New Training Centres will develop tomorrow’s industry research leaders
New Training Centres will develop tomorrow’s industry research leaders
13 July 2022
New Training Centres will develop tomorrow’s industry research leaders
Minister for Education, The Hon Jason Clare MP, approved $29.3 million funding to train Australia’s next generation of research professionals at six new Industrial Transformation Training Centres.
Industry and universities will also provide an additional $57.2 million to increase collaboration between innovative researchers and industries vital to Australia's social and economic future. These contributions will allow researchers and students access to the latest live-use technologies and facilities and leading industry experts.
ARC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ms Judi Zielke said the funding, awarded under the ARC’s Industrial Transformation Research Program, will provide training for research students and post-doctoral researchers in a range of sectors that improve service delivery in Australia and increase access to global markets.
“This is an investment by the Australian Government in developing answers to industries’ current and future problems and ultimately providing great outcomes for Australia,” Ms Zielke said.
“The Centres will develop new architectural manufacturing, improving agriculture, creating sustainable mining equipment, improving air quality, better defence industry manufacturing, and using chemistry to solve real life problems.”
The funding announced today includes $4.5 million awarded to the University of Queensland for the ARC Training Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance.
The UQ Training Centre will position Australia as a global leader in developing industry-led solutions to fight against the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (which reduces the effectiveness of current antibiotics) in agriculture and the environment, which affects people, animals and plants.
The grant will benefit a wide range of industries and contribute to cleaner water, improved animal health, and new antibiotics.
“The Government is committed to developing our economic future through these Centres,” Ms Zielke said.
For more information visit Industrial Transformation Research Program | Australian Research Council
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Approx. value |
Title |
University Partner |
Centre Focus |
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$5 million |
ARC Training Centre for Next-Gen Architectural Manufacturing |
University of New South Wales |
To revolutionise architectural design with advanced manufacturing. It will automate workflows, optimise design processes, and harness big data in design to improve manufacturing and building techniques. |
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$5 million |
ARC Training Centre for Innovative Composites for the Future of Sustainable Mining Equipment |
University of Wollongong |
Training a highly skilled, world-leading, Australian workforce for advanced technologies used in the mining sector. The application of new composite materials will also have important benefits for shipbuilding, construction and transport. |
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$5 million |
ARC Training Centre for Hyphenated Analytical Separation Technologies |
University of Tasmania |
The Centre will train students and industry to apply separation methods to real-life problems in environmental sciences, food, chemical, and natural products industries. This work will enable pharmaceutical and biopharma industries to reduce equipment costs, improve purity of products used in medicines, chemicals and food, as well as broader applications in environmental and water management. |
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$5 million |
ARC Training Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission |
Queensland University of Technology |
Reducing airborne infections through improved indoor air quality for better public health in new building systems. |
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$5 million |
ARC Training Centre for Biofilm Research and Innovation |
Flinders University |
Fostering close partnerships between academic experts, industry and other end-users to translate research into innovative biofouling control solutions. Biofouling on ship hulls significantly increased drag, reducing the energy efficiency of vessels and increasing fuel consumption. It can also lead to biosecurity problems when ships travel through contaminated waters and transfer this to Australia’s clean, safe waterways. This will make Australia a world leader in sustainment of maritime platforms and maintenance, and improve defence industry capability. |
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$4.5 million |
ARC Training Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance |
University of Queensland |
Bridging human health, agriculture and the environment, to contribute to cleaner water, improved animal health, and new antibiotics. |
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