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17 February 2009
$82.25 Million Awarded to High-Performing Centres
Australian Research Council (ARC) Chief Executive Officer, Professor Margaret Sheil, today announced that all 11 ARC Centres of Excellence funded from 2005 will receive additional funding totaling $82.25 million over three and a half years from July 2010.
“ARC Centres of Excellence concentrate expertise and encourage collaboration amongst high-quality researchers to maintain and develop Australia's international standing in research areas of national priority,” Professor Sheil said.
“In 2005, the ARC provided funding of $24.4 million, under the National Competitive Grants Program, to establish 11 ARC Centres of Excellence.
“In 2008, all 11 Centres were reviewed; taking into account their progress to date and their plans and strategies for the future should they receive an extension of ARC funding.
“The Centres have shown significant progress and achievement and I am pleased to say that the ARC is extending their funding to a total of $82.25 million over three and a half years from July 2010.
“The results of the review really show the high-calibre of Australian research and researchers.
“This includes research that: shows the benefit of intact fish populations in successfully managing the resilience of tropical coral reefs; gives us an understanding of how free radicals affect cultural materials; and has made advances in the prediction of retinal disease.”
More information on the ARC Centres of Excellence scheme and the Centres funded under the scheme is available on the ARC website.
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