In this project, we investigate how a DNA sensor prevents the development of intestinal tumours. This project will lead to new ways to fight cancer in humans.
ActivityGNT1146864 | The role of DNA sensing in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,068,422
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeIt is estimated that greater than 90 percent of human genes undergo alternative RNA splicing, which can explain how protein diversity is achieved with a limited number of genes. However, how alternative splicing patterns are established remains poorly understood but is an important question given that 15-50 percent of human disease mutations are associated with changes to the splicing patterns of RNA. We have uncovered a new splicing mechanism, which involves changing the way DNA is packaged in a cell.
ActivityGNT1142399 | Uncovering new epigenetic-based regulatory mechanisms of gene expression: novel links between histone variants, RNA function and disease
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2021 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $748,610
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeInfectious diseases are a leading cause of death in Australia. Activation of disease-fighting inflammasomes sets in motion rapid immune defenses against pathogens. In this project, we explore how cell-cell communication molecules known as type I interferons communicate with inflammasomes to achieve the best outcome in the body in response to deadly bacterial infection. Understanding how these signals communicate with one another could reveal new ways to fight infectious diseases.
ActivityGNT1141504 | Type I interferon signalling in bacterial infection
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2021 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,179,759
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeAlthough the majority of people with cancer in Australia now survive long-term, little is known about long-term -person-centred outcomes- for cancer survivors - including mental health, disability, pain and quality of life. This project will use data from greater than70,000 cancer survivors and greater than190,000 people without cancer from the general population to generate new knowledge on person-centred outcomes, for different cancer types and over time, to inform and improve health and healthcare.
ActivityGNT1139539 | Large-scale data to understand person-centred outcomes in cancer survivors
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, NSW, SA AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2021 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,355,118
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeIntestinal parasites are a global health problem. The World Health Organization recommends regular distribution of deworming drugs, targeting school aged children. This is effective for the children receiving the drugs but does not have an impact in the wider community. We aim to determine the best strategy for delivery of deworming drugs, to achieve the maximum benefit both for children and wider community, by directly comparing the benefits of a school-targeted vs a community-mass approach.
ActivityGNT1139561 | School versus community-based albendazole deworming for control of soil transmitted helminths in school-age children in the Philippines - a cluster randomised controlled trial
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, QLD, Overseas AUSTRALIA, PHILIPPINES
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $535,218
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project will study the changes that occur in neurons, during normal brain maturation and in pathology. We hypothesise that early signs of brain malfunction can be detected in neurons before'symptoms-appear. The role of a gene will be studied during development and disease in a mouse model of autism, in order to identify the molecular and electrical signs of abnormal activity. This research will ultimately enable us to propose new strategies to treat symptoms of brain disease.
ActivityGNT1144145 | Molecular Control of Interneuron Development and Function in Health and Disease
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2021 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,448,507
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project will establish an Indigenous Australian reference genome (the NCIGrg) within the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (NCIG) using advanced genome sequencing technologies and data analytics and evaluate its research and clinical utility. The NCIGrg will be cornerstone of future genomic research and its clinical application in Indigenous communities. It will underpin NCIG's commitment to ensuring that Indigenous Australians are included in the benefits of genomic medicine.
ActivityGNT1143734 | An Indigenous Australian reference genome: Indigenous inclusion in the benefits of genomic medicine
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, VIC, WA AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $403,948
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeAutoimmune-based thrombocytopenia can be a life-threatening adverse event associated with viral load, surgery, drug therapies or the use of the anticoagulant, heparin. This grant will define mechanisms of anti-platelet antibody-dependent platelet activation and assess shedding of platelet'specific glycoprotein (GP)VI as an immediate consequence of this activation, provide a new strategy for evaluating risk of thrombosis in HIT.
ActivityGNT1143539 | Pathobiology that causes fatal thrombosis in HIT
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $953,951
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeTreatment strategies for patients with invasive brain tumours are based on a WHO tumour grading system. This system does not account for differences within tumour types, although these can significantly affect treatment outcomes. This project aims to investigate new drug therapies for specific brain tumour types, and to identify new prognostic markers for these tumours. These studies will lead to more individualised treatments, which is critical to improving patient survival and quality of life.
ActivityGNT1143008 | Elucidating the tumour suppressor behaviour of FUBP1 in glioma
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, Overseas AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2021 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $357,249
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeOnline therapy programs have a strong evidence base in reducing mental health symptoms. However, take-up of these programs in the community is limited, and low adherence to these programs limits their impact. This project is a randomised controlled trial testing a novel approach to increasing uptake and adherence to psychosocial online programs, involving acceptance facilitation. Results will inform the dissemination of evidence-based psychosocial programs for a range of health conditions.
