Australian Space Science and Astronomy a big winner in the Super Science Fellowships Scheme

As part of the Super Science Fellowships scheme, the Australian government has announced that 33 fellowships within the Space Science and Astronomy field have been successful, with 17 commencing in 2010 and 16 commencing in 2011.

In particular, several of the awarded fellowships relate to technologies and science that will directly support the Square Kilometre Array project, directly enhancing Australia’s chances in hosting the major international facility.

The successful 2010 fellowships in Space Science and Astronomy include:
The Galaxy Genome Project 1 – The Anglo Australian Observatory
Space science and astronomy: New eyes on old stars: Decoding late-stage stellar evolution. – Macquarie University
A New Era for Australian Exoplanetary Science – The University of New South Wales
New Dimensions in Radio Astronomy: Mining Sparse Datasets with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder – The University of Sydney
Towards operational monitoring of key climate parameters from synthetic aperture radar – The University of Melbourne (although it is not within the Space Science and Astronomy category)
Peering through the Dark Ages with the Murchison Widefield Array – The University of Melbourne
Supporting early science from the Murchison Widefield Array - a Square Kilometre Array (SKA) pathfinder telescope – Curtain University of Technology (WA)
Neutral Hydrogen in the Universe – The University of Western Australia
Geophysical, Galactic, and Extra-Galactic Science with the AuScope and Australian Pathfinder Arrays – The University of Tasmania
Large-scale maps of the universe: Enabling wide-field science with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder and the Square Kilometre Array – CSIRO



The successful 2011 fellowships in Space Science and Astronomy include:

The Galaxy Genome Project 2 – The Anglo Australian Observatory
Space Science and Astronomy: Dissecting the Galaxy with High Resolution Multi-Object Echelle Spectrograph (HERMES) II: Decisive Observations – Macquarie University
Accretion and Feedback in Galaxies with Cosmic Time – The University of Sydney
Australia Surveys the Galaxies: The Central Role of Environment – Monash University
Mass Assembly of Galaxies In the Cosmos: the roles of stars, gas, and metals – Swinburne University of Technology
Supporting early science from the Murchison Widefield Array - a Square Kilometre Array (SKA) pathfinder telescope – Curtin University of Technology
Establishing the reference frame using astronomical and space-geodetic observations – The University of Tasmania
Exploiting the discovery of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies in the southern hemisphere sky – Australian National University

Full details on the ARC website at:

http://www.arc.gov.au/media/major_announce.htm