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ERA results confirm Environment Institute's research is at the highest international level.

On Monday 24 January 2011 the Federal Government released the results of the Excellence in Research for ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ (ERA) exercise. This was an assessment of the quality of research in all subjects in all ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n universities. The outcome for the Environment Institute at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide was outstanding - with scores of 5, the maximum possible score, awarded for the overarching areas of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences as well as 5s in the following discipline areas:

• Evolutionary Biology


• Plant Biology


• Geology

A score of 5 is defined by ERA as indicating the research is well above world standard. A score of 4 (above world standard) was awarded to other disciplines within the Environment Institute, such as:

• Ecology


• Genetics


• Anthropology


• Environmental Sciences and Management


• Biochemistry and Cell Biology

The full list of all scores can be found at the .

These outcomes confirm that the Environment Institute's research is at the highest international level and secures its reputation as a base for outstanding earth and environmental research in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.