ANU wins three Australian Laureate Fellowships

ANUâ?has been awarded three Australian Laureate Fellowships from the Australian Research Council (ARC), including two prestigious named fellowships for world-class female researchers. Professor Ann McGrath, Director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, won the prized Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship for the humanities for a project to create a big picture history of Australia by including epic Indigenous narratives alongside new scientific evidence. Professor Michelle Coote from the ANU Research School of Chemistry won the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship for science and technology for a project to establish a new approach to chemical catalysis. Professor Gottfried Otting from the ANU Research School of Chemistry also won a $2.6 million Australian Laureate Fellowship for a project to improve the design of lead compounds in drug development. ANU also won eight ARC Future Fellowships in the latest funding round, announced byâ?Education Minister the Hon Simon Birmingham. ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) Professor Margaret Harding said ANU success in the latest funding round underlined the University's core strengths and leadership in research and excellence. "These Fellowships are a great testament to the outstanding staff at the ANU and the transformative research being done at the ANU," Professor Harding said.