The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced nearly $7 million in funding for Monash University after it was announced that 24 ARC Linkage grants were awarded in Round 2 of the scheme.

 

Monash has announced that it will be allocating the $6,903,703 million to research in health and wellbeing, engineering, road safety, IT, human resources, business and economics, arts, law and culture.

 

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Edwina Cornish said the grants would enable researchers to deliver world-class research that provides solutions for real-world problems.

 

“Our success in Round 2 validates this approach and we are delighted that so many Monash researchers will now be able to develop long-term strategic alliances that may result in innovative solutions for the very real problems facing business and society, now and in the future,” Professor Cornish said.

 

Seven grants were awarded to the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science and successful projects include potential vaccines for respiratory disease, new treatments for bacterial infections in hospitals, manufacture of new pharmaceuticals and improving management decisions in mental health care.