The University of South Australia has doubled its share of Discovery grant funding in this year’s Australian Research Council grant announcements with more than $4.187 million awarded for 13 research projects, including more than $600,000 for the State’s only Discovery Indigenous project.
The 2012 round of funding also announced $968,000 in Linkage category grants which includes $300,000 to support the purchase of infrastructure at UniSA’s Mawson Lakes campus in two key research facilities – the Ian Wark Research Institute and the Mawson Institute.
The ARC’s Discovery scheme recognises and supports fundamental research as a priority area in the national innovation system.
UniSA is now placed 14th in Australia for Discovery grant success. In the first Excellence in Research Australia quality assessment, more than 70 per cent of research assessed at UniSA was recognised as world-class.
Successful projects cut across a wide spectrum of research including research into the potential of the anti-inflammatory properties of emu oil in treating a inflammation and osteopororosis associated with cancer treatment, ageing and menopause; improving literacy outcomes for students in high poverty contexts through the development of school culture and educational leadership; analysis of China’s socialist market economy and the implications for Australian business and research into clean energy technology that can compete with traditional energy sources without the need for subsidies.
