project_code,administering_organisation,lead_investigator,grant_summary,current_funding_dollars,official_record_url,chart_label
NCGRT,Flinders University,Prof Craig Simmons,"National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training. Australia faces severe water shortages and is heavily dependent on groundwater for domestic, agricultural and industrial water supplies with groundwater accounting for >30% of total water consumption. A critical mass of internationally recognised scientists in groundwater research and related disciplines, coupled with investment in research and training across the nation over five years will provide policy makers with the knowledge to manage groundwater sustainably and securely, and to better understand and maximize its value to the community, the environment and industry. The Centre will also be responsible for training the next generation of groundwater professionals critically needed to effectively manage this resource. The benefits of the research and training will ultimately enhance the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of all Australians.",29500000.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/NCGRT,NCGRT — Flinders University
CE1101004,The University of Melbourne,Prof Geoffrey Taylor,"ARC 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 operation. It will discover how particles gain mass, explore the identity of cosmological dark matter, and search for the new laws of physics needed for a satisfactory theory of the structure of matter. the Centre will provide the enhanced capability and institutional coordination and development needed for Australia to make a major contribution to this most prestigious international project. It will transform Australia's standing in fundamental physics, provide unsurpassed training, generate many linkages in science and technology, and lead an important public outreach program.",28070234.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/CE1101004,CE1101004 — The University of Melbourne
SR1101002,The University of Melbourne,Prof Melissa Little,"Stem 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 within Australia’s premier stem cell research universities and institutes. This collaboration between leading bioengineering, nanotechnology, stem cell and advanced molecular analysis experts, will fast-track efforts to deliver a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of stem cell regulation and differentiation, and the ability to control and influence this process. Stem Cells Australia will deliver new methods for stem cell propagation and manipulation, new translational technologies for therapeutic applications, and will prepare Australia’s future stem cell scientific leaders.",27294975.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/SR1101002,SR1101002 — The University of Melbourne
CE1101027,The University of New South Wales,Prof Michelle Simmons,ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology. The Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology will coordinate a large team of Australian researchers in an intensive mission. Our aim is to integrate a radical and uniquely powerful Australian computing technology with an ultra-secure Australian communications technology. Our success will drive global productivity gains in information processing and ensure that Australians own the pivotal underpinning intellectual property. Our technologies will provide Australia and its allies with the world's most secure information networks. Our discoveries will place Australia unequivocally at the very forefront of global research in quantum physics,27290505.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/CE1101027,CE1101027 — The University of New South Wales
CE1101013,The University of Queensland,Prof Andrew White,"ARC 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 Systems (EQuS) will deliver the building blocks of future quantum technologies and, critically, ensure Australian primacy in this endeavour. Three strategic research programs will target Quantum Measurement and Control; Synthetic Quantum Systems and Simulation; and Quantum-Enabled Sensors and Metrology. Within these programs, our Centre will exploit the deepest principles and resources of quantum physics to solve specific problems in engineering, chemistry biology and medicine, stimulating the Australian scientific and engineering communities to exploit (and benefit from) transformative quantum devices.",27289059.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/CE1101013,CE1101013 — The University of Queensland
CE1101011,The University of Western Australia,Em/Prof Andrew Lynch,"ARC 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 remain largely unknown. This Centre will revolutionize research in the Humanities and Creative Arts by initiating innovative research collaborations across many disciplines to account for long-term changes and continuities in emotional regimes in Europe 1100-1800. For the first time we will fully analyse the social, cultural and political effects of mass emotional events. Links with cultural industry partners in art, drama and music will enable reflective performance research on communication of emotions, and illuminate the Western cultural foundations of emotions in modern Australia.",26885887.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/CE1101011,CE1101011 — The University of Western Australia
CE1101018,The University of Sydney,Prof Benjamin Eggleton,"ARC 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 circuits into a technology that will have a profound effect on economies and lifestyles around the world. This will enable the Internet to transfer vast amounts of data with significantly improved energy efficiency; it will lead to secure transmission using  quantum photonics-based devices, and to the detection of mid-infrared signatures of light from distant stars and complex  molecules of environmental or biochemical importance. We will achieve this by developing new materials with optical properties to control light and engineering them into miniature photonic processors.",26510777.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/CE1101018,CE1101018 — The University of Sydney
CE1101028,The University of New South Wales,Prof Christian Jakob,"ARC 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 understanding and modelling of regional climates. The Centre will undertake world-class research targeting identified weaknesses in the physical, chemical and biological components of the climate system. We will engage and nurture graduate students and postdoctoral follows through a program of graduate training and mentoring to permanently transform our understanding of climate systems science particularly for the Australian region. The key outcome will be a dramatic enhancement in national capacity to understand and project the scale of future regional climate change.",23821313.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/CE1101028,CE1101028 — The University of New South Wales
CE1101021,Macquarie University,Prof Stephen Crain,"ARC 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 cognitive science: models of cognitive disorders, the treatment of cognitive disorders, and the neural basis of cognition and its disorders. The Centre's research programs focus on five key domains of cognition, to be investigated individually and collectively: language, memory, person perception, belief formation and reading. The Centre's interdisciplinary research teams will tackle basic questions in cognitive science, and will implement intervention programs that will inform educational policy and practice, with considerable potential impact for the health and social well-being of Australia.",23391862.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/CE1101021,CE1101021 — Macquarie University
CE1101020,The University of Sydney,Prof Elaine Sadler,"ARC 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 discipline of wide-field astronomy. CAASTRO will answer fundamental questions about the nature of the Universe, develop innovative ways of processing enormous data-sets, and enable a diverse set of opportunities for students and early career researchers. By bringing Australia's top astronomers together into a focused collaboration, CAASTRO will cement Australia's reputation as an international leader in astrophysical research, will build unique expertise in wide-field radio and optical astronomy and will position Australia to lead the science programmes planned for the Square Kilometre Array.",22928774.0,https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/CE1101020,CE1101020 — The University of Sydney