North Ryde. $6.7 million for research

Macquarie University has received over $6.7 million for nine Future Fellowships research projects under the ARC Future Fellowships scheme. Macquarie University is currently ranked among the top three Australian universities for the research productivity of its academics and for its proportion of ISI Highly Cited researchers.

North Ryde. Official launch of centre

A new world-leading research centre that focuses on the Earth’s water cycle and deep Earth dynamics will be officially launched, at Macquarie University, on Wednesday, November 9, by the CEO, of the Australian Research Council (ARC), Professor Margaret Sheil. Macquarie has partnered with the University of Western Australia, Curtin University and the Geological Survey of Western Australia to establish the ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS). The centre has already secured $12.4 million in funding over seven years from the ARC.

North Ryde. $11 million plus for researchers

Researchers from Macquarie University will receive more than $11 million in Australian Research Council funding for a variety of projects which commence next year.

North Ryde. Macquarie Uni gets research funds

Macquarie University will receive $33.4 million from the federal government’s Australian Research Council (ARC) over the next seven years to fund two new research centres, namely, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, which will receive $12.4 million to develop new frameworks for mineral and energy exploration based on fundamental advances in geodynamics, and a new understanding of fluid transport at lithosphere scales; and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Study of Cognition and its Disorders, which will receive $21 million to undertake research to help improve the diagnosis and treatment of a range of cognitive disorders, including dyslexia, language impairment, autism, dementia and schizophrenia.

North Ryde. Head of uni's research company

David Wright, formerly director of commercialisation,, at National Information and Communications Technology Australia, at the Australia Technology Park, at Eveleigh, has been appointed MD, of Access Macquarie, Macquarie University’s research commercialisation company. Mr Wright has been head of several technology start-up companies.

North Ryde. $25 million research funding

Macquarie University will receive more than $25 million in funding this year under the Commonwealth Government’s Research Block Grants scheme. The money is part of the government’s $3.1 billion funding boost for research and innovation allocated in last year’s budget.

North Ryde. Uni gets maximum rating

Macquarie University has received a maximum five rating for its research in Physical Sciences and in Earth Sciences, following the Australian Research Council's first Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) trial. This places the university in the top group of Australian universities in these key science disciplines The three rating received for Chemical Sciences is also above both the Australian average and benchmarked world performance.

North Ryde. University wins $1.5m in grants

Four Australian Research Council grants collectively worth almost $1.5 million have been awarded to research projects led by Macquarie University. Macquarie was successful in four of the five applications submitted for this latest round of linkage grants, giving it a success rate of 80 per cent, compared to a national average success rate of 41.8 per cent. Macquarie is also a collaborating institution on 15 successful applications submitted through other universities.