Generous donation extends state genome research
10 December, 2010A philanthropic gift of almost $1 million to The University of Western Australia to purchase state-of-the-art genome sequencing and genetic analysis equipment will provide benefits for the whole community, according to Vice-Chancellor Professor Alan Robson.
UWA receives funding to test world’s most precise clock
07 December, 2010The world’s most precise clock - developed at The University of Western Australia - will be subject to testing in space as a result of federal funding.
MRCF/Aust Govt $40 million investment collaboration
16 November, 2010There will be a $40 million investment collaboration between the Australian Government and the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) that promises to promote medical innovations through the difficult early stages of commercialisation.
$448 million in medical research grants
16 November, 2010The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, has announced $447.5 million for nationwide medical research grants, through the National Health and Medical Research Council.
R&D schemes set scene for NZ to boost science spend
27 October, 2010IRL Chief Executive Shaun Coffey has applauded the introduction of the technology transfer voucher funding scheme announced recently by the government but says the country as a whole can do more.
Glycoproteomics collaboration
26 October, 2010Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF), Macquarie University and Agilent Technologies Australia have announced a joint research collaboration in the field of glycoproteomics, to be led by Professor Nicolle Packer.
$55 million funding for biotechnology
22 October, 2010Premier John Brumby has launched a $55 million action plan to strengthen Victoria’s leadership in biotechnology, help in the fight against serious illnesses and create jobs across the state.
Anticancer research receives funding
20 October, 2010Scientists investigating the anticancer effects of a microRNA molecule have become the first in Western Australia to secure funding from a multimillion-dollar fund set up to help commercialise early-stage medical research discoveries.
M² building funding to secure future jobs
19 October, 2010The new M² building, part of the Materials and Minerals Sciences Learning and Research Hub at the University of South Australia, will foster Australia’s next generation of engineering, material and mineral science graduates.
Joint collaboration in glycoproteomics
06 October, 2010The Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University and Agilent Technologies Australia have announced a joint research collaboration in the field of glycoproteomics, to be led by Professor Nicolle Packer. The project, valued at over $100,000, draws funding from Agilent Technologies Australia and Macquarie University.
Putting our continent under AuScope
30 September, 2010Understanding the history of our continent will be made easier by a groundbreaking $43 million Australian geoscience project, AuScope.
ANU wins grant for HIV research
13 May, 2010A researcher from The Australian National University has won a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a new HIV vaccine that might also lead to vaccine breakthroughs for other major diseases.
Comments sought on $52m research collaboration program
23 February, 2010The federal government has released a discussion paper on the Collaborative Research Networks (CRN) program - the first of its kind in Australia - which will provide $52 million from 2011 to promote mutually beneficial collaboration between universities.
$38m to get new technologies working for Australia
22 February, 2010The National Enabling Technologies Strategy has been released. The strategy provides a comprehensive national framework to guide the development of new technologies.
Research funding implications from UWA intellectual property case
17 February, 2010Universities may have less money to fund research and may be less able to provide the expensive infrastructure that researchers require to undertake their research as a result of the outcome of a court case over intellectual property rights, according to Professor Alan Robson, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia.
