RMIT will collaborate with six small-to-medium enterprises and consortiums to help solve health, social and environmental issues, thanks to the latest round of grants given under the Federal Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Projects Grants (CRC-P) scheme.
Among the areas that will be supported by RMIT researchers are projects that include:
- advanced manufacturing in the medical sector
- research on the production of net-zero hydrogen
- research on the development and safety of wireless charging infrastructures for heavy-duty electric vehicles.
RMIT Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation and Vice President Professor Calum Drummond (AO) said this round of CRC-Ps was open to all industry sectors, with a focus on supporting projects in line with Government priorities, including the National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) priority areas and the circular economy.
“All of the successful grants possess huge potential for tackling important issues in our society, at a commercial level,” said Professor Drummond.
“One of the benefits of the CRC-P scheme is that it fosters industry partnerships and collaborations, particularly with small-to-medium enterprises and the potential benefits are societal in their scale.”
“CRC-P funding aims to develop new products and services, and I’m really excited to see RMIT experts supporting industry partners to grow and enter new markets.”
Key research-industry collaborations
Advanced biosensing making testing easier and more accessible
During every IVF cycle, the patient requires blood draws every two days to monitor hormone levels, in order for specialists to know when to place the embryo.
One of the successful projects is a collaboration, led by Symex Labs Pty Ltd, that looks to replace this laborious process with a simple saliva test in the near-term and long-term with a continuous hormone monitoring patch.
It is hoped that the saliva test can relieve some of the burden on patients of IVF while saving time and resources in the healthcare sector.
