ARC Centres of Excellence research showcase
ARC Centres of Excellence research showcase
Leaders from Australian Research Council (ARC) research centres highlighted their stories of outstanding science and research to Australian Parliamentarians and key policy makers at an ARC Centres of Excellence Research Showcase held in the Australian Parliament House on Thursday, 7 September 2017.
Co-hosted by the ARC and Science and Technology Australia (STA), the research showcase involved representatives from 28 ARC Centres of Excellence, as well as several Special Research Initiatives and ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs.
Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, presented the opening address for the showcase at Parliament House and acknowledged the ground-breaking research of the ARC Centres of Excellence that has a real-world impact in Australia and across the world. The Minister then toured the research showcase, speaking with Centre Directors who described and demonstrated their Centre’s research and its outcomes.
The research showcase also provided Centre Directors—our leading Australian researchers—with the opportunity to listen and engage with representatives from the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Humanities, the Commonwealth Science Council and elected representatives in Parliament to hear about broader strategic issues and visions shaping Australian research.
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Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham engaging with ARC Centre Directors. |
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The research showcase also provided Centre Directors—our leading Australian researchers—with the opportunity to listen and engage with representatives from the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Humanities, the Commonwealth Science Council and elected representatives in Parliament to hear about broader strategic issues and visions shaping Australian research.
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Kylie Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Science Technology Australia |
Dr Chris Hatherly, Policy Director, Australian Academy of Science |
Dr Christine (Tina) Parolin, Executive Director, Australian Academy of Humanities |
Professor Nalini Joshi, ARC Australian Laureate Fellow and member of the Commonwealth Science Council |
“ARC Centres of Excellence are prestigious foci of expertise through which high-quality researchers maintain and develop Australia’s international standing in research areas of national priority and build Australia’s research capacity,” said Chief Executive Officer of the ARC, Professor Sue Thomas.
“ARC Centres of Excellence are undertaking highly innovative and transformational research. They are also building new capacity for interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to address our most challenging and significant research problems.
“The research showcase highlighted how these Centres are informing social and cultural research policy; tackling environmental challenges, agriculture and food security; delivering industry and health applications; and undertaking fundamental science and mathematics research.”
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Professor Sue Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Research Council engaging with ARC Centre Directors. |
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A snapshot of some of the displays by ARC Centres of Excellence on the day. |
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The Centres featured at the showcase were:
Fundamental Science and Mathematics
- ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions
- ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems
Industry and Health Applications
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electomaterials Science
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision
- ARC Research Hub for Transforming Waste Directly in Cost-effective Green Manufacturing
- Special Research Initiative - Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics
Environmental Challenges, Agriculture and Food Security
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrated Coral Reef Studies
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
Social and Cultural Research and Policy
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Population and Ageing
- Special Research Initiative - the Science of Learning Research Centre
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
Further information about the ARC and its funding schemes, including the ARC Centres of Excellence scheme, is available at www.arc.gov.au.