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15 October 2008
New South Wales awarded over $127 million for research addressing national priorities
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, today announced funding of over $127 million for researchers in New South Wales (NSW) to conduct 371 research projects that will produce significant national benefit.
"The Australian Government is committed to advancing Australian research and innovation nationally and internationally for the benefit of the Australian community," Senator Carr said.
"371 NSW research projects have been awarded funding as part of the latest Australian Research Council (ARC) funding round."
"Funding will begin in 2009 and be administered over five years, producing great benefits for on local, national and international levels."
For this funding round, applications were submitted to four funding schemes under the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP). These schemes are the Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development, Discovery Projects, Linkage Projects and Linkage International schemes.
Some of the projects funded include the impact of post-incident debriefing on psychological wellbeing and recall of events, pattern analysis and risk control of E-commerce transactions, and physicality, tactility, intimacy: interaction between humans and robots.
"I would like to congratulate all of the successful researchers and institutions that have been selected for funding. I look forward to hearing about the outcomes and benefits you produce for Australia."
The NCGP nurtures the creative abilities and skills of Australia's most promising researchers. Applications for NCGP funding are subject to a rigorous, independent peer review process that considers factors such as the researcher's track record and capacity to undertake the work; the significance an innovation of the proposed research; the approach to be taken; training opportunities to be made available; and national benefit.
For more information, visit www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/
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