ActivityGNT1138713 | Increasing engagement with online psychosocial programs to improve mental health in the community
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, NSW AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $765,575
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThe actin cytoskeleton forms the structure that not only keeps cells in their normal shape but is also essential for the movement of cells and for interaction between cells. We have recently identified the first patients with an immunodeficiency caused by a defect in a gene called ARPC1B, which plays a crucial role in the regulation of actin. Through the investigation of novel mouse models we will elucidate the pathomechanism underlying the disease of these patients.
ActivityGNT1144684 | Modeling human Actin Related Protein 2/3 Complex subunit 1B (ARPC1B) deficiency in mice
Delivery Area Multiple ACT, VIC AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $594,902
Address Canberra City 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Health and Medical Research Council
Program HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Component Project
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeFollicular helper T (Tfh) cells constitute a CD4+ T cell subset that plays an instrumental role to support protective antibody responses in infection and vaccination. Although malnutrition is associated with poor vaccine responses and increased risks of infections, the mechanism is poorly understood. We will investigate the mechanism by which leptin, a hormone secreted by adipose cells, regulates Tfh cell function and vaccination response.
ActivityGNT1147769 | Leptin as a natural regulator of TFH cell differentiation and vaccination response
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Oct 201730 Jan 201801 Jan 201831 Dec 2020 2017-18


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $1,650
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Environment and Energy
Agency Department of the Environment and Energy
Program ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH
Component 2018-19 National Taxonomy Research Grant Program
CategoryNatural Resources - Conservation and Protection Open Competitive
PurposeHow landscape features influence the diversity of lizards with different habitat specialization in Australia.
ActivityHow landscape features influence the diversity of lizards with different habitat specialization in Australia
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 May 201914 Jun 201913 Jun 201925 Aug 2019 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $100,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Treasury
Agency Australian Taxation Office
Program NATIONAL TAX CLINIC PROGRAM
Component Sponsorship
CategoryVocational Education
PurposeThe ATO is providing funding for universities to deliver pro bono tax advice and assistance to individuals and small businesses who otherwise could not afford those services.
ActivityNational Tax Clinics Program - Australian National University
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
24 Apr 202001 May 202024 Apr 202031 Dec 2020 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $14,251,000
Address ACTON 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency Department of Health
Program HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
Component Health Infrastructure - HHF
CategoryPublic Health Services Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeHealth Infrastructure - HHF
ActivityHealth Infrastructure - HHF
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
23 Jun 201825 Jun 201903 Apr 201931 May 2032 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $163,020
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Communications and the Arts
Agency Department of Communications and the Arts
Program ARTS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Component Indigenous Languages and Arts Program
CategoryHumanities Open Competitive
PurposeTo share the stories of traditional owners from the ACT region and facilitate the transmission of cultural knowledge and skills across generations associated with traditional and contemporary arts, crafts and new media through three workshops that engage with Indigenous children, youth and women from Canberra and Queanbeyan that will also lead to public exhibitions.
ActivityThe Two Way Project: Creative Engagement Between Canberra and Queanbeyan Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and the ANU
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
23 Jul 201813 Nov 201830 Oct 201830 Jun 2020 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $95,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Trade
Agency Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Program FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE OPERATIONS
Component Ad hoc/One-off
CategoryOverseas Advocacy
PurposeTo support Australia's engagement in regional track two diplomacy forums.
Activity2018-19 Grant Funding to the Australian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (AusCSCAP)
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
22 Oct 201813 Nov 201822 Oct 201830 Jun 2019 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $78,925
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Treasury
Agency Australian Taxation Office
Program NATIONAL TAX CLINIC PROGRAM
Component Sponsorship
CategoryVocational Education
PurposeNational Tax Clinic program trial. The ATO is providing funding for universities to deliver pro bono tax advice and assistance to individuals and small businesses who otherwise could not afford theose services.
