Griffith University researchers have been awarded more $8.5 million for eight of 22 projects announced in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship (FT24) round.
Out of 22 applications, Griffith was awarded eight Fellowships totalling $8,587,849.
This result represents a success rate of 36.4 per cent from its applications, one of the highest in the nation.
The successful Griffith researchers and projects were:
Associate Professor Fernanda Adame (Sciences, Australian Rivers Institute) has been awarded $1,058,024 for the project titled Carbon negative freshwater wetlands: Novel pathways of carbon sequestration.
Associate Professor Porun Liu (Sciences, Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy) has been awarded $1,195,492 for the project titled Porous Electrode Design for Electrochemical Conversion of Captured CO2.
Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma (Business, Centre for Governance and Public Policy) has been awarded $1,031,246 for the project titled Resilient elections: How to Strengthen Our Democracies.
Dr Sergei Slussarenko (Sciences, Centre for Quantum Dynamics) has been awarded $1,067,272 for the project titled Pioneering Quantum Advantage for Distributed Precision Metrology.
Professor Hang Ta (Sciences, Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre) has been awarded $1,196,111 for the project titled Materials to cross gastrointestinal barrier and escape liver metabolism.
Dr Lisa Stafford (Health Group) has been awarded $1,052,822 for the project titled Transport Equity For All.
Associate Professor Danielle Harris (Arts, Education and Law (AEL), Griffith Criminology Institute) has been awarded $1,064,423 for the project titled Understanding the Collateral Consequences of Sex Offender Legislation.
Dr Jun Zhang (Sciences, Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre) has been awarded $922,459 for the project titled Stretchable microfluidics for improved fluid and particle handling.
