University receives $2.37 million in ARC small grants
The University of Queensland has received $2.37 million as a part of the 2000 Australian Research Council (ARC) Small Grants Scheme.
The University has recommended that the allocation be used to award 133 new grants for 2000. The allocation represents a 47 percent success rate.
The Small Grants Scheme (SGS) was introduced in 1989 to widen distribution of research program funds. The scheme supports competitive, high quality research projects and pilot research projects conducted by researchers of proven excellence. It is administered on behalf of the ARC by the University.
The ARC is the Federal Government's major research funding agency for all disciplines other than clinical medicine and dentistry and its funding allocations are seen as an independent indicator of research quality.
The Federal Government allocated $27.91 million for the scheme in 2000 with the University of Queensland receiving the fourth-largest allocation after the University of Melbourne ($3.27 million), the University of Sydney ($3.09 million) and the University of New South Wales ($2.84 million).
The new ARC small grants for the University in 1999 are divided among the University's seven faculties and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (ATSIS) unit as follows: Arts (18), ATSIS (1), Biological and Chemical Sciences (31), Business, Economics and Law (10), Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture (28), Health Sciences (12), Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science (4), and Social and Behavioural Sciences (14).
Under the scheme, research projects in the Humanities, Mathematics, Social Sciences and Theoretical Physics areas can be allocated between $2000 and $19,999 and between $2000 and $29,999 for all other disciplines.
For more information, contact the Director of the Office of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Jan Massey, on telephone (07) 3365 3640.
