University of Queensland researchers have secured more than $7.2 million through the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) program to strengthen national research and innovation capacity.
The scheme will support 16 UQ researchers across a range of areas, from health and medicine to languages and culture, including 2 from the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences - Dr Adam Hannah, Political Science and International Studies, and Dr Emma Cole, School of Communication and Arts.
Dr Hannah’s project aims to address the health workforce crisis. It will inform strategies to improve health workforce policymaking and develop resources to reduce work shortages in the industry.
Dr Cole’s area of expertise lies in the performance of Greek tragedy in contemporary theatre, and she will use her DECRA to strengthen understanding of gender bias in English-language translations of ancient Greek tragedy to inform new translations.
Congratulations to all these UQ researchers, who are among 200 recipients awarded more than $92.9 million through the DECRA scheme.
