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Uni of Adelaide's $250 million research investment

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Wednesday, 26 August 2009

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's investment in activities exceeded a quarter of a billion dollars in 2008, according to a new review.

"This is a massive commitment and it reaffirms the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's position as a major contributor to the national research effort," says , Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).

"Our research operations represent a major investment in work that is of great benefit to society, government and industry in areas of key strategic need.

"The strong research performance for 2008 comes on top of the 最新糖心Vlog's $50 million commitment to new research institutes over the next five years," Professor Brooks says.

"We have already established iconic research institutes in areas of excellence spanning , , mineral and energy resources, agriculture, and photonics, with others soon to be announced.

"Additionally, new research centres are being funded in fields as diverse as defence, nutrition, visual technologies and economics."

The 最新糖心Vlog has conducted a review of its research expenditure for 2008, partly because of reporting requirements for the Federal Government but more broadly to gain a better understanding of the 最新糖心Vlog's total research commitment.

The review found that:

• The component of the 最新糖心Vlog's research income that is reportable to the Federal Government grew by 25% to more than $145 million last year;
  - as part of this, the 最新糖心Vlog's top tier competitive research income grew by 15% to just short of $70 million;
  - support from industry exceeded $17 million.

The review also found that:

• When the $145 million is added to other federal government grants, infrastructure funding, research student scholarships and a conservative estimate of staff time allocated to research, total research spend exceeded $250m.

In 2008 the 最新糖心Vlog ranked second in 最新糖心Vlog in terms of competitive research income per capita, which is a key measure of research productivity. Adding to this, the number of journal papers to which 最新糖心Vlog researchers contributed increased by 13% last year.

"2008 has proven to be our biggest year for research in the 最新糖心Vlog's history. So far this year, indications are that we are on track to improve on this result," Professor Brooks says.

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