A $2.5 million grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) will be used to establish a world-class cancer imaging centre at The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB).

10 November 2009

Against tough competition, GRW Industries has won UQ Business School's Enterprize competition to commercialise their revolutionary personal cooling vest for emergency workers and miners.

19 October 2009

A University of Queensland researcher has become one of only two Queenslanders to be appointed to a national research committee.

23 September 2009
2009 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winners

The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding $685,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards tonight (Tuesday, September 22).

22 September 2009
Dr Tamara Davis

An astrophysicist from The University of Queensland’s School of Mathematics and Physics has been awarded the prestigious L’Oréal Women in Science Award for 2009.

25 August 2009

Promising new University of Queensland research projects have the potential to revolutionise a diversity of industries, including healthcare, security, chemical, horticulture, energy and electronics.

16 June 2009
QRC scholarship holders (from left) Jack Gaynor, Adam Irelandes, Justin Tang and Daniel Kiyuna

Four prestigious scholarships have been awarded to UQ engineering students in a bid to reward and encourage outstanding scholars who are embarking on a career in the resources sector.

10 June 2009
Members of the Manali Medical Aid Project (from left) Matthew Torbey, Ben Treffene, Juergen Landmann, James English and Arthur Cheung

What started as chatter between medical wards has now grown into a fully-fledged international aid project and this year’s main prize-winner at the 2009 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards.

28 May 2009
Associate Professor Sean Grimmond

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will use a $5 million grant from the Queensland State Government to unlock the genetic causes of pancreatic and ovarian cancer.

20 May 2009

UQ staff and students with entrepreneurial ideas or early stage research projects are encouraged to enter UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer competition, which offers $40,000 in cash prizes.

23 April 2009
Dr Geoff Faulkner (left) and PhD student Ryan Taft

An international consortium of scientists, including researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), have probed further into the human genome than ever before.

20 April 2009
Phillip Adams

Broadcaster Phillip Adams will again participate in UQ’s annual Diversity Week celebrations (May 25-29) to chair a spirited conversation with eminent panellists on whether it’s possible to truly see the world from another’s perspective.

14 April 2009
Associate Professor Sean Grimmond

Scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) will use a record research grant to give new hope to patients with two of Australia's most fatal cancers.

26 March 2009
Major Auliff

University of Queensland PhD student Major Alyson Auliff will use a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to help in the battle against malaria, a major cause of Australian military casualties.

12 March 2009
Ms du Plessis

UQ Business School honours student Christilene du Plessis has been awarded a $25,000 RSPCA Qld Scholarship to help in the search for an ethical way to find homes for Queensland shelter animals.

18 February 2009
Professor Adams

Research by UQ Business School’s Renee Adams has found women appear to significantly enhance the monitoring capacity of the boards they join.

2 February 2009
Professor Parton (top) and Professor Hall

Two University of Queensland scientists have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia Fellowships valued at a total of $8 million.

28 January 2009