LIEF funding to enhance research excellence
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Researchers from the Ӱֱ of Adelaide have been awarded over $5 million of funding through the 2025 Ӱֱn Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme.
Over five years, the five successful recipients will explore topics fromnational water securitytohigh energy astrophysics.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Anton Middelberg congratulated the recipients.
"We’re delighted with the Ӱֱ of Adelaide’s success in this Ӱֱn Research Council grant round. This funding will help provide access to vital research infrastructure, equipment and facilities to support the scale and focus of our world-class research,” he said.
"These grants empower our researchers to push boundaries and deliver innovations in collaboration with industry and the broader research community."
The ARC’s LIEF schemefosters collaboration between higher education organisations and industry enabling access to the infrastructure, equipment and facilities needed to carry out research.
The full list of Ӱֱ of Adelaide recipients under the ARC LIEF scheme include:
Professor Gavin Rowellof the School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences and the Ӱֱ’s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) was awarded$2,100,000for a transformational multi-national facility in gamma-ray astronomy which will be ten times more sensitive than current instruments and provide a paradigm shift in understanding many challenges in high energy astrophysics and in the makeup of dark matter.
Dr Andreas Boesof the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and IPAS, was awarded$989,620for a project aiming to create Ӱֱ’s first and only facility for Atomic Layer Etching which is set to be a connection point between multiple disciplines, enabling research in quantum technology, broadband networks, sensing, materials science, and beyond, accelerating its adoption by Ӱֱn manufacturing.
Professor Paul Jacksonof the School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences was awarded$900,000for a project which aims to provide continued access to both the high energy and high precision frontier of high energy physics to explore how the universe works at a fundamental level. The project is in collaboration with the European Laboratory of Particle Physics at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) and the KEK Laboratory in Japan.
Professor Andre Luiten, Chief Innovator and Chair of Experimental Physics from IPAS was awarded$824,046which will increase the capacity of the Ӱֱ’s Atom Trap Trace Analysis facility addressing national water security and sustainability goals through generating new knowledge into groundwater systems.
Professor Nigel Spoonerfrom the School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences and IPAS was awarded$589,412to support a unique Micro-photoluminescence facility for robust, field-deployable material identification, enabling spatially resolved analysis of samples in multiple industries from mining and mineral processing, to food and agriculture.
Ӱֱ of Adelaide experts are also involved in eight other projects with other universities that have received funding under the LIEF scheme.
In addition to the LIEF funding,Professor Spoonerwas also awarded in round one of the 2024ɾٳ$675,816for a project which will develop a new portable device that can be used to detect asbestos in real-world scenarios such as within homes or workplaces. This has the potential for significant public health and economic benefits through reduced exposure to hazardous asbestos dust.
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