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ARC Grants 2009

Projects with a scheduled commencement year of 2009

Values are whole-of-project ARC allocations, including variations—not cash paid during 2009. ARC uses calendar commencement years here because its source data does not provide comparable financial-year payment dates.
Funding By Organisation
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Administering OrganisationProjectsCurrent Funding Dollars
The University of Melbourne182$76,269,412
The University of Sydney172$76,237,672
The Australian National University145$67,894,528
The University of Queensland147$64,736,408
The University of New South Wales148$64,217,246
Monash University130$45,069,827
The University of Western Australia68$33,314,094
The University of Adelaide61$27,435,930
Griffith University53$20,511,253
University of Wollongong51$19,809,894
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Funding By Scheme
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Scheme NameProjectsCurrent Funding Dollars
Discovery Projects845$291,638,181
Linkage Projects457$147,058,470
ARC Future Fellowships200$145,817,825
Australian Laureate Fellowships15$46,039,727
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities73$31,681,456
Linkage - International33$2,142,096
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development9$926,168
Learned Academies Special Projects4$463,193
Special Research Initiatives1$0
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Funding By Research Field
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Primary Field Of ResearchProjectsCurrent Funding Dollars
0601 - Biochemistry and Cell Biology65$33,225,452
0912 - Materials Engineering60$24,725,333
0502 - Environmental Science and Management42$24,531,335
0604 - Genetics52$23,546,875
1701 - Psychology71$22,452,531
1117 - Public Health and Health Services67$21,539,614
0306 - Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)35$16,182,842
1005 - Communications Technologies32$15,559,752
0905 - Civil Engineering33$14,551,946
0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences21$13,119,672
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Largest Projects
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Project CodeAdministering OrganisationLead InvestigatorGrant SummaryCurrent Funding DollarsOfficial Record UrlChart Label
FL0992131The Australian National UniversityProf Brian SchmidtMining the Southern Sky. The Southern Sky Survey will make significant, high profile discoveries in Astronomy ranging from understanding objects like Pluto, to discovering the f…$4,379,337Official ARC recordFL0992131 — The Australian National University
FL0992138The University of QueenslandProf Jennifer MartinTowards antibacterials without resistance. Innovative automation technologies will be used to create and investigate a revolutionary new approach to disable pathogenic superbugs…$3,370,350Official ARC recordFL0992138 — The University of Queensland
FL0992245The University of SydneyProf Dietmar MullerThe Virtual Geological Observatory: a four dimensional view into the Earth through deep-time data-mining. The Fellowship aims to reveal the underlying processes of plate tectoni…$3,359,150Official ARC recordFL0992245 — The University of Sydney
FL0992270The University of SydneyProf Stephen SimpsonNutritional Dynamics: from Genes to Individuals to Ecosystems. Understanding how ecosystems function from the perspective of nutritional interactions between individual organism…$3,345,509Official ARC recordFL0992270 — The University of Sydney
FL0992409The University of SydneyProf Bernard BalleineThe neural bases of decision-making. This research focuses on the neural bases of decision making, a general capacity affected by normal ageing, disorders associated with neurod…$3,276,419Official ARC recordFL0992409 — The University of Sydney
FL0992007The University of Western AustraliaProf Richard HobbsIntervention ecology: managing ecosystems in the 21st century. The research will tackle fundamental issues relating to how we manage and restore ecosystems in Australia (and wor…$3,259,955Official ARC recordFL0992007 — The University of Western Australia
FL0992247The University of AdelaideProf Anthony Thomas ACAdvances at the frontiers of subatomic physics and cross-disciplinary applications of the associated techniques. The candidate is an international scientific leader, in terms of…$3,259,107Official ARC recordFL0992247 — The University of Adelaide
FL0992179The University of QueenslandProf Peter MumbyAdapting the sustainable exploitation of coral reef resources to provide for climate change. The research program quantifies the impacts of climate change on coral reefs and har…$3,244,836Official ARC recordFL0992179 — The University of Queensland
FL0992039The University of NewcastleProf Scott SloanFailure Analysis of Geotechnical Infrastructure. With a forecast public and private sector investment of around 200 billion dollars in Australia's infrastructure over the next f…$3,109,550Official ARC recordFL0992039 — The University of Newcastle
FL0992306The Australian National UniversityProf Chennupati JagadishNanowire Quantum Structures for Next Generation Optoelectronics. This innovative project on quantum nanowire optoelectronics will bring international kudos to Australian science…$2,991,658Official ARC recordFL0992306 — The Australian National University
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