australian research council

University of Melbourne tops ARC Discovery Grant awards for 2010

5 Jan 2010, 3.50 PM

University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded the most ARC Discovery grants – and the highest funding - nationally for funding starting in 2010. The multi-year grants were announced yesterday by Minister for Innovation, Industry Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr.

Study to ensure best investment in early childhood education for Australia’s children

16 Dec 2009, 5.15 PM

Ensuring children are offered the best possible start to formal learning will be the result of a new study into the quality of early childhood education and care in Australia.

The five year project, drawing on expertise from education experts in Australia, Canada and the UK along with the Victorian and Queensland Governments, was announced today following a Federal Government grant of $2.2million through the Australian Research Council.