Research

Standing out in the international field of research
Griffith University's top-class researchers work in collaboration with industry and the community to tackle the big issues of the twenty-first century. Griffith is a research intensive university with an international reputation and world-leading expertise in a number of fields including:
- Water science
- Drug discovery and infectious diseases
- Asian politics, trade and development
- Climate change adaptation
- Criminology
- Music, the Arts and the Asia Pacific
- Sustainable tourism
- Health
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.
Grants recognise research excellence
Griffith was awarded more than $19.4 million in research funding in October 2008, leaping to second in Queensland in the Australian Research Council funding.
Twenty eight projects have been successful in securing grants from the ARC and the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Find out about our successful ARC Discovery, ARC Linkage and NHMRC grants.
News
Police step to a healthier beat
Leadership training for senior and middle management in the Queensland Police Service (QPS) is one of several initiatives being tested to improve the psychological and physical health of QPS staff.
Who's a pretty pollie? Counting cockatoos on the Gold Coast
Researchers at Griffith's Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies have declared a local Glossy Black-Cockatoo Birding Day on Saturday, May 9.
Fulbright scholarship to advance trauma research
Nurse researcher Professor Leanne Aitken has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Senior Scholarship to develop collaborative research with US colleagues in the area of trauma care.