UniSA tops the State for ARC Linkage-Projects
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has just announced its
Linkage-Project Grant awardees for Round 2. Linkage-Projects supports
research and development projects which are collaborative between higher
education researchers and other parts of the national innovation system,
which are undertaken to acquire new knowledge, and which involve risk or
innovation.
The results of Round 2 show that UniSA ranked 10th nationally, 1st within the State and 2nd within the Australian Technology Network (ATN).
UniSA attracted research funding in the order of $2,306,572 and, with a success rate of 48 per cent, well exceeded the national success rate this round of 36 per cent.
Our winners
Dr D Chung and Dr P O'Leary, Stopping domestic violence in urban and rural areas: evaluating and improving the effectiveness of domestic violence perpetrator programs, $175,197 (2006-2009), Partner Organisation: CJS Training Unit
A/Professor AR Gerson, Mr MA De Vos, Dr MC Barnes, Development of Dry Coated Pigment Particles: Durability and Dispersion, $230,000 (2006-2009), Partner Organisation: Tiwest Joint Venture
A/Professor SR Grano, A/Prof D Fornasiero, Dr GE Morris, Optimising the Recovery of Fine and Coarse Particles in Mineral Floatation, $475,000 (2006-2010), Partner Organisation: AMIRA International
Dr AJ Hariz, Dr H Hsu, Dr T Omari, Development of a novel flex sensor for use on catheters in medical pressure diagnostic tools, $73,950 (2006-2009), Partner Organisation: Centre for Paediatrics and Adolescent Gastroenterology, Women's and Children's Hospital
A/Professor AJ Liddicoat, Ms A Scarino, Dr A Mercurio, Assessing the intercultural in language learning, $160,000 (2006-2009), Partner Organisations: School of Languages, Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia, Department of Education and Children's Services.
Professor IC McMillen, Dr VE Perry, Early Nutrition and the Programming of Body Composition in Cattle, $150,000 (2006-2009), Partner Organisation: Australian Agricultural Company
Dr GE Morris, Dr LG Britcher, A/Professor WM Skinner, Dr J Addai-Mensah, Mr MA De Vos, Optimisation of pigment coating surface treatments, $255,000 (2006-2009), Partner Organisation: Tiwest Joint Venture
Professor WT Sarre, A/Professor TJ Penzler, Mr TC Murphy, Private Security and Public Interest: Exploring Private Security Trends and Directions for Reform in the New Era of Plural Policing, $166,650 (2006-2009), Partner Organisation: Australian Security Industry Association Limited
Professor DA Scott, Dr FM Arney, Ms CJ Gibson, Dr L Brown, Sowing the Seeds of Innovation in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, $106,000 (2006-2008), Partner Organisation: UnitingCare Burnside
Professor RS Smart, Dr J Li, Dr SD Miller, Dr RC Schumann, Evaluation of reaction mechanisms and products in acid rock drainage treatments, $514,775 (2006-2009), Partner Organisation: AMIRA International Ltd
Applications administered by other institutions
Dr VA Braithwaite, Professor DA Scott (UniSA), Dr M McArthur, Community Capacity Building in Child Protection Through Responsive Regulation, $501,826 (2006-2010), Collaborating Organisation: Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services, Administering Organisation: The Australian National University.
Professor GG Wallace, Dr PC Innis, Professor HJ Griesser (UniSA), Dr PJ Murphy(UniSA), Dr SA Edwards, Development of Novel Nanostructured Electro-optical Systems, $875,000 (2006-2009), Collaborating Organisation: Schefenacker Vision Systems, Administering Organisation: University of Wollongong