Six QUT researchers will expand their projects thanks to the latest science and innovation grants.
The projects have been received from the Queensland Government's Accelerate Partnerships program.
Professor Alison Mudge from the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation received the highest amount of funding available to develop a program called CHERISH.
The $498,228 project has been designed to deliver better and cheaper hospital care for the elderly.
Professor Arthur ter Hofstede from the Information Systems School has received $240,000 to expose impediments to insurance claims processing.
A mid-career fellowship worth $300,000 has been awarded to Associate Professor Scott Wearing for his research on technology to aid early detection of diabetic foot ulcers.
Early career grants worth $180,000 have also been awarded to:
• Dr Sara Couperthwaite - to develop technology to reduce the environmental impact of mining in Queensland along with off-setting treatment costs.
• Dr Troy Bruggemann - to develop a project to make it easier for a swarm of unmanned aircraft to be operated by a limited number of ground operators for persistent tasks such as surveillance, search and rescue and fire monitoring.
• Dr Aaron McFadyen - to build a model so Queensland's regional airspace can accommodate Unmanned Aircraft Systems to benefit agriculture, mining and disaster response.
QUT has received a total of $1,578,228 in funding from the science and research grants.
RELATED ARTICLE:
Six QUT researchers become ARC Future Fellowship holders
Media contact: media@qut.edu.au 07 3138 1150
