University researchers receive ARC Discovery Project funding

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The University of Melbourne has received funding for fifty-seven Discovery Projects.

Fifty-seven University of Melbourne researchers and research teams have received funding through the 2022 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects scheme.

The successful projects showcase the breadth of the University’s research outputs, with nine Faculties represented.

Projects include:

  • Beyond the resource curse: redistribution and resource-led development
  • Close Relations: Irishness in Australian Literature
  • Nowcasting and Interpreting the Australian Economy
  • Improving water quality modelling by better understanding solute transport
  • All in the family: understanding a new class of bacterial toxins
  • Cloud-climate interaction over the Great Barrier Reef and Southwest Pacific
  • Cracking the code of snails to elucidate parasite disease transmission
  • Improving the mental health of young adults in Australia's universities
  • Obstacles to Contract Enforcement in Indonesia

Discovery Projects, a flagship scheme for fundamental research and the largest scheme under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program, provides funding of between $30,000 and $500,000 each year for up to 5 years.

Funding can be used to support research associates or assistants and technicians, access to research and infrastructure facilities, technical workshop services, essential field research, equipment and consumables, and the publication and dissemination of findings.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Jim McCluskey said the University of Melbourne is delighted with the results of the ARC Discovery Projects for 2023.

“The ARC Discovery grants awarded demonstrate the sheer depth and breadth of the research at the University of Melbourne with projects focusing on climate, water quality and biodiversity, economics,  microbiology and literature amongst many others.”

“The grants provide crucial funds for fundamental research and indicate the critical role that a university can play in responding to the major social, economic, environmental and medical challenges affecting our communities.”

To see the full list of projects, visit the ARC website.