ActivityNational Tax Clinics program - Australian National University
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
22 May 201922 May 201922 May 201922 May 2020 2018-19


UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE - JOANNE WALLIS
ADELAIDE  $255,610
Address Adelaide 5000 SA AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Defence
Agency Department of Defence
Program STRATEGIC POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE
Component Strategic Policy Grants Program (SPGP)
CategoryDefence Open Competitive
PurposeA networked security architecture in the Pacific: Implications for Australia
ActivityStrategic Policy Grants
Delivery Area SA AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
22 Mar 202025 Jun 202010 Jun 202031 Oct 2022 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC AND DEFENCE STUDIES CENTRE - EVELYN GOH
CANBERRA  $211,280
Address Canberra 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Defence
Agency Department of Defence
Program STRATEGIC POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE
Component Strategic Policy Grants Program
CategoryDefence Open Competitive
PurposeStrategic Diplomacy for Australian Defence and Statecraft
ActivityStrategic Policy Grant
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
22 Mar 202025 Jun 202009 Jun 202031 Jul 2022 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - ANTHEA ROBERTS
CANBERRA  $998,383
Address Canberra 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Defence
Agency Department of Defence
Program STRATEGIC POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE
Component Strategic Policy Grants Program
CategoryDefence Open Competitive
PurposeNavigating the Emerging Geoeconomic Order: Integrating Economics, Security and Technology
ActivityStrategic Policy Grant
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
22 Mar 202025 Jun 202009 Jun 202030 Aug 2023 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $56,367
Address Canberra 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Health
Agency National Blood Authority
Program NATIONAL BLOOD AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT
Component National Blood Sector Research and Development Program
CategoryMedical Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis research project aims to conduct a study to assess the potential of chronic anaemia patient self-management of transfusions based on symptoms, to improve their quality of life
ActivityPatient Blood Management Seed Grant: A mixed method pilot feasibility study of self-managing red cell transfusion requirements in chronic anaemia
Delivery Area Multiple National AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Sep 201908 Jan 202001 Mar 202015 Dec 2021 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $135,937
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Agriculture Water and the Environment
Agency Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Program ANTARCTICA: SCIENCE, POLICY AND PRESENCE
Component Australian Antarctic Science Program 2018-19
CategoryNatural Resources - Conservation and Protection Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeAntarctic sea ice controls climate change and variability in the Southern Hemisphere, and also limits shipping in the Antarctic region, posing a safety risk to operations. The development of the capacity to predict Southern Ocean sea ice on weekly, seasonal and longer timescales is therefore a high priority in Antarctic research. We will conduct the most comprehensive assessment to date of the performance and accuracy of Australia's global ocean-sea ice model in the Antarctic region. This project will enhance understanding of sea ice and ocean processes in the Southern Ocean and optimise the performance of these processes in models, to minimise model bias. It will thereby underpin the development of future sea ice forecasting capability and enhance future projections from Australia's climate model.
ActivityModelling Sea Ice at High Resolution
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Sep 201913 Feb 202007 Feb 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $27,500
Address Canberra 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Trade
Agency Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Program PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP GRANTS
Component International Relations Grants Program (IRPG)
CategoryPublic Diplomacy Open Competitive
PurposeThe project promotes the understanding of Arabic culture and history in Australia through an interactive introduction to Arabic music by professional ethnomusicologists of 19th-20th century Arabic music originating in Egypt. This encompasses two concerts to be held at the University of Sydney and ANU, as well as a proposed workshop at ANU designed to provide an educational experience for students.
ActivityShowcasing Traditional Arabic Culture Through Music
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Sep 201824 Sep 201823 Mar 201930 Mar 2019 2018-19


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $22,000
Address ACTON 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Agriculture and Water Resources
Agency Department of Agriculture
Program AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Component Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
CategoryFarming
PurposeSupport Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
ActivityGenomically adjusted seed provenancing to protect hardwood eucalyptus plantations in the face of imminent climate change
Delivery Area ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Nov 201825 Jun 201921 Jun 201930 Jun 2020 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $858,997
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to develop innovative laser cleaning processes to conserve the structural integrity and iconic status of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. New laser technologies offer the opportunity to remove lead-based paint and clean the bridge's metal structures and granite pylons offering advantages unavailable with current techniques. The expected outcomes will be new best-practice laser conservation techniques usable for both hand-held and automated systems to preserve one of the most iconic bridges in the world. This will reduce maintenance frequency and cost, restore the beauty of the bridge, retain its engineering significance and provide a baseline process for cleaning of other historical large scale metal and stone heritage objects.
