[Aqualist] Centre of Excellence success!

Tue Dec 9 11:04:18 AEDT 2025

Dear all,
Congratulations to the amazing teams of researchers awarded a Centre of Excellence in the 2026 ARC COE round today. Two COEs worth $35M each were awarded within the disciplinary scope of Quaternary Research (including archaeology).

UNSW - ARC Centre of Excellence for Our Future Oceans
Griffith University - ARC Centre of Excellence for Transforming Human Origins Research

Regards, Simon

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The University of New South Wales

CE260100001
Professor Matthew England; Professor Helen Bostock; Professor Nicole Jones; Dr Adele Morrison; Professor Peter Strutton; Professor Moninya Roughan; Professor Ian Turner; Associate Professor Jan Zika; Professor Thomas Baldock; Professor Nathaniel Bindoff; Professor Zanna Chase; Professor Michael Ellwood; Associate Professor Jeff Hansen; Professor Michelle Heupel; Professor Andrew Hogg; Associate Professor Shane Keating; Professor Ryan Lowe; Dr Nicola Maher; Associate Professor Laurie Menviel; Professor Helen Phillips; Dr Matthew Rayson; Professor Anthony Richardson; Dr Tyler Rohr; Dr Amandine Schaeffer; Associate Professor Alexander Sen Gupta; Dr Callum Shakespeare; Associate Professor Paul Spence; Associate Professor Kristen Splinter; Associate Professor Wenhua Zhao; Dr Pearse Buchanan; Adjunct Professor Elizabeth Fulton; Dr Emlyn Jones; Dr Bernadette Sloyan; Dr Jessica Benthuysen; Dr Katharina Fabricius; Mrs Manuwuri Traceylee Forester; Dr Barbara Robson; Dr Kamran Shafi; Dr Robbi Bishop-Taylor; Dr Rachel Nanson; Adjunct Professor Matthew Taylor; Dr Stephen Griffies; Dr Amy Waterhouse; Professor Falk Feddersen; Dr Caroline Ummenhofer; Professor Laure Zanna; Dr Sophie Cravatte; Dr Jerome Aucan; Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato; Professor Deborah Greaves; Professor Dr Dano Roelvink; Professor Dr Andreas Oschlies; Professor Dr Tatiana Ilyina; Dr Fabrice Ardhuin; Dr Casimir de Lavergne; Professor Sayaka Yasunaka; Professor Axel Timmermann

ARC Centre of Excellence for Our Future Oceans.

This Centre will comprehensively determine how our oceans are changing, now and in the future, and develop solutions to promote ocean sustainability and a thriving blue economy. Our oceans are already changing at an unprecedented rate, with costly impacts on marine ecosystems and coastal communities worldwide. By integrating fundamental science advances, innovative analyses of new observational data, new ultra-high resolution ocean models, and training a new generation of world-class scientists, the Centre will uncover vital information about our changing oceans. This will enable proactive management of our ocean environments and resources, enhancing the health, resilience, and security of Australia’s oceans for generations to come.

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION; THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE; GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA; DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORY; SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION; NEW YORK UNIVERSITY; INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - THE FRENCH NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; PACIFIC COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR OCEAN SCIENCE; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON; UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH; IHE DELFT INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION; HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG; FRENCH NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; TOHOKU UNIVERSITY; IBS CENTER FOR CLIMATE PHYSICS; DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE; NSW DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTION (WAMSI); RENEWABLES, CLIMATE AND FUTURE INDUSTRIES TASMANIA; AUSTRALIAN COASTAL COUNCILS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED; AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM; BAIRD AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED; BMT COMMERCIAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD; CAWTHRON INSTITUTE; CHEMISTRY CENTRE (WA); DEADLYSCIENCE LTD; ELYSIUM EPL PTY. LTD.; GLOBAL OCEAN DECADE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED; GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY; INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED; MARINE NATIONAL FACILITY (CSIRO); NVIDIA CORPORATION; TUNA AUSTRALIA LIMITED; SOUTHERLY TEN PTY LTD; ISOMETRIC; LITHIUM BICYCLE PTY LTD; WAVEX; CWORTHY
$35,000,000.00

Griffith University

CE260100018
Professor Michael Petraglia; Professor Susan O'Connor; Professor Andy Herries; Professor Amy Roberts; Professor Christopher Clarkson; Professor Cressida Fforde; Associate Professor Bastien Llamas; Professor Julien Louys; Associate Professor Martin Porr; Associate Professor Raymond Tobler; Associate Professor Alison Crowther; Associate Professor Michelle Langley; Professor Alison Behie; Professor Bruno David; Associate Professor Lee Arnold; Professor Mike Morley; Professor Maxime Aubert; Professor Adam Brumm; Professor Jian-xin Zhao; Professor Hamish McGowan; Dr Andrea Jalandoni; Dr Sofia Samper Carro; Dr Angeline Leece; Mr Robert Williams; Dr Dipuo Kgotleng; Dr Emmanuel Ndiema; Dr Rahab KINYANJUI; Dr FAISAL ALJIBRIN; Professor Dr Frans van Buchem; Professor Gyaneshwer Chaubey; Professor Hema Achyuthan; Dr Oshan Wedage; Professor Qiaomei Fu; Associate Professor Shixia Yang; Dr Herawati Sudoyo; Mr Marlon Ririmasse; Professor Aswan Aswan; Mr Russell Mullett; Emeritus Professor Paul Turnbull; Dr Hubert Vonhof; Professor Maria Martinon-Torres; Professor Nick Drake; Dr Lauren Linnenlucke; Mr Scott Gorringe; Professor Paora Tapsell; Mr Dany Williams; Dr Kenny Travouillon; Ms Samantha Hamilton; Professor Nick Ashton; Dr Emma Finestone

ARC Centre of Excellence for Transforming Human Origins Research.

The Centre aims to transform our understanding of why and how our species, Homo sapiens, is the only surviving human on our planet. The Centre mobilises Indigenous, Global South and Western expertise to examine under-researched regions in Africa, Asia, and Australia. This novel synthesis aims to address how we became a versatile, global species, resilient to profound environmental changes over the last 300,000 years. Outcomes will include new scientific models and revisions to public education and policies about our history, our biological, and cultural relationships to one another, and how we have reshaped ecosystems worldwide. Benefits include a transformed, ethically engaged study of human origins for the betterment of society.

UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG; DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM; NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA; SAUDI HERITAGE COMMISSION; KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAUDI ARABIA; BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, INDIA; ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI; UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA ; INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; MOCHTAR RIADY INSTITUTE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AGENCY, INDONESIA; BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; WESTERN YALANJI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION RNTBC; NORTHERN LAND COUNCIL; THE RIVER MURRAY AND MALLEE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION RNTBC; GUNAIKURNAI LAND & WATERS ABORIGINAL CORPORATION RNTBC; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY, MAINZ; KING'S COLLEGE LONDON; NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER ON HUMAN EVOLUTION, SPAIN; AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION; BIOPLATFORMS AUSTRALIA LTD; ROCK ART AUSTRALIA LIMITED; MURRIMATTERS PTY LTD; TAKARANGI RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND MUSEUM; WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM; BRITISH MUSEUM; CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY; MICROSOFT AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH DATA COMMONS LIMITED
$35,000,000.00

Prof Simon Haberle
Professor of Natural History & Palaeoecology

Director, Canberra Pollen Monitoring Program

School of Culture, History and Language

College of Asia & the Pacific
Coombs Building (Rm 3.218), Fellows Rd
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 2600
+61 2 6125 5125 (ph)  0424453861 (mob)
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