UQ shares in centres of excellence funding

The University of Queensland's (UQ) Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres have been recognised with $15.7 million of extension funding for all four research groups.

The ARC Centre in Bioinformatics, led by the Institute for Molecular Bioscience's Professor Mark Ragan, and the ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, led by the Australian Institute for Nanotechnology & Bioengineering's Professor Max Lu, have both gained Centre of Excellence status.

The two other UQ-based ARC centres to extend their funding are the Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, led by Professor Peter Gresshof, and the Centre for Complex Systems, led by Professor Peter Lindsay.

UQ researchers will share in a further $23.32 million that has been allocated to centres in which the university is involved such as the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology; the Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development; the Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics; and the Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Modelling of Complex Systems.

UQ researchers will also receive more than $140,000 in funding from the ARC's Linkage International Awards, which provide funds for Australia-based researchers to participate in joint research projects with overseas researchers.