ARC Laureate Fellows
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:
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:
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:
Director, UNSW Semiconductor Nanofabrication Facility, UNSW Sydney
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:
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:
Charles Perkins Centre Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney
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:
Director of Hearing Research at the Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University
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:
Faculty of Human Sciences - Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
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:
Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIFA), The University of Sydney
Complex Systems Group, School of Physics, The University of Sydney
