Deakin University

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2027 · 2027-01

Nutritional Psychiatry: Investigating the efficacy and mechanisms of... Category: Medical Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-12

Evaluating social media impacts on wellbeing to inform solutions Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-12

Evaluating social media impacts on wellbeing to inform solutions Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-06

Heritage and Displacement: Intersections of Exile, Culture and Conflict Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-06

Heritage and Displacement: Intersections of Exile, Culture and Conflict Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-05

Elucidating the complete rhoptry proteome to discover novel targets for... Category: Medical Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-04

Quantum-Safe Digital Public Infrastructure Category: Technology

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-04

A Data Driven Framework for Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration in the... Category: Technology

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-04

Where, when and how do birds sleep in the city? Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-04

Where, when and how do birds sleep in the city? Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-04

Intelligent Personalized Simulators for Enhanced Training and... Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-04

Intelligent Personalized Simulators for Enhanced Training and... Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-04

Nutritional Psychiatry: Clarifying Mechanisms to Support Precision... Category: Medical Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-03

Reducing drug-related harms in Australia through a new Reform... Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-03

Reducing drug-related harms in Australia through a new Reform... Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-03

Race, Gender, and Violence in Western Militaries in the War on Terror Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-03

Race, Gender, and Violence in Western Militaries in the War on Terror Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-03

Co-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for... Category: Medical Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-01

Advanced ionic materials for sustainable refrigeration. Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-01

Advanced ionic materials for sustainable refrigeration. Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2026 · 2026-01

Streets for people: Design for active travel among children and youth. This project aims to determine what street characteristics are critical for child-friendly urban environments that encourage children and adolescents to walk or bike places, and parents to allow their child to do so. This project expects to generate new knowledge about how streets can be improved to better encourage and support walking and biking among young people. Expected outcomes include practical, actionable evidence for planners about optimal street design to best support sustainable travel among a vulnerable population group. This should provide significant benefits to the community via provision of safer, more inviting streets that support shifts to active travel, contributing to physical activity and environmental gains. Field of research: 4207 - Sports Science and Exercise Australia is highly car dependent, contributing to high greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, congestion, and physical inactivity. Walking and biking benefit health and wellbeing at all ages, and when replacing regular car trips, may contribute to cleaner air and a healthier environment. However, few children and youth regularly walk or bike places in Australia, in part due to traffic safety concerns and streets that don’t support them to do so. This project addresses the issue by identifying the most important characteristics of streets that contribute to the decision to walk or bike among this vulnerable group of road users. It actively engages street designers, young people and parents in co-designing and testing realistic simulations of changes to streets that could better support walking and biking and improve perceptions of safety. This will generate feasible solutions that could be implemented in practice. By giving voice to young people and parents, this project expects to provide environmental and social benefits through safer and more accessible street designs that address their concerns and promote active and environmentally sustainable forms of travel. This could lead to less reliance on cars and more health-enhancing physical activity. Findings and recommendations will be actively promoted to local government and industry through forums and professional associations to inform best practice principles for street design.

GrantConnect (Australian Government grants) · FY 2026 · 2026-01

Sustainable and Recyclable Carbon Fibre Composites Category: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2026 · 2026-01

Intelligent Personalized Simulators for Enhanced Training and Prototyping. This research aims to solve the fundamental problems of driving and flight simulators by developing new motion cueing algorithms (MCAs) to realise personalised motion simulators. The research will leverage users’ physiological data and artificial intelligence (AI) models to generate realistic and comfortable ride experiences that current simulators cannot provide. The expected outcomes include ground-breaking advances in AI-based MCAs for improving usability and utility of simulators. Building better motion simulators will improve road and air safety through effective training and lower manufacturing costs through virtual prototyping of new vehicle designs, propelling Australia as a world leader in the emerging field of motion simulation. Field of research: 4607 - Graphics, Augmented Reality and Games Road trauma costs Australia AU$27 billion annually, along with the profound emotional and social cost. Young drivers aged 17–25 are overrepresented in crashes, accounting for nearly one-quarter of all Australian road fatalities. Road and air accidents can be reduced through the personalised driving and flight simulators, offering a safe, controlled, and effective platform for training and performance evaluation. The current motion simulators lack realism and often induce motion sickness, limiting their effectiveness. This project will revolutionise simulator technology by developing Artificial Intelligence-driven motion cueing algorithms to create highly personalised simulators that adapt to individual users, enhance motion realism, and minimise individual’s motion sickness. These simulators will enhance training, support virtual prototyping and testing of new vehicle designs, and reduce costs, development time, and risks for test drivers and pilots. The research will deliver cutting-edge simulation technology to Australia’s automotive, aviation and marine industries, enhancing national capabilities in training, transportation safety, manufacturing, and innovation. Through strategic partnerships with industry, institutes, and transport authorities, and by sharing outcomes via workshops, demonstrations, and pilot studies, this technology will be translated into real-world applications, fostering economic growth, innovation, and a safer, more skilled workforce across Australia.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2026 · 2026-01

