| Minister for the Illawarra David Campbell (centre) makes the announce... Minister for the Illawarra David Campbell (centre) makes the announcement of the $1 million nanotechnology grant at UOW’s Innovation Campus where researchers in this field will move in 2008. Pictured with the Minister are the Director of the Innovation Campus, Mr David Fuller (left) and Executive Research Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Professor Gordon Wallace |
NSW Government provides UOW with $1 million nanotechnology grant
20 Aug 2007 | Bernie Goldie
The NSW Government has provided a $1 million grant to the University of Wollongong to support research and development in the field of nanotechnology, Minister for the Illawarra David Campbell has announced.
Mr Campbell said the funding was provided through the Iemma Government’s Science Leveraging Fund, which was established last year to support NSW researchers.
"Over the past year the NSW Government has worked with the University of Wollongong, University of Newcastle and the Federal Government, to develop a base for electromaterials research in Wollongong,” Mr Campbell said.
"This research node will have its headquarters in the $25 million Advanced Materials Centre at the University of Wollongong’s new Innovation Campus.
“The Iemma Government’s investment is another example of the ongoing financial support for the University and the outstanding leadership they are showing in research and development,” the Minister said.
Mr Campbell said the project would bring together expertise from the University of Wollongong's Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and Institute for Superconducting Electronic Materials, as well as expertise from the University of Newcastle's Centre for Organic Electronics.
"The Wollongong node will provide both researchers and industry with access to key research infrastructure, equipment and expertise,” Mr Campbell said.
"Electromaterials research will focus on developing technology related to the movement of electric charges within and between materials.
"This work offers potential for groundbreaking improvements in areas such as biomedicine, industrial processes, energy harvesting and energy storage.
"Research efforts will aim to benefit Australian companies working in telecommunications, biotechnology, power generation, defence and security, engineering, textiles, steel and other metals, and polymers and plastics."
Mr Campbell said the NSW Government's $1 million grant helped attract a further $1 million from the Federal Government, with about half of the federal money to be spent in Wollongong.
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