ANU wins more than $44 million in ARC funding »

The Australian National University (ANU) has won more than $44 million for 83 projects in the latest Australian Research Council (ARC) funding round, winning more funding than any other university. In the latest ARC funding announced by Education Minister the Hon Simon Birmingham, ANU won 21 Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRAs) worth more than $7.5 million, 60 Discovery Projects worth more than $23.6 million, and two Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grants worth $13 million. The LIEF grants highlight the University's national leadership on major projects, with $3 million for the National Computational Infrastructure, which is based at ANU, and $10 million for the International Ocean Discovery Project (IODP), which explores the global ocean changes and the formation of the Earth's crust. ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Margaret Harding said the funding underlined the University's role as a national institution with world-class research. "The latest ARC round is an excellent outcome for ANU and will help ensure our researchers can continue to work on the key issues facing the nation and the world," Professor Harding said. "The University is particularly proud of its success rate for the prestigious Discovery Programme, which reinforces the depth and breadth of our research and our role as an intellectual resource for the nation. "We are especially pleased to see such a strong cohort of early career researchers awarded DECRAs." Professor Richard Arculus from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences is the biggest winner, winning LIEF funding of $2 million a year for five years for the IODP.