Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellowships are the most prestigious scientific awards for excellence in Australia -- attracting and retaining world-class researchers and research leaders of international reputation. ARC Laureate Fellowships have been awarded to the following NSW researchers:
2021
In 2021, five of the 17 approved ARC Laureate Fellowships were awarded to researchers at NSW universities. They received $15,588,938 or 29% of the $53,706,710 in funding awarded by the Commonwealth. The NSW-based Laureates were:
Professor Helen Byrne, The University of Sydney
Professor Jeffery Errington, The University of Sydney
Professor Zaiping Guo, University of Wollongong
Professor Dayong Jin, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Alexander McBratney, Director, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, Professor of Digital Agriculture and Soil Science, The University of Sydney
2020
In 2020, six of the 15 approved ARC Laureate Fellowships were awarded to researchers at NSW universities. They received $18,886,484 or 39.9% of the $47,329,286 in funding awarded by the Commonwealth. The NSW-based Laureates were:
Professor Alison Bashford, UNSW Sydney
Professor Ross Buckley, UNSW Sydney
Professor Dennis Del Favero, UNSW Sydney
Professor David James, The University of Sydney
Professor Martina Stenzel, UNSW Sydney
Professor Toby Walsh, UNSW Sydney
2019
In 2019, six of the 17 approved ARC Laureate Fellowships were awarded to researchers at NSW universities. They received $19,304,448 or 36% of the $53,753,052 in funding awarded by the Commonwealth. The NSW-based Laureates were:
Professor Kaarin Anstey, Director of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, UNSW Sydney
Professor Marcela Bilek, School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Sydney
Professor Liming Dai, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
Professor Andrew Dzurak, Director, UNSW Semiconductor Nanofabrication Facility, UNSW Sydney
Professor Jie Lu, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, UTS
Professor Belinda Medlyn, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University (Georgina Sweet Award)
2018
In 2018, one of the 16 approved ARC Laureate Fellowships was awarded to a researcher at a NSW university. He received $3,007,316 or 6.5% of the $46,414,107 in funding awarded by the Commonwealth. The NSW-based Laureate was:
Professor Stephen Foley, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University
2017
In 2017, six of the 17 approved ARC Laureate Fellowships were awarded to researchers at NSW universities. They received $17,319,950 or 36.8% of the ~$47 million in funding awarded by the Commonwealth. The NSW-based Laureates were:
Professor Jill Bennett, Director, National Institute for Experimental Arts, UNSW Sydney
Professor Paul Griffiths, Charles Perkins Centre Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney
Professor Edward Holmes, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney
Professor Fedor Sukochev, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW Sydney
Professor Dacheng Tao, School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney
Professor George Willis, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Newcastle
2016
In 2016, two of the 16 approved ARC Laureate Fellowships were awarded to researchers at NSW universities. They received $4,937,213 or 11.2% of the total ~$44 million funding awarded by the Commonwealth. The NSW-based Laureates were:
Professor David McAlpine, Director of Hearing Research at the Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University
Professor Branka Vucetic, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies, The University of Sydney (Georgina Sweet Award)
2015
In 2015, four of the 15 researchers awarded ARC Laureate Fellowships are from NSW universities. They secured $11.4 million or 27% of the total ~$42 million funding awarded by the Commonwealth. The NSW-based Laureates were:
Professor Ronald Rapee, Faculty of Human Sciences - Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
Scientia Professor Justin Gooding, School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney
Professor Steven Sherwood, Director of the Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Scientia Professor Trevor McDougall, Faculty of Science - School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW Sydney
2014
In 2014, six of the 16 awarded Laureates were based at NSW universities, securing 37% of available national funding awarded (over $42 million). The NSW-based Laureates were:
Professor Rose Amal, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney
Professor Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIFA), The University of Sydney
Professor Ian Paulsen, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University
Professor Peter Robinson, Complex Systems Group, School of Physics, The University of Sydney
Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Centre for Sustainable Research & Technology, UNSW Sydney
Professor Antoine Van Oijen, School of Chemistry, The University of Wollongong