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Twenty-one research projects have been awarded funding under Tranche One of Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Seed Grants.
More than $4.5 million will support 10 projects in medical science and 11 projects on renewables and low emission technologies.
Department of Education Acting First Assistant Secretary of the Research Division Dr Anthony Millgate said that the ambitious program is investing in research translation and commercialisation in the seven priority areas under the National Reconstruction Fund.
"These priorities are designed to drive investment in key sectors, focusing on value adding and capability development to leverage Australia’s natural and competitive strengths," Dr Milgate said.
“This investment is placing university innovation and industry collaboration front and centre of Australia’s economic recovery”.
AEA Seed is a pilot program for the stage one proof of scale grants known as AEA Ignite and forms part of the Australian Government’s $1.6 billion investment in AEA.
The program is supporting Australia’s leading entrepreneurial researchers transform world-class research into new industries, services and jobs of tomorrow.
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Full list of successful projects:
Renewables and low emission technologies
Funding awarded for renewables and low emission technologies projects
| University | Project title | Lead entrepreneur | Grant Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Griffith University |
Lithium-ion Battery Recycling and Reclamation |
Dr Zhenzhen Wu |
$280,623 |
|
Macquarie University |
Industrially viable manufacturing for next generation solar cells |
Prof Shujuan Huang |
$196,621 |
|
Monash University |
Direct air capture of carbon dioxide and water to enable sustainable biomanufacturing |
Dr Masood Sheikh Alivand |
$194,439 |
|
RMIT University |
NanoVibeH2: High Frequency Sound Wave Electrolytic Enhancement for Efficient Green Hydrogen Production |
A/Prof Amgad Rezk |
$157,282 |
|
The University of Adelaide |
Developing high-performance nickel-rich layered cathodes for automotive lithium-ion batteries |
Dr Gemeng Liang |
$191,897 |
|
The University of Adelaide |
On-sun testing of thermo-photocatalytic water-splitting for hydrogen production |
Prof Greg Metha |
$470,511 |
|
The University of New South Wales |
Low-Emission Carbon Dioxide Recycling Technology for Concrete Masonry Production |
Dr Alireza Kashani |
$199,865 |
|
The University of New South Wales |
Commercialisation of a novel conductive polymer for next-generation solar modules |
Dr Ziheng Liu |
$195,000 |
|
The University of New South Wales |
Geothermal Cities: Transforming Urban Energy Supply with Innovative and Cost-Effective Shallow Geothermal Systems |
Dr Asal Bidarmaghz |
$199,953 |
|
The University of Queensland |
Market-relevant Rechargeable Aluminium Battery Prototyping |
Dr Xiaodan Huang |
$151,960 |
|
University of Southern Queensland |
Development of low carbon emission and sustainable reformable thermoplastic GFRP composites |
Dr Omar Alajarmeh |
$160,000 |
Medical science
Funding awarded for medical science projects
|
University |
Project Title |
Lead Entrepreneur |
Grant Funding |
|
Monash University |
Targeting the Kv1.3 potassium channel to treat chronic kidney disease |
Dr Dorothy Wai |
$196,297 |
|
Queensland University of Technology |
Development of a mini-gut reactor system for functional screening of gut microbiome modulators |
Prof Yi-Chin Toh |
$180,041 |
|
The Australian National University |
Developing Spatial Adaptive Imaging for Clinics |
Dr Woei Ming Steve Lee |
$141,483 |
|
The University of Adelaide |
Improving diabetes treatment with a point-of-care device to objectively assess disease |
Prof Robert McLaughlin |
$445,000 |
|
The University of Melbourne |
High resolution cortical recording for the prediction and prevention of epileptic seizures |
Prof Steven Prawer |
$294,119 |
|
The University of Melbourne |
A Better Fail-Safe Device to Reduce Femoral Fractures in Patients with Osseointegrated Implants |
Dr Hans Gray |
$199,937 |
|
The University of New South Wales |
Establishing Vision-BaDGE anti-VEGF DNA therapy for age-related macular degeneration |
Dr Georg von Jonquieres |
$199,840 |
|
The University of Queensland |
Utilising alternative cytokine receptor signalling for enhanced cell-based cancer immunotherapy |
A/Prof Andrew Brooks |
$307,524 |
|
The University of Queensland |
ChimerDx - Next generation rapid diagnostics using chimeric viral antigens |
Dr Jody Hobson-Peters |
$239,992 |
|
The University of Queensland |
Antigen specific immune tolerance induction technology using liposomes for treatment of drug free remission rheumatoid arthritis |
Dr Hendrik Nel |
$294,317 |