Three University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been awarded more than $2.7 million through the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Mid-Career Industry Fellowships.
The scheme connects universities with industry to deliver significant outcomes for end-users and translate expertise and knowledge into actionable solutions.
The three UQ recipients are among 25 researchers awarded a combined $24 million from the ARC’s 2023 Mid-Career Industry Fellowships.
UQ recipients
- Associate Professor Shihu Hu is partnering with Queensland Urban Utilities to enhance the sustainability of urban water management by developing innovative technology that manufactures an iron salt used in wastewater treatment while removing carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide and ammonia from biogas to improve its quality.
- Professor Cameron Parsell is partnering with Micah Projects to develop greater understanding of how not-for-profit organisations can bring together their clients and governments to collaboratively solve social issues.
- Dr Julie Pearce is partnering with Carbon Transport and Storage Corporation to develop innovative methods for monitoring gas leakage contamination into overlying Australian aquifer water resources.
The ARC’s Industry Fellowships Program (IFP) creates a pathway to support academic and industry-based researchers to increase collaboration, translation and commercialisation.
There are three levels in the IFP: Early Career Industry Fellowships, Mid-Career Industry Fellowships, and Industry Laureate Fellowships. All levels seek to:
- develop a strong pipeline of researchers in Australia with capabilities in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation
- open up and maintain a diversity of career pathways traversing university and industry settings
- increase strategic engagement and alignment between universities and industry
- contribute to the solving of industry-identified challenges and opportunities, and
- create commercial, economic and other benefits for Australia through enhanced translation and commercialisation, including the development of start-up companies.
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