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GEMOC Funding

GEMOC's business plan has proved to be a successful blueprint, resulting in viable funding to continue and evolve GEMOC's activities beyond the Commonwealth funding period that ended in 2001.

Key elements of funding continuation include:

  Recognition as Centre of Concentration of Research Excellence at Macquarie by the new Vice-Chancellor in 2006 and award of six new funded academic positions

  Macquarie University Postgraduate Scholarships for Australian and international students

  ARC Discovery Linkage Successes

  Award of two Federation Fellowships (Professors Simon Turner and Bernard Wood)

  Industry funding has increased through substantial collaborative ventures supporting basic research

  Commercialisation of GLITTER software through AccessMQ

  Independent Research Fellowships to support Postdoctoral Fellows (Australian and International sources)

  LIEF successes for infrastructure with co-investment by industry and other universities

  DEST Systemic Infrastructure Initiative Grant ($5.125 million) for 2002-2004

  Success in Macquarie University competitive funding schemes for research, postgraduate studies, and teaching development for undergraduate studies

  3 academic staff positions created for GEMOC in 1995, 1996 and 2003 are continuing (Dadd, Daczko and one under recruitment)

Strategy for ongoing Geochemical Analysis Unit funding

GEMOC’s outstanding analytical facilities are vital to our innovative research programs and to attracting research and industry income. This technology concentration also represents a high-budget item in terms of maintenance, running costs, replacement and especially for new purchases to maintain frontline developments. Funding strategies in place include:

  User-pays system for running, maintenance and development costs

  University annual contributions through competitive schemes and capital equipment allocations

  Annual contribution from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Macquarie University was designated as one of the National Geochemistry Nodes in the AuScope (www.auscope.org.au) award in the NCRIS round in 2007 and will receive a funding contribution to staff and small equipment items for five years from 2007

  Macquarie University’s guarantee of a strategic plan to ensure the integrity, maintenance and appropriate staffing of the Geochemical Analysis Unit

  Collaborative project building with industry partners

  Delivery of new exploration tools to industry through novel analytical methodologies

  Research and Development ventures with manufacturers leading to equipment replacement

  Applications to funding schemes for matching funds for new purchases and with partner co-investment

  Industry capital investment in return for access equity, negotiated intellectual property and collaborative rates

 

GEMOC INCOME 2008

This is a summary of 2008 income.  A full audited statement of detailed expenditure and income is prepared by Macquarie University.  No in-kind support is included here.

ARC

 $K
Discovery (including Fellowships), Linkage (Project
and International), Federation Fellowships
1,161.0

INDUSTRY

Collaborative Research grants (MUECRG industry
components and direct industry)
212.0
External collaborative research projects and GITTER through AccessMQ
353.7

Internal University

GAU maintenance (Department)
30.0
Internal competitive schemes
Macquarie Fellowships   
78.1
Matching to ARC schemes 
220.0
Research grants    
206.8
Postgraduate awards 
482.6
Postgraduate research grants 
33.9
Infrastructure (RIBG)  
80.0
Capital Equipment 
100.0

TOTAL   

 2,958.1


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Annual Report 2008