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Local clean technology innovators will have more opportunity to bring their products to market with the NSW Government awarding $438,375 in funding for the University of Newcastle’s Hunter Cleantech Accelerator.

Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) has proudly supported HunterWiSE since 2019. This year, NCIG will strengthen its collaboration with HunterWiSE to fund new scholarships for female students in their second or subsequent year of a degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) at the University of Newcastle.

Kate and Jordan, who were participants in I2N’s Accelerator Cohort 2023, are the co-founders of are of Ariel Community, a tech startup working to inspire advocacy for disability inclusion and access throughout Australian communities.

HMRI and University of Newcastle researcher, Professor Murray Cairns, along with his Precision Medicine team have discovered a way of predicting who will respond to blood pressure treatments to lower sodium in the body.

Two separate projects, one with the Department of Education (DoE), the other an ARC Discovery grant will engage in Indigenous histories from Indigenous perspectives with a view to advancing reconciliation and build meaningful connections across Australia.

As the two-year anniversary of the devastating Northern Rivers’ flooding looms, new research from the University of Newcastle has shown the female-led response to the trauma prevailed where authorities failed.

Premature birth, severe asthma and sperm stress will be a key focus for innovative researchers from the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), who were successful in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grants.

Six University of Newcastle researchers have been awarded more than $10.3m in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grants* to tackle health problems such as pre-term labour, schizophrenia, endometrial and lung cancers, as well as asthma.

Laureate Professor Ravi Naidu has won the Glinka World Soil Prize from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

Emeritus Professor George Willis has been awarded the 2023 George Szekeres Medal at 67th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society.

University researchers have secured $2.3 million to advance the development of a catalytic system with the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse emissions associated with ventilation air methane (or VAM) - a common emission in Australia's coal and gas sectors.

Professor Zsolt Balogh was named 2023 HMRI Researcher of the Year at an awards ceremony held at NEX on Friday night in front of an audience of more than 200 supporters, colleagues and community members.