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The outstanding work of UQ’s Australian Research Council (ARC) centres has been recognised with $15.7 million of extension funding for all four research groups.
Two of the ARC centres based at UQ have had their status upgraded to Centres of Excellence, further recognising their results.
The funding was announced by Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop, in late March this year.
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 Bioengineering and Nanotechnology’s Professor Max Lu, have both gained the prestigious 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 Gresshoff, and the Centre for Complex Systems, led by Professor Peter Lindsay.
UQ researchers will share in a further $24.32 million 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.
