OO supports successful Linkage projects and Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
29 July 2021 | Denise Meredyth
I am thrilled to report that Outside Opinion Associates supported 6 of the 16 Australian Research Council funded Linkage projects announced yesterday - a 37% success rate and helped to win two multi-million dollar Industrial Transformation Research Hub projects.
OO Senior Associate, Prof Fiona Cameron, worked with a team led by Macquarie University’s Professor Alison Rodger to win the bid for a new ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Facilitated Advancement of Australia's Bioactives (FAAB).
Funded for nearly $5m, the Centre will pioneer the analysis at molecular level of bioactive products such as those derived from foods, food-waste, and cell-based biotechnologies. Partners include Bioplatforms Australia Ltd, Botanical innovations, Change Foods Pty Ltd and the Dept of Primary Industries.
Prof Cameron also helped a team led by Professor Jerry Dean at James Cook University secure funding of $5 million for an ARC Research Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture Through Genetic Solutions (IH210100014).
This project will deliver the genetic knowledge to instigate world-leading and highly productive breeding programs for five tropical aquaculture species (barramundi, pearl oyster, prawn, grouper and marine algae) in northern Australia. It will integrate cutting edge genetic and genomic approaches into innovative aquaculture enterprises and will establish a novel understanding of the genetic basis of disease resistance and how the production environment interfaces with the bacterial microbiome, pathogens and water quality to cause disease. Outcomes will lead to increased productivity, international competitiveness, and lowered disease risk and significantly expand Australia's capacity in the aquaculture sector.
Linkage 2020 round 3 announcements
Outside Opinion Senior Associates provided advice and support on six successful Linkage Projects:
Tracy Ireland, Canberra University, ‘Everyday Heritage’ - worked with OO Senior Associate, Prof Gillian Whitlock
Emilie-Jane Ens Warrakan Djama, Macquarie Universtiy,:’Developing a new biocultural approach to fauna conservation 050202 - Conservation and Biodiversity’ - worked with OO Senior Associate, Prof Fiona Cameron
Richard Mildren, Macquarie Universtiy, ‘Next-generation guide star lasers for the space industry and astronomy’ - worked with OO Senior Associate, Prof Steve Buckman
Sadie Heckenberg, Swinburne University, ‘Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Girls, Changing Communitie’ - worked with OO Senior Associate, Prof Angelina Russo
Helen Barrie, University of South Australia, ‘Determining the social value of mixed-use urban developments: Innovative architecture for inclusive inner-city community’. - worked with OO Senior Associate, Dr Diana Newport-Peace
A/Prof Rhonda Faragher, University of Queensland, ‘Reasonable adjustments to maths for students with intellectual disabilities’ - worked with OO Senior Associate, Prof Roger Slee
Congratulations to all the other successful projects and commiserations to everyone who did not get funded this round. We look forward to continuing our work supporting new research and innovative projects.
