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Laureate Fellows

The Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme supports excellence in research by attracting world-class researchers and research leaders to key positions, and creating new rewards and incentives for the application of their talents in Australia. They are open to applications from outstanding researchers of international repute.

Our current Laureate Fellows:

  • Professor Warwick Anderson (History)
    Project: Southern racial conceptions: comparative histories and contemporary legacies
  • Professor Bernard Balleine (Brain & Mind Research Institute )
    Project: The neural bases of decision-making
  • Professor Ben Eggleton (Physics)
    Project: Nonlinear optical phononics: Harnessing sound and light in nonlinear nanoscale circuits
  • Professor Bryan Gaensler (Physics)
    Project: A Survey of the Universe's Magnetism
  • Professor Peter Goodyear (Education and Social Work)
    Project: Learning, technology and design: the architecture of productive learning environments
  • Professor Dietmar Müller (Geosciences)
    Project: The Virtual Geological Observatory: a 4D view into the Earth through deep-time data-mining
  • Professor Nalini Joshi (Applied Mathematics)
    Project: Geometric construction of critical solutions of nonlinear systems
  • Professor Pippa Norris (Government and International Relations)
    Project: Making democratic governance work
  • Professor Rick Shine (Evolutionary Biology)
    Project: Using biological invasions to understand evolutionary processes
  • Professor Steve Simpson (Biological Sciences)
    Project: Nutritional Dynamics: from Genes to Individuals to Ecosystems

Federation Fellows

ARC Federation Fellowships scheme ceased in 2008. It was part of a $3 billion Federal government plan to establish Australia as a world-class research destination.

Our current Federation Fellows are: