ARC Industry Laureate and Mid-Career Industry Fellows
The ARC Industry Fellowships Program aims to create a pathway to support academic researchers in establishing careers, and industry-based researchers to work in university settings, with the aim of increased two-way mobility and skill-building in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation.
Australian Industry Laureate Fellowships
The Industry Laureate Fellowships fund significant programs of research that deliver step-changes across a variety of industry settings. Recipients are supported with project funding in addition to a salary supplement and salary-related (on-cost) support for up to 5 years.
![Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem](/research/sites/default/files/styles/ua_image_portrait/public/media/images/2023-08/heike-portrait-2021.jpg?h=31b15c0e&itok=2NLvVFpI)
Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem
2023-2027
Developing innovative methods to improve the purity and manufacturing scale of fluoride glass (ZBLAN) optical fibres to deliver faster and more efficient internet.
![A/Prof Phill Cassey](/research/sites/default/files/styles/ua_image_portrait/public/media/images/2023-08/cassey01-1-003.jpg?h=5e120c67&itok=Xy7RuuzC)
2023-2028
Delivering intelligence tools and technologies for wildlife forensics and cyber security to provide step-change reductions in wildlife crime in Australia and Asia Pacific.
![Prof Shizhang Qiao](/research/sites/default/files/styles/ua_image_portrait/public/media/images/2023-08/qiao-3.jpeg?h=f5f8ec44&itok=WkABHEgy)
2023-2028
Designing and commercialising safe, cost-effective, long-lasting, fast charging, high-energy-density aqueous batteries to store renewable electricity energy for use in households and smart grids.
ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowships
The Mid-Career Industry Fellowships aims to build researchers’ industry collaboration, commercialisation and translation skills, encourage uptake of a wider range of career options for established researchers, and deliver “actionable outcomes” for industry. Recipients are supported with salary contribution for up to four years and project funding.
![Dr Ryan Whitford](/research/sites/default/files/styles/ua_image_portrait/public/media/images/2023-08/ryan-whitford.jpeg?h=7411a672&itok=HEbkpqyA)
2023-2027
Improving wheat hybrid breeding and cross-pollination to reduce costs in producing new wheat varieties.
![A/Prof Carl Spandler](/research/sites/default/files/styles/ua_image_portrait/public/media/images/2023-08/carl-spandler.jpg?h=28ba2234&itok=0RUbNxcT)
2023-2027
Developing novel mineral-based exploration tools for rapid and cost-effective discovery of new lithium deposits.
![Prof Kerry Wilkinson](/research/sites/default/files/styles/ua_image_portrait/public/media/images/2024-05/kerry-wilkinson-professor-of-oenology-2.jpg?h=61ee0d92&itok=s5oo07lT)
2024-2028
Unlocking the potential for winemaking applications of membrane filtration.