The Australian Government is providing $11.9 million in new health and medical research funding to the Australian National University (ANU) and University of Canberra (UC) in the ACT, Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy, Member for Fraser Dr Andrew Leigh and Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann announced today. The funding, part of a $573 million [...]
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Two ACT Veterans’ children receive bursaries
Two students from the Australian Capital Territory will receive up to $9000 each to help them complete their tertiary education, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Alan Griffin announced today. Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy, Federal Candidate for Canberra Gai Brodtmann and Federal Candidate for Fraser Andrew Leigh today congratulated Katherine Cymbalak, (Bachelor of Commerce, University [...]
Investing in the future of health in and around the Australian Capital Territory
The Rudd Government today provided a timely boost to the future of health in the ACT and surrounding areas. Up to $2.2 million will be committed to support additional clinical training places for students at local universities which will encourage more health students to study and work in and around the ACT. The Australian National [...]
Over $86 million for ANU and UC Research
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy has welcomed the announcement of $86,363,279 in grants to the Australian National University (ANU) and University of Canberra (UC) to support higher education research. The funding for these two ACT universities is part of $1.42 billion in Research Block Grants Australia-wide announced recently by Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr. [...]
CSIRO and 2 ACT Universities receive $40.7 million funding for outstanding research
Federal Member for Fraser Bob McMullan and Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy today congratulated the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Canberra (UC) and their hard working researchers on receiving a total of $40,742,839 to fund 107 outstanding research projects from the Rudd Government. [...]
Improving education outcomes at University of Canberra
Federal Member for Fraser Bob McMullan and Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy have welcomed the announcement of Australian Government funding of $5,000,000 to help improve the higher education facilities of the University of Canberra (UC). The funding will be allocated to the Innovative Sustainable Practical Interactive Research in Education (InSPIRE) Centre, under the $71.5 [...]
Canberra Universities receive over $1.7 million for world class research
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy today congratulated the Australian National University and the University of Canberra for receiving $1,772,238 to fund nine world-class research projects from the Australian Government. Funding for these projects comes from the Australian Research Councils (ARC) Linkage Project scheme. The scheme supports research and development projects between universities and other [...]
Senator Kate Lundy and UC discuss a vision for a connected Australia
Pipe Dreams: A Vision for a Connected Australia will be the topic of a seminar at the University of Canberra on Thursday 21 May. The seminar will focus discussion on the potential impacts of the National Broadband Network (NBN) on Australian communities. Key note speaker, Senator Kate Lundy, recently launched ‘Public Sphere: Higher Bandwidth for Australia’, enabling [...]
