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ARC Grants 2011

Projects with a scheduled commencement year of 2011

Values are whole-of-project ARC allocations, including variations—not cash paid during 2011. 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 New South Wales167$130,590,602
The University of Melbourne157$121,331,704
The University of Queensland168$120,275,099
The University of Sydney155$113,292,260
The Australian National University142$68,866,972
The University of Western Australia88$67,415,625
Monash University151$61,206,255
Macquarie University58$59,620,368
The University of Adelaide77$53,981,917
Flinders University23$36,361,071
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Funding By Scheme
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Scheme NameProjectsCurrent Funding Dollars
Discovery Projects931$323,292,834
ARC Centres of Excellence13$291,042,870
ARC Future Fellowships203$149,888,726
Linkage Projects405$126,780,592
Special Research Initiatives2$56,794,975
Australian Laureate Fellowships17$45,117,991
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities78$30,773,523
Super Science Fellowships21$14,846,496
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development9$2,067,946
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Funding By Research Field
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Primary Field Of ResearchProjectsCurrent Funding Dollars
0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences37$43,381,102
0205 - Optical Physics24$37,246,946
0607 - Plant Biology32$35,959,534
0202 - Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics11$34,035,364
0204 - Condensed Matter Physics15$32,723,770
2005 - Literary Studies25$32,019,862
0206 - Quantum Physics7$30,822,233
1101 - Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics7$29,675,739
0905 - Civil Engineering34$28,734,857
0601 - Biochemistry and Cell Biology67$27,061,500
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Largest Projects
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Project CodeAdministering OrganisationLead InvestigatorGrant SummaryCurrent Funding DollarsOfficial Record UrlChart Label
NCGRTFlinders UniversityProf Craig SimmonsNational Centre for Groundwater Research and Training. Australia faces severe water shortages and is heavily dependent on groundwater for domestic, agricultural and industrial w…$29,500,000Official ARC recordNCGRT — Flinders University
CE1101004The University of MelbourneProf Geoffrey TaylorARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Tera-Scale. The Large Hadron Collider, a gigantic particle accelerator at the CERN laboratory in Europe, has commenced opera…$28,070,234Official ARC recordCE1101004 — The University of Melbourne
SR1101002The University of MelbourneProf Melissa LittleStem Cells Australia. Despite progress in stem cell research, scientists do not understand how stem cells “decide” what to become. Stem Cells Australia will draw upon strengths …$27,294,975Official ARC recordSR1101002 — The University of Melbourne
CE1101027The University of New South WalesProf Michelle SimmonsARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology. The Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology will coordinate a large team of Au…$27,290,505Official ARC recordCE1101027 — The University of New South Wales
CE1101013The University of QueenslandProf Andrew WhiteARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems. The future of technology lies in controlling the quantum world. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Syst…$27,289,059Official ARC recordCE1101013 — The University of Queensland
CE1101011The University of Western AustraliaEm/Prof Andrew LynchARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. Emotions change over time; yet the long-term causes and consequences of changing emotional experiences and expressions rema…$26,885,887Official ARC recordCE1101011 — The University of Western Australia
CE1101018The University of SydneyProf Benjamin EggletonARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems. The Centre will take the next big step in optical systems by transforming photonic integrated circu…$26,510,777Official ARC recordCE1101018 — The University of Sydney
CE1101028The University of New South WalesProf Christian JakobARC Centres of Excellence for Climate System Science. Our capacity to assess the threat of climate change is undermined by an unacceptable level of uncertainty in the understand…$23,821,313Official ARC recordCE1101028 — The University of New South Wales
CE1101021Macquarie UniversityProf Stephen CrainARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders will advance theory and research in three areas of cognitiv…$23,391,862Official ARC recordCE1101021 — Macquarie University
CE1101020The University of SydneyProf Elaine SadlerARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics. The ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) will establish Australia as a world-leader in the emerging dis…$22,928,774Official ARC recordCE1101020 — The University of Sydney
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