Research Spotlight

Record year for SBS Research

The SBS Faculty has received record funding from the first round of the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Linkage Projects announced on Monday 26 October 2009. 

SBS staff were involved in five of the 19 Linkage Projects won by UQ, providing the Faculty with a 75% success rate. 

“The results are testament to the high standard of research being conducted within the Faculty. I would like to congratulate everybody for an outstanding result,” said Associate Professor Matthew Hornsey, Associate Dean (Research).

ARC Linkage grants are awarded biannually to link universities with industry, business and community organisations through research.

The Faculty also led 15 ARC Discovery grants, totalling $4,566,000, which was a 21% increase on last year’s previous record result.

The Linkage Projects include:

• Dr Barbara Masser, from the School of Psychology, and colleagues have been awarded $371,000 over three years for a project focusing on the initiation and maintenance of plasma and platelet donation in Australia.
• Professor Peter Renshaw, from the School of Education, and colleagues have been awarded $142,223 over three years for a project that investigates an innovative teaching method, Storythread, as an effective way of developing in primary school-aged students a commitment to the values and practices of sustainability.
• Professor Karen Healy, Dr Michele Foster, Dr Gai Harrison, from the School of Social Work and Human Services, have been awarded $132,000 over three years for a project focusing on the study of best practice in workplace support and development of newly qualified community services workers.
• Dr Adrian Cherney, from the School of Social Science, and colleagues have been awarded $372,000 over three years for a project that looks at the utilisation of social science research in policy development and program review. This project will enhance the use of evidence in social policy and improve the relevance of applied social research.
• Dr Richard Fitzgerald, from the School of Journalism and Communication, and colleagues have been awarded $80,007 over three years for a project focusing on the evaluation of science communication activities in Australia. The project aims to inform science communicators to create better science engagement activities, better ways of evaluating them, and, ultimately, audiences who are more engaged with the results of Australian scientific research.
• Associate Professor Sue Kruske, from the School of Psychology, and colleagues have been awarded $240,000 over three years for a study investigating the feasibility of implementing a national approach to child and family health services.
• Dr Katherine Sofronoff, from the School of Psychology, and colleagues have been  awarded $192,000 over three years for a project looking at the effectiveness of social skills training for children with autism.

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