Eight projects will share in more than $3.8 million as part of the 2024 Discovery Projects scheme, while one Macquarie University project has been successful in the latest Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) funding round.
The 2024 Discovery Projects scheme awarded 421 projects nationally, for a funding total of $220.2 million. The scheme supports researchers and research teams working on projects with economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia.
The LIEF scheme, which awarded 35 projects nationally, encourages collaboration by supporting the cooperative use of large-scale infrastructure, equipment and facilities.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Sakkie Pretorius, said the scope of the successful projects, which spread across seven different schools or departments, reflects the University’s commitment to research excellence and innovation.
“These schemes are crucial in supporting research capability to address the complex challenges facing our world today,” Professor Pretorius said. “Congratulations to all funding recipients. I look forward to seeing how their research contribution makes a positive impact.”
Macquarie University’s new Discovery Projects are:
Understanding growth in emotion regulatory flexibility in emerging adults
Macquarie Chief Investigators (CI): Associate Professor Monique Crane (Lead CI), Professor Maria Kangas, Dr Eyal Karin, Psychological Sciences
$393,650
Transcriptional and translational regulation of the neuronal protein tau
Macquarie Chief Investigators: Professor Lars Ittner (Lead), Dr Janet van Eersel, Macquarie Medical School
Funding awarded: $732,831
Trust and distrust in social epistemic networks
Macquarie Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Mark Alfano (Lead), Philosophy
Funding awarded: $478,013
Images of power in the Roman Empire: Mass media and the cult of Emperors
Macquarie Chief Investigator: Professor Bronwen Neil (Lead), History and Archaeology
Funding awarded: $230,368
Cosmic renaissance: The last chance for planet formation around dying stars
Macquarie Chief Investigator: Dr Devika Kamath (Lead), Professor Orsola De Marco, Professor Mark Wardle, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Funding awarded: $465,000
A network perspective for ecosystem responses to plant invasion
Macquarie Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Jaco Le Roux (Lead), Natural Sciences
Funding awarded: $555,693
On the hunt: Boosting productivity of cell factories by advanced searches
Macquarie Chief Investigators: Dr Ming Li (Lead), Associate Professor David Inglis, Professor Anwar Sunna, Dr Roy Walker, Engineering
Funding awarded: $554,699
Creating hybrid exponential asymptotics for use with computational data
Macquarie Chief Investigator: Dr Christopher Lustri (Lead), Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Funding awarded: $460,918
Macquarie University’s new LIEF Project is:
Integrated multimodal microscopy facility for single molecule analysis
Macquarie Chief Investigators: Professor Yuling Wang (Lead), Professor Alison Rodger, Professor Nicki Packer, Associate Professor Yijiao Jiang, Associate Professor Alfonso Garcia Bennett, Natural Sciences
Funding awarded: $510,000
Congratulations also to the Macquarie University researchers named as Investigators on projects led by other universities.