ActivityLaser cleaning processes for Roads and Maritime Services bridges
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Mar 201930 Apr 201901 Jul 201930 Jun 2022 2018-19


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $323,091
Address ACTON 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Projects
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to improve farm resilience, farm management, and economic decision-making in Australia and internationally. It expects to generate new interdisciplinary knowledge to integrate our understanding of agro-ecosystems and innovative tools to assess their status and manage their operations more effectively. Expected outcomes include the ability to inform farmers, bankers, and land managers about the trade-offs between resilience and efficiency on farms. This should provide significant benefits, including the ability to minimize financial risks to farmers and banks, allow better investment decisions, and achieve sustainable long-term outcomes for both private and public well-being.
ActivityIntegrated Farm Modelling to Improve Resilience and Sustainable Prosperity
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Jun 202023 Jun 202001 Jul 202030 Jun 2023 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $558,000
Address ACTON 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Projects
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to investigate the basic science underpinning a new rotation sensing technology based on matterwave vortices. Current gyroscopes are susceptible to long-term calibration drifts, which limit their applicability on long timescales where re-calibration is not practical or possible. This project expects to build a matterwave vortex gyroscope and demonstrate that it offers unparalleled long-term stability over `classical’ gyroscopes based on mechanical and/or optical technology. This could deliver new navigation capabilities, benefitting Australia’s defence forces and nascent space technology industry, as well as enabling slow timescale precision gravimetry for mineral exploration, hydrology, and geology.
ActivityA Quantum Matterwave Vortex Gyroscope for Ultrastable Rotation Sensing
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Jun 202023 Jun 202001 Jul 202030 Jun 2023 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $600,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to build an advanced multi-functional Electro-Opto-Magneto-Mechanical analysis platform for characterizing nanomaterials and micro-/nano-scale devices. This platform expects to provide rich and unique characterization capabilities (electrical, optical, magnetic and mechanical) for hybrid devices with low temperature and high vacuum environment. The expected outcomes include multidisciplinary research collaborations and a wide range of next-generation technologies including non-invasive medical instruments, wearable devices, communication, quantum information systems and energy storage solutions. This should enable local design and construction of hybrid devices and advance the growth of local high-technology industries.
ActivityAdvanced Multifunctional Electro-Opto-Magneto-Mechanical Analysis Platform
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Feb 202025 Feb 202019 Feb 202031 Dec 2020 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $632,000
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC LINKAGE
Component Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeDREAMS is a revolutionary wide-field infrared surveyor designed to allow astronomers to unlock new science and foster international collaborations focused on important but elusive, infrared transient cosmic phenomena. Continually scanning the southern sky, DREAMS will provide “real time” data that will transform the depth and quality of astronomical observation. Combining off-the-shelf parts with scientific expertise from around the world, this telescope will help answer questions that are both practical and profound. DREAMS is an important component of a longer-term international strategy that will reinforce Australia’s global leadership in the realm of Infrared Transient Astronomy.
ActivityExploring the Dynamic Universe with DREAMS
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Feb 202025 Feb 202019 Feb 202031 Dec 2020 2019-20


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
SYDNEY  $11,000
Address CANBERRA 200 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Industry, Innovation and Science
Agency Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Program NOT APPLICABLE
Component Departmental Programmes
CategoryScience
PurposeAustralian National University (ANU) to support the implementation of the 2017-18 Budget measure 'Maintaining Australia's Optical Astronomy Capability'
ActivitySupport for Maintaining Australia's Opti cal Astronomy Capability
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Feb 201802 Mar 201828 Feb 201830 Jun 2018 2017-18


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $343,526
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project will combine archival research on the foundational years of Australian photography, 1839-54, with new methods of multimedia database design to network early photographs: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and calotypes, with dispersed manuscripts, journalism and legal proceedings that document their creation. These images are prized by Australian collecting institutions but their significance to our cultural heritage remains unrecognised. This project will analyse how colonial Australian photographers' distance from Europe prompted them to innovate with processes, materials and apparatuses. It will excavate this neglected dimension of colonial modernity, assessing its resonance for media heritage, culture, and law.
ActivityCapturing foundational Australian photography in a globalising world
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Dec 201906 Jan 202001 Jan 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $400,998
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis project aims to build high-fidelity synthetic data, to understand how a machine vision system reacts to environmental factors and consequently improve the ability of the system to generalise in the real world. This project expects to generate new knowledge in the area of computer vision using innovative techniques of data synthesis, analysis, and domain adaptation. The expected outcomes include new scientific discoveries and domain adaptation algorithms derived from synthetic data for real-world applications. The benefits are expected to be widespread across sectors such as transportation, security, and manufacturing, including safer robotic navigation, defect detection, and smart video surveillance to improve community safety.
