The Australian Research Council (ARC) fosters excellence, partnerships and the highest ethical standards in research and research training in all fields of science, social sciences and the humanities.
It is the primary source of advice to the Australian Government on investment in national research and works to advance Australia's research excellence to make it globally competitive.
The ARC brokers partnerships between researchers and industry, government, community organisations and the international community and the outcomes of ARC-funded research deliver cultural, economic, social and environmental benefits to the community.
Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology and Development Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS)
Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics
The Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, based at the University of NSW, leads the world in the field of silicon photovoltaic research. Photovoltaics is the conversion of sunlight into solar energy. The Centre has links with photovoltaic manufacturing in several countries including the US, the UK, Germany, Australia, Spain, Italy, India, South Korea and China. It also offers the world’s first engineering degree in photovoltaics and solar energy.
www.pv.unsw.edu.au
The Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems
The Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems, or robotics, in Sydney is the second largest centre of its kind in the world, with more than 150 research staff and PhD students. The Centre’s research focuses on industries such as mining, transport, construction, aerospace, forestry, and health and hazardous activities such as fire fighting, search and rescue, and defence. The Centre has attracted more than $10 million of industry funding in the past three years.
www.cas.edu.au
Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology and Development
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development at the University of Newcastle studies the processes that control male reproduction, using advanced genomics and proteomics. Projects include enhancing fertility, development of spermicides that also protect against sexually transmitted disease, and single injection desexing of animals. Another project involves researching the potential for implanting human genes in large domestic animals to produce cost-effective human medicines, such as insulin produced in cows' milk.
www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/cbd/
Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control
The Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control at the University of Newcastle is becoming an international authority in the analysis, design and optimisation of complex dynamic systems. Complex dynamic systems range from biological and environmental systems, through to industrial processes, telecommunications networks, transportation and energy infrastructure. Research at the Centre will benefit partner organisations involving minerals, process, metal forming, and the automotive industry.
www.cdsc.newcastle.edu.au
Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
The Centre works to develop nano-science and nano-technology related to the movement of electric charge within and between materials. The developments can be applied in biomedicine, industrial processes, energy harvesting and energy storage. The Centre partners with the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute at the University of Wollongong, Monash University, the Bionic Ear Institute and St Vincent's Health and others. This collaboration brings together some of the foremost researchers in chemistry, materials science, physics, biology and mathematics in Australia.
www.electromaterials.edu.au/
Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research
The Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research is a network of plant scientists working to boost agricultural sustainability, environmental quality and potential value-added legume and other plant products for human health. The Centre aims to understand how plant cells communicate, grow and differentiate. Research into plant physiology, molecular and cell biology have potential applications for the environment, agriculture and health-related biotechnology.
www.cilr.uq.edu.au
Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (MASCOS)
MASCOS conducts pure and applied research to understand and control the behaviour of complex systems such as transport and telecommunication networks, power distribution, the internet, ecological systems, and defence equipment. One focus is to optimise existing resources to improve productivity, quality of service, and profits. Other areas of specialisation include developing mathematical models for processes, such as controlling traffic queueing and modelling financial systems.
www.maths.unsw.edu.au/school/research/applied/complexsystemshome.html
Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology
The Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology is a multi-university collaboration for the development of quantum computers. These have the potential to dwarf the capabilities of today’s supercomputers in solving problems in bioinformatics, modelling and logistics and their encryption potential would benefit security applications, finance and communications. The intellectual property being developed has applications of immediate relevance to the microelectronics and communications industries and the Centre has extensive industry collaborations across North America, Europe, and in the Asia Pacific.
www.qcaustralia.org
Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS)
The CUDOS research program works to provide information delivery hundreds of times faster than is possible today. CUDOS aims to replace the router and other electronic components in today’s networks with an inexpensive, thumbnail sized photonic chip that would remove the need to convert light to electronic signals and would consume very little power. This technology has particular applications in Australia, with its need to cover large distances with broadband networks, and would present strong export opportunities for NSW ICT companies.
www.cudos.org.au