Victorian research gets $76 million funding boost
VICTORIAN research has secured a huge $76 million funding boost, with new training centres and dozens of projects aimed to transform the future of medicine, environmental and social issues.
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VICTORIAN research has secured a huge $76 million funding boost, with new training centres and dozens of projects aimed to transform the future of medicine, environmental and social issues.
Six training centres and hubs will be launched at universities across the state, focusing on drug discovery, medicinal agriculture and implant and surgery engineering.
A $4 million training centre at Melbourne University will create a new generation of engineers, seeking to reshape Australia’s orthopaedic and maxillofacial implant industry through advancements in 3D printing.
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“You could print varying components, like joint replacements and hip replacements, and if you can 3D print it, you can also personalise it,” centre director Prof Peter Lee said.
“You could personalise the shape, but primarily you could personalise the loading.
“It will lead to better patient outcomes.”
A total 15 engineers will be trained and complete projects over four years, working alongside hospitals, clinicians and manufacturers.
A further 40 fellowships and projects have been given the green light.
Among them will be research on the different responses to infectious disease between males and females, climate resilience of corals, racial and gender diversity in management roles, new methods of x-ray imaging, responses to allegations of misconduct by legal and health practitioners, the formation of concepts in youngsters and even location tracking in indoor buildings with the hope of aiding emergency services and healthcare systems.
Victoria secured a big slice of the total $180.4 million national funding boost, with one in three new projects to be carried out in the state.
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Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the federal government was “backing Victoria’s world-class researchers with this funding boost”.
Mr Birmingham highlighted the drug discovery training centre as a project that would “pave the way for new medical innovations and new drug discoveries to improve the health and wellbeing of all Victorians”.
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He said the national funding would support research leading to social and economic change.
“This research will improve the lives of everyday Australians and encourage research partnerships that address real-world challenges,” he said.
The research boost comes after a $1.9 billion commitment to advance Australia’s research infrastructure by the Turnbull Government.
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