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Background

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology was established in 2005 through the award of an Australian Research Council grant worth around $12 million over five years. At the beginning of 2009, the Centre was awarded a further $9.8 million to continue its ground-breaking free radical research.

It is a collaborative venture between the University of Melbourne, the Australian National University, the University of Sydney, the Heart Research Institute, Monash University, the Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Wollongong. The University of Melbourne is the administrating institution managing the ARC grant and allocating funds to the other Universities.

The Centre is home to over 140 researchers, drawing together a unique grouping of fundamental chemists, medicinal chemists, biochemists, biologists and materials scientists dedicated to the understanding and application of free radical chemistry.

Organisations that are affiliated with the Centre include: Bluescope Steel, PPG Industries Australia Pty Ltd, the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, the Environmental Biotechnology Co-operative Research Centre, Osaka Prefecture University, and the Rudjer Boskovic Institute.

The Centre's aim is to strengthen Australia's formidable position in the field of Free Radical Chemistry. It will expand the frontiers of free radical chemistry and biotechnology, and develop advanced materials and technologies for building and transforming industry.

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