Future Fellows funding win
 Medicine
Five researchers at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide are among the first of the prestigious ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships announced recently by the Federal Government. The Future Fellows will conduct research into areas of national priority and will advance ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s international research and innovation standing. Under the scheme, the Future Fellows will receive up to $135,000 each year for four years, while the host ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ will receive up to $50,000 a year for associated infrastructure and other costs. At the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, Future Fellows will conduct research into the environment, genetics, cancer and chemistry for the benefit of society and industry. The Federal Government established the ARC Future Fellowships scheme "to address the gap in opportunities for mid-career researchers in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, which forced many of our talented researchers to search for work overseas", said the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr. As well as supporting researchers already based in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, the Future Fellowships will give ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n researchers working overseas the opportunity to return to ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, as well as attracting a number of overseas researchers to the country. Among those overseas researchers is Dr Phillip Cassey from the Centre for Ornithology at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Birmingham. Dr Cassey will conduct research in the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, developing innovative solutions to contain the spread of exotic species in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥. The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide Future Fellows and their research projects are: - Associate Professor Sean Connell (Environment Institute, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide) - Kelp forest ecosystems near and far: Putting a new theory explaining dynamic ecological systems to the test;
- Professor Alan Cooper (Environment Institute, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide) - From Biodiversity to Health: Performing the first genetic audits of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥;
- Dr Darryl Russell (Robinson Institute, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide) - Regulation of tissue morphogenesis in reproductive function and metastatic cancer;
- Dr Christopher Sumby (School of Chemistry & Physics, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide) - Internally decorated discrete metallo-supramolecular assemblies and infinite metal-organic frameworks as molecular containers;
- Dr Phillip Cassey (Centre for Ornithology, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Birmingham) - The evolution of species traits and spread during biological invasions.
Story by David Ellis and Candy Gibson
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