project_code,administering_organisation,lead_investigator,grant_summary,current_funding_dollars,official_record_url,chart_label
SR1000005,The University of Melbourne,Prof Anthony Burkitt,"Bionic Vision Australia. Bionic Vision Australia's retinal implant will provide vision to blind patients suffering from degenerative retinal conditions, including age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. The first advanced prototype to be clinically trialed will provide wide-view ambulatory vision for patients who have issues with light perception and mobility. A second prototype device that delivers high-acuity functioning central vision, image perception and enables increased patient independence will be developed through pre-clinical trials to be ready for implantation. The retinal implant and many other applications in medical bionics created by this project will have immense commercial value.",53586602.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/SR1000005,SR1000005 — The University of Melbourne
SR1000006,Monash University,Prof Arthur Lowery,"Direct stimulation of the visual cortex: a flexible strategy for restoring high-acuity pattern vision. This project will provide a treatment for progressive blindness so that those suffering from a degenerative vision disorder, such as Age Related Macular Degeneration, can have a customised, easy to use, cosmetically acceptable micro array directly stimulating the visual cortex. Surgery can be conducted on younger patients and the goal is to preserve existing vision. The device uses a combination of advance science and technology from Monash University and their Melbourne based partners, which will lead to an advanced technology spin off and a leading global position in intra-cortical implants and nanofabrication.",10683819.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/SR1000006,SR1000006 — Monash University
FL100100195,The University of New South Wales,Prof Christian Turney,"Tipping points in Records of Extreme Events in Australasia: Using the Past to Understand and Plan for Abrupt Future Climate Change. This project will generate the fundamental science outputs required to extend historical records of change and understand the complex linkages between Australian and global atmospheric, terrestrial and marine processes in the climate system, thereby assisting in: (i) identifying the mechanisms of past and future climate variability; (ii) developing and validating methodologies for improved climate reconstruction and robust chronological frameworks; (iii) predicting the response of Australian ecosystems to future climate change; and (iv) communicating the research outputs to the general public and state, national and international decision makers, helping scientific understanding and aiding resource management.",3208793.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL100100195,FL100100195 — The University of New South Wales
FL100100214,The University of New South Wales,Prof Matthew England,"Future risks associated with ocean surface warming: impacts on climate, rainfall, carbon, and circulation. Climate change is already affecting Australia, with harsh drought, more intense bushfire seasons, increased monsoon rains, heatwaves, and warmer temperatures all a feature of the past few decades. Climate change is expected to accelerate in the future, warming the oceans at an increased rate. This will affect ocean circulation, carbon uptake and ocean-atmosphere modes, such as El Nino, with unknown intensity. This project will improve our preparedness for climate change by better quantifying the risks that ocean warming will transform Australia's climate, rainfall, and sea level; as well as the ocean's uptake of carbon and the global ocean circulation. This will benefit sectors including agriculture, water management, fisheries, and tourism.",3195722.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL100100214,FL100100214 — The University of New South Wales
FL100100080,Macquarie University,Em/Prof Mark Westoby,"Evolutionary ecology of vegetation. A more fundamental understanding will be developed about the architecture and ecology of vegetation and why it varies around the world. Understanding confers benefits for land management as well as cultural value. Under a high carbon dioxide future scenario, models will be needed that operate through fundamental mechanisms of evolution, competition and physiology, rather than through extrapolation from present-day plants. Australia is a leader in globalising plant trait ecology, and the program will develop that role further. Through intensive short courses within the Sydney basin and at national scale, research capacity will be developed towards the coming four-way fusion among functional ecology, earth system science, comparative genomics and palaeobiology.",3138620.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL100100080,FL100100080 — Macquarie University
FL100100196,The Australian National University,Prof Margaret Jolly,"Engendering persons, transforming things: Christianities, Commodities and Individualism in Oceania. This project will further Australia's pre-eminence in studies of Oceania by building national and international collaborations, training early career researchers and Islander scholars, thus enhancing high-quality social research in the region. It will contribute to Australia's capacity to deliver successful development assistance in gender justice, health and law. It will raise the Pacific profile of cultural institutions within Australia. Public events will contribute to debates and policy making in Australia, Oceania and globally. It will strengthen Australia's capacity to interpret and engage with the regional and global environment through greater understanding of languages, societies, politics and cultures.",3019730.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL100100196,FL100100196 — The Australian National University
FL100100203,The University of Sydney,Prof Peter Goodyear,"Learning, technology and design: architectures for productive networked learning. Learning how to tackle new challenges is more important today than ever before, yet learning is also becoming much more complicated. This project will investigate better ways of supporting people in learning what they need to learn. It will provide ways of analysing and improving the increasingly complex systems in which learning takes place, especially those where computer technology plays a strong role. This project will focus on networked learning - where people learn through collaboration that is wholly or partially online. It will explain how better tools and resources for networked learning can be designed, and how everyone can play a significant role in improving how, where and what they learn.",2977248.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL100100203,FL100100203 — The University of Sydney
FL100100117,The University of Melbourne,Prof Paul Mulvaney,"Molecular Plasmonics - From Single Electrons to Quantum Catalysis and Optical Logic Gates. After a decade of basic research, Nanotechnology is now entering its most disruptive phase. New nanoscale phenomena are being exploited and converted into viable technologies. Plasmonics - the manipulation of light using metal nanostructures - is one of the most promising of these. Plasmonics will enable scientists to achieve optical computing, reach higher data storage densities, and synthesize better catalysts.  Other applications include bio-sensing and rapid pathogen detection. To realise these potential outcomes, a leading international cluster focussing on plasmonics will be set up and this cluster will link state-of-the-art materials science, instrumentation and theory.",2964734.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL100100117,FL100100117 — The University of Melbourne
FL100100014,The University of Queensland,Prof Lorraine Mazerolle,"Multi-Site Trials of Third Party Policing: Building the Scientific Capacity for Experimental Criminology and Evidence-Based Social Policy in Australia. The estimated cost of crime in Australia is $36 billion with $6.9 billion spent on police services each year. This project will fund a series of field experiments testing the effectiveness of Third Party Policing: a promising, new policing approach that involves police partnering with communities, businesses and other government agencies to use regulations and civil laws to better control crime. The research will strengthen Australia's social and economic fabric, grow Australia's capacity to conduct multi-site, multi-country field trials, institutionalise the use of scientific experimental evidence to guide crime control policies, and help safeguard and protect Australia from terrorism and crime.",2860310.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL100100014,FL100100014 — The University of Queensland
FL100100099,Swinburne University of Technology,Prof Min Gu,"An accelerating journey to the new era of Petabyte optical memory systems. Optical data storage is one of the core aspects of optical information technology which has been globally recognised as one of the next generation high-technology areas that can boost our economy for sustainable development. However, the emergence of blue ray or high-definition DVDs has identified that current optical data storage technology will soon approach the limit of the data storage capacity of approximately 100 Gigabytes. The ground-breaking Petabyte data storage technology we will research will result in the storage capacity of 10,000 DVDs in one disc and thus underpin every sector of our modern life such as remote education, portable banking, global e-security and telemedicine as well as lead to enormous economic benefits in Australia.",2501482.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL100100099,FL100100099 — Swinburne University of Technology