ActivityData synthesis to quantitatively understand and improve vision systems
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Dec 201906 Jan 202001 Jan 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $411,167
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryHumanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThe project aims to study how political parties represent women and men differently and the consequences this has on citizen political behaviour. By engaging in comparative analyses of gender, political parties and representation among established democracies, this project expects to generate new understandings about the complex relationships between what citizens want, what parties do, and how citizens feel about politics. This project seeks to identify specific contexts, actions, and policies that allow political parties to equally represent men and women in the political process to better understand how to eliminate gender inequalities in the representation process.
ActivityGender, political parties and representation: A virtuous circle?
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Dec 201906 Jan 202001 Jan 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $408,490
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeLong-term planning is vital to secure Australia's water resources in the face of environmental disruption. This project aims to contribute to sustainable and equitable water management by examining the efficacy of anticipatory decision-making approaches. Qualitative research will be used to examine how scientific knowledge is used or contested in water reform within the Murray-Darling Basin. Intended outcomes include improved capacities to plan for future change and establishing anticipatory decision-making within Australian natural resource management. This should provide significant benefits based on an integrated approach to science and decision-making that addresses trade-offs between stakeholders to identify shared action pathways.
ActivityForesight: Anticipatory decision-making in water resource management
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Dec 201906 Jan 202001 Jan 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $414,089
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeA fundamental question in biology is how new species are generated. The role of abiotic factors has been widely explored, but there is still little known about the role that ecological or behavioural interactions between organisms, such as parasitism or predation, play in the generation of diversity. This project aims to test the importance of anti-predator defences (warning colours) in generating species. It will combine micro- and macroevolutionary analyses to provide an in-depth test of this association. This project aims to provide a bridge between behavioural ecology and macroevolutionary processes, using Australian fauna, and increase our knowledge about whether and how enemies can contribute to generating diversity of life on earth.
ActivityThe role of enemies in the generation of biodiversity
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Dec 201906 Jan 202001 Jan 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $419,366
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis theoretical physics project aims to enable high-precision atom interferometry in space. Atom interferometers could allow measurements of unparalleled precision in the low-gravity, low-noise environment of space, however, size, weight, and power constraints must also influence the design of any space-based device. This project expects to develop implementable strategies for the optimal design and performance of space-based atom interferometers. This could deliver new space-based sensing capabilities, advancing our capacity to monitor the Earth's fresh water supply, geology, oceans, and ice caps, as well as precipitating much-needed measurements that probe potential quantum gravitational effects.
ActivityOptimising Space-Based Atom Interferometer Design
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Dec 201906 Jan 202001 Jan 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $425,398
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThis proposal aims to deliver efficient chemical hydrogen storage by designing new catalysts to facilitate the storage and release of hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen is an important zero-emission fuel for the low carbon energy future. However, to realise the potential of the hydrogen economy, efficient, cost-effective solutions are required for storage and transportation. This project seeks to provide technological and intellectual advances in chemical hydrogen storage methods. These outcomes are expected to provide environmental and economic benefits for Australia's developing hydrogen economy, both in the energy export market and locally in utilisation of hydrogen as a sustainable fuel.
ActivityCooperativity by Design: Unlocking Metal-Metal-Ligand Cooperativity
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Dec 201906 Jan 202001 Jan 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $365,039
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeThe project aims to develop novel approaches for the statistical analysis of large, complex multivariate longitudinal data, and apply them to two datasets to address scientific questions related to the drivers and consequences of poor physical and mental health in Australia, and the spatio-temporal evolution of species assemblages in the Southern Ocean. The project expects to develop new knowledge in the areas of statistical model building, model selection, and inference for multivariate longitudinal data. This will lead to a suite of modern methods and insights for computationally efficient, mathematically rigorous statistical data analysis that, when applied, should provide significant benefits to public health and ecology.
ActivityModern statistical methods for complex multivariate longitudinal data
Delivery Area 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA
ApprovedPublishedStartEndBudget
19 Dec 201906 Jan 202001 Jan 202031 Dec 2022 2019-20


THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
CANBERRA  $427,116
Address Acton 2601 ACT AUSTRALIA ABN: 52234063906
Portfolio Education and Training
Agency Australian Research Council
Program ARC DISCOVERY
Component Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
CategoryScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Targeted or Restricted Competitive
PurposeSelf-assembly is the ready formation of complex st