QUT research is set to receive another boost following the announcement of 15 new fellowships under the Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship program.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake introduced the fellowships last year to help 10 researchers and has expanded the program for 2009 due to the high calibre of the applicants.
The program funds three-year, fulltime research fellowships, with the funding amount varying depending on the project. It aims to build on QUT's research strengths, with a particular focus on early career academics and creating research leaders of the future.
A second round of 2009 fellowships will also be offered later this year.
The researchers offered fellowships in this current round are:
- Marcus Foth (Creative Industries Faculty/Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation)
- Chengtie Wu (Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering/Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation)
- Beatrix Feigl (Faculty of Health/Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation)
- Xuebin Ke (Faculty of Science and Technology)
- Luke Nothdurft (Faculty of Science and Technology)
- Catherine Doherty (Faculty of Education)
- Nicola Durrant (Faculty of Law and Institute for Sustainable Resources)
- Ruth Bridgstock (Faculty of Education/Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation)
- Melissa Hyde (Faculty of Health)
- Oleana Rabotyagova (Faculty of Science and Technology and Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation)
- Ming (Patrick) Ling (Faculty of Science and Technology/Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation)
- Jonathon Keith (Faculty of Science and Technology)
- Firuz Zare (Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering)
- Emma Hume (Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation)
- Kathryn Fairfull-Smith (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Media contact: Mechelle McMahon, QUT media unit, 07 3138 2130 or ml.mcmahon@qut.edu.au
