Twenty‑one successful research projects were awarded funding in Tranche One of Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Seed Grants.
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Funding was awarded in the following National Reconstruction Fund priority areas:
- 11 renewables and low emission technologies projects
- 10 medical science projects
Renewables and low emission technologies
|
University |
Project Title |
Lead Entrepreneur |
Grant Funding |
|
Griffith University |
Lithium-ion Battery Recycling and Reclamation |
Dr Zhenzhen Wu |
$280,623 |
|
Macquarie University |
Industrially viable manufacturing for next generation solar cells |
Prof Shujuan Huang |
$196,621 |
|
Monash University |
Direct air capture of carbon dioxide and water to enable sustainable biomanufacturing |
Dr Masood Sheikh Alivand |
$194,439 |
|
RMIT University |
NanoVibeH2: High Frequency Sound Wave Electrolytic Enhancement for Efficient Green Hydrogen Production |
A/Prof Amgad Rezk |
$157,282 |
|
The University of Adelaide |
Developing high-performance nickel-rich layered cathodes for automotive lithium-ion batteries |
Dr Gemeng Liang |
$191,897 |
|
The University of Adelaide |
On-sun testing of thermo-photocatalytic water-splitting for hydrogen production |
Prof Greg Metha |
$470,511 |
|
The University of New South Wales |
Low-Emission Carbon Dioxide Recycling Technology for Concrete Masonry Production |
Dr Alireza Kashani |
$199,865 |
|
The University of New South Wales |
Commercialisation of a novel conductive polymer for next-generation solar modules |
Dr Ziheng Liu |
$195,000 |
|
The University of New South Wales |
Geothermal Cities: Transforming Urban Energy Supply with Innovative and Cost-Effective Shallow Geothermal Systems |
Dr Asal Bidarmaghz |
$199,953 |
|
The University of Queensland |
Market-relevant Rechargeable Aluminium Battery Prototyping |
Dr Xiaodan Huang |
$151,960 |
|
University of Southern Queensland |
Development of low carbon emission and sustainable reformable thermoplastic GFRP composites |
Dr Omar Alajarmeh |
$160,000 |
Medical science
|
University |
Project Title |
Lead Entrepreneur |
Grant Funding |
|
Monash University |
Targeting the Kv1.3 potassium channel to treat chronic kidney disease |
Dr Dorothy Wai |
$196,297 |
|
Queensland University of Technology |
Development of a mini-gut reactor system for functional screening of gut microbiome modulators |
Prof Yi-Chin Toh |
$180,041 |
|
The Australian National University |
Developing Spatial Adaptive Imaging for Clinics |
Dr Woei Ming Steve Lee |
$141,483 |
|
The University of Adelaide |
Improving diabetes treatment with a point-of-care device to objectively assess disease |
Prof Robert McLaughlin |
$445,000 |
|
The University of Melbourne |
High resolution cortical recording for the prediction and prevention of epileptic seizures |
Prof Steven Prawer |
$294,119 |
|
The University of Melbourne |
A Better Fail-Safe Device to Reduce Femoral Fractures in Patients with Osseointegrated Implants |
Dr Hans Gray |
$199,937 |
|
The University of New South Wales |
Establishing Vision-BaDGE anti-VEGF DNA therapy for age-related macular degeneration |
Dr Georg von Jonquieres |
$199,840 |
|
The University of Queensland |
Utilising alternative cytokine receptor signalling for enhanced cell-based cancer immunotherapy |
A/Prof Andrew Brooks |
$307,524 |
|
The University of Queensland |
ChimerDx - Next generation rapid diagnostics using chimeric viral antigens |
Dr Jody Hobson-Peters |
$239,992 |
|
The University of Queensland |
Antigen specific immune tolerance induction technology using liposomes for treatment of drug free remission rheumatoid arthritis |
Dr Hendrik Nel |
$294,317 |
Further information on the research projects will be published shortly.