Scholarships promote international research collaborations with Victorian universities and TAFEs

Fifteen research projects in the fields of mining, advanced manufacturing, health and education, including the use of virtual reality to train telecommuters, have received a total of $ 2.8 million from the Victorian government through the veski-provided Study Melbourne Research Partnerships program.

veski is pleased to announce details of the 15 Study Melbourne Research Partnerships beneficiaries supporting large research projects between 11 Victorian public institutions and international industrial or institutional partners from 12 countries including South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Vietnam.

The successful projects are:

• Holmesglen Institute is partnering with Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC), Canada to establish an international partnership for nursing education and research using digital technologies
• Bendigo Kangan Institute – VETASSESS is partnering with the Chinese Testing, Inspection and Certification Education Association (CTICEA), China, to explore and inform opportunities for cross-border recognition of qualifications by comparing Chinese professional qualifications in selected fields of study with Australian standards
• The University of Melbourne works with the University of Bayreuth to develop multidimensional biomaterials for tissue repair
• Federation University is working with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee to evaluate the potential for Victorian-Indian partnerships in processing critical minerals from mining waste
• Deakin University cooperates with Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia for the multilingual detection and intervention of COVID-19 fake news
• Monash University collaborates with Universitas Indonesia on Citarum Transformation: A Living Laboratory for International Research and Impact, which deals with river pollution
• La Trobe University partners with the University of Haifa, Israel to improve the well-being and social inclusion of marginalized populations: a multi-component project from two countries
• RMIT University is working with the International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University, Japan to develop the proton battery and proton flow reactor systems for energy storage
• Victoria University partners with CyberDyne, Japan to use machine learning to optimize HAL exoskeleton joint control
• The University of Melbourne is working with the Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES), University of Hokkaido, Japan to develop new directions for the extraction and manipulation of thermal energy
• Swinburne University of Technology is working with Jeonbuk National University in South Korea to develop a new technology that uses the sun to convert seawater to hydrogen
• RMIT University cooperates with Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden on Rapid Prototyping Photonics for ultrafast communication, satellites, sensors and bionics
• Australian Catholic University in partnership with Springbok Analytics, USA New Technologies for Modeling Human Locomotion: Innovative and Translational Approaches Affecting Human Health
• Deakin University working with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Virginia Tech, USA to develop miniature solid-state metal 3D printing for aerospace applications
• Monash University is partnering with the School of International Education, University of Da Nang, Vietnam to develop an affordable, bimanual device for stroke neurorehabilitation

International education is a major service export for Victoria, contributing $ 10.5 billion to the state’s economy in 2020 and supporting around 79,000 Victorian jobs in 2018.Million pledge for the sector’s longer term recovery in the 2021-22 Victorian budget, supports and invests the Victorian government continued the international education sector.

Through this program, the Victorian Government supports groundbreaking research to improve its connections with leading international institutions and industry, and to attract global talent to Victoria.

“Global Victoria and Study Melbourne are proud to support Victorian researchers who make a difference for their communities and the world – their innovation, ingenuity and collaboration on these projects reflect Victoria’s world-class reputation for research excellence,” Gönül Serbest said the Chief Executive Officer of Global Victoria.

Veski MD & Chief Executive Julia L Page added that the 15 highly competitive funded projects will fuel international research collaboration, deepen strategic offshore partnerships, and bolster the prestigious global rankings and reputation of Victoria’s public universities and TAFEs.

“This funding will not only deliver great research that will be enhanced through global partnerships, but will also raise awareness of Victoria’s position in the global academic communities and show that the state is open to business when it comes to research collaboration.”

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