Curtin Uni receives federal funding boost as part of Australian Research Council
Written by Stephen Kuper for Space Connect
Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan announced almost $4 million worth of Australian Research Council (ARC) grants as part of the Discovery Projects scheme for 11 research projects to be lead by Curtin with impacts for Australia’s growing space sector.
Curtin University has been awarded almost $4 million by the federal government to fund new research projects, ranging from the solar system and the Earth’s tectonic records to lithium batteries and renewable energy – each with flow on benefits for the Australian space industry and its attempts at value adding to global programs.
Two research projects led by John Curtin Distinguished Professor Zongping Shao, from Curtin’s WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, were awarded more than $750,000.