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Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Award Winners
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Excellence in Research for Australia 2010 outcomes
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Griffith University receives $21 million for sustainability building
Research at Griffith
Griffith is a research intensive University with a rapidly growing national and international profile for innovative and interdisciplinary research. Our world-class researchers work in collaboration with industry, government and the community to tackle the big issues of the twenty-first century.
Griffith has set ambitious targets in research and aims to be a leading university in Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on research quality and the growth of a culture of research excellence.
- Research plan and strategies
- Research leadership
- Research highlights
- Publication highlights
- Research income and publications
Griffith focuses research efforts in 8 areas of strategic importance to Queensland, to Australia and globally.
Griffith is also delivering local, national and international solutions through niche research areas in health, quantum physics, climate change adaptation, tourism and sport management, and smart workplaces.
The University's success in attracting research funding is an acknowledgement that Griffith's vision is shared and appreciated by many others. Highlights over the past few years include:
- $10 million over five years for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
- $22 million for the National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research
- $14 million for the Smart Water Research Facility
- More than $15 million for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security
- $1.3 million from the Queensland Government for the Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies
Research News
Griffith takes prize in imaging science
A Griffith University PhD candidate will be awarded tonight for his innovative image of the shadow of a single atom.
Pacific ecotourism prompts PhD study
A Griffith PhD student is visiting the idyllic villages of Fiji and the Solomon Islands
to see how environmental tourism can boost the developing island nations.
From pet shop owner to malaria researcher
Gillian Fisher had always dreamed of being a scientist so at age 40, she left her world as a pet shop owner and began life as a university student.