25 Mid-Career Industry Fellowships set to tackle critical industry challenges

24 April 2023

 

25 Mid-Career Industry Fellowships set to tackle critical industry challenges

 

Today, Australian Research Council (ARC) Chief Executive Officer, Ms Judi Zielke PSM, announced the award of $24 million for 25 Mid-Career Industry Fellowships under the Industry Fellowships Program.

The Mid-Career Industry Fellowships scheme will help solve industry-defined challenges using the expertise and skills of researchers from both universities and industry.

Ms Zielke said the program supports industry-based researchers to partner with a university and university-based researchers to partner with a key industry partner — a company, government entity, or not-for-profit. The aim is to support mid-career researchers from both universities and industry to translate and transfer their research skills and knowledge into real world applications to deliver significant, actionable outcomes for industry partners, end-users, and the Australian community.

“For example, one of the ARC’s fellowships awarded today will assist Australia’s not-for-profit sector in aligning services for the disadvantaged more appropriately and at the right time for their clients. Another will build capacity in urban stormwater reuse to future-proof water supplies and reduce the demand on Australia’s river system particularly during drought,” said Ms. Zielke.

Awarded ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowships include:

The University of New South Wales ($865,628): to improve Australia’s resilience of water supplies by building capacity to reuse stormwater that is safe and fit for purpose at scale.

Western Sydney University ($1,043,792): to address the major knowledge gap around the distribution and migratory flyways of bogong moths. Bogong moths are of profound cultural, ecological, and economic importance to Australians.

The University of Queensland ($1,089,296): to provide knowledge and resources for the not-for-profit sector to help address barriers creating disadvantage by accessing the right services at the right time for their client’s needs.

Monash University ($862,952): to produce enduring and usable Australian Indigenous language educational tools and resources that are of benefit to Indigenous communities, and other Australians.

The University of Western Australia ($1,049,904): to develop new cost-efficient, and sustainable fungal technologies to produce a range of high-value products such as pharmaceutical drugs, biopesticides, fine chemicals, and specialised food and health ingredients.

Additionally, as outlined in the ARC Strategy 2022-2025, the ARC is increasing engagement with researchers. As a result of listening to their needs, the ARC is trialling a new process under the Industry Fellowships Scheme by providing unsuccessful applicants with extra details about their results.

For more information on the ARC Industrial Fellowships, please visit the ARC website.

Media contact: 

ARC Communications 0412 623 056 or communications@arc.gov.au