Pigments from textile waste for creating sustainable market ready products. The project aims to transform Australia’s mounting clothing waste by turning coloured clothing into pigments. Through scientific understanding of our innovative pigment production by milling and pigment properties, the project will ensure colour consistency, levelness and fastness of colour in applied products. Outcomes will lead to pigment manufacturing processes that use low energy and water and deliver acceptable pigment quality for textile dyeing/printing and paint formulations for artist paints, paper printing and other products. This will provide significant economic and environmental benefits through market ready pigment products, reducing textile waste, value addition to waste, and sustainable colour solutions for many sectors. Field of research: 4011 - Environmental Engineering This project provides a pathway to recycle coloured clothing waste, that cannot be repaired, reused, or repurposed in cloth form, into sustainable pigments. By grinding textiles into ultrafine particles, our novel technology will provide solutions that can divert waste from landfill and drive sustainable local industries. This research will benefit Australia by supporting the circular economy, directly addressing the National Waste Policy Action Plan, and Australia’s world first textile stewardship scheme Seamless. This technology will support increased resource conservation and create high value sustainable coloured producted from discarded fabrics. The outcomes will benefit charitable organizations involved with collecting discarded cloths, create business opportunities for recyclers, clothing brands and paint industry. Through Deakin’s extensive industry networks, we will create pathways for sovereign manufacturing through this research and innovation via licensing arrangements and support a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration across waste sorting, manufacturing and sustainable design for growing local and global market. In addition to enabling local industry creating recycled colour garments, we will promote application of the pigments in development of sustainable coloured products in diverse sectors, fashion industry and beyond. We will enhance Australia’s reputation in sustainable practices by promoting our research to the global sustainable colour market.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2026 · 2026-01

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. This project aims to examine how Australian infant formula companies are marketing breast-milk substitutes through digital media to Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women and women living in Vietnam, where Australian formula companies' increasingly market and sell their products. This project expects to generate new insights into how formula companies are contravening national and international regulations and how novel Artificial Intelligence methods can be leveraged for ongoing accountability. Expected outcomes include new knowledge and infrastructure to support timely government decisions related to the digital marketing of breast-milk substitutes. Key benefits include better protection of breast-feeding in Australia and in Asia. Field of research: 4407 - Policy and Administration The proposed research addresses a critical public health issue: the unregulated digital marketing of breastmilk substitutes (BMS), which undermines breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity, and duration. This has long-term social and economic costs, including higher healthcare expenses, lost productivity, and health inequities. Additionally, reliance on infant formula has environmental costs due to its production and packaging, which contribute to carbon emissions and waste. While the Australian Government is committed to regulating BMS marketing, there is a lack of data on how BMS companies target women online. This research will fill that gap by examining how Australian companies market their products both domestically and in offshore markets like Vietnam. In the short term, the project will develop novel methods to measure digital marketing practices and assess women’s exposure and perceptions of BMS digital marketing. In the medium term, the findings will inform stronger, evidence-based policies that protect women and infants from deceptive marketing tactics. Long-term benefits healthcare and environmental benefits through reduced reliance on infant formula and improved maternal and child health outcomes, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Findings will be shared with policymakers, public health bodies, advocacy groups, and the public to promote stronger regulations and real-world change.