| Financial Statement | 2021 | 2022 Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Income | ||
| ARC Grant | $4,950,089 | $4,994,641 |
| Collaborating Organisations | $1,369,164 | $1,254,780 |
| Other - UNSW RAAP | $34 | - |
| Total Income | $6,319,287 | $6,249,421 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Salaries | $4,315,996 | $4,820,090 |
| Scholarships | $234,629 | $438,730 |
| Travel and Visitor Support | $32,642 | $373,000 |
| Workshops and Conferences | $98,972 | $243,000 |
| Equipment | $200,016 | - |
| Lab Consumables | $415,630 | $489,000 |
| Outreach and Communications | $56,328 | $100,000 |
| Management and Administration | $358,801 | $171,860 |
| New research strategic initiatives | $256,734 | $1,041,636 |
| Total Expenditure | $5,969,748 | $7,677,316 |
| Surplus/(deficit) for the reporting period | $349,539 | |
| Carry forward balance from 2020 | $5,154,779 | |
| Balance 2021 | $5,504,319 | $4,076,424 |
| Organisation | Contribution |
|---|---|
| Collaborating organisations | |
| The University of Melbourne | $2,240,821 |
| Monash University | $1,138,947 |
| RMIT University | $691,366 |
| UNSW Sydney | $636,534 |
| The University of Sydney | $776,068 |
| Industry Partners | |
| CSIRO | $291,485 |
| DSTO | $36,500 |
| RBA | $111,758 |
| International Partners | |
| Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology - Chinese Academy of Sciences | $90,000 |
| Shandong University | $20,000 |
| University of California, Berkeley | $50,000 |
| University of Bayreuth | $75,000 |
| Centre Members | Project title | Funding Source | Funding $AUD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colette Boskovic, Paul Mulvaney | ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grants (LIEF) | $620,000 | |
| Jared Cole | Using exotic materials for novel spintronic and superconducting devices | Royal Society of New Zealand | $138,000 |
| Joshua Ezackial | National Science Week Grant 2021 | Australian Government | $13,000 |
| Nicholas Ekins-Daukes | ARC Linkage Project | $460,485 | |
| Christopher Hall | ARC Future Fellowship | $865,056 | |
| Liam Hall | FeBI - Clinical assay to assess iron load in serum ferritin | University of Melbourne Proof of Concept Fund | $100,000 |
| Liam Hall | Marine mollusc inspired routes to controllable magnetic nanoparticle synthesis | University of Melbourne, BioInspiration Hallmark Research Initiative | $10,000 |
| Anita Ho-Baillie | ARC Future Fellowship | $1,071,200 | |
| James Hutchison | VESKI Study Melbourne Research Project | VESKI, Victorian State Government | $175,000 |
| James Hutchison | Butterfly-inspired light-matter blends towards new light-based technologies | University of Melbourne, BioInspiration Hallmark Research Initiative | $10,000 |
| James Hutchison, Paul Mulvaney, Trevor Smith, Christopher Hall, Girish Lakhwani, Daniel Gomez | Near infrared imaging and spectroscopy facility | ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grants (LIEF) | $ 302,154 |
| Nicholas Kirkwood | Determining the composition of magnetic iron oxide-silica nanoparticles for use in Australian COVID-19 test kits | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) | $98,352 |
| Pegah Maasoumi | Swinburne Adobe Innovation Grant | Swinburne University of Technology | $3,000 |
| Kavan Modi | ARC Discovery Project | $390,000 | |
| Babar Shabbir | Highly Sensitive Lead Halide Perovskites based X-ray Detectors | Australian Synchrotron | $163,920 |
| Wallace Wong | ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grants (LIEF) | $975,934 | |
| Fei Zheng | ANSTO Synchrotron time headed Saghar Masoomigodarzi | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) | $30,000 |
| Centre Members | Project title | Funding Source | Funding $AUD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fei Zheng, Ken Ghiggino | Investigating the Degradation Mechanism of Quasi-2D Perovskite Solar Cells under Extreme Conditions | Exciton Science Research Fund | $30,130 |
| Christopher Hall, Daniel Gomez, Trevor Smith, Eser Akinoglu | Metal-semiconductor plasmonic heterostructures for light energy harvesting and catalysis | Exciton Science Research Fund | $9,660 |
| Salvy Russo, Asaph Widmer-Cooper, Jared Cole | High Performance Computing (HPC) Capability | Exciton Science Research Fund | $50,000 |
| Jamie Laird, Trevor Smith, Anita Ho-Baillie, Shi Tang | Perovskite solar cells for space applications | Exciton Science Research Fund | $30,700 |
| James Hutchison, Paul Mulvaney | Controlling Photoconductivity of 2D materials using Optical Cavities | Exciton Science Associate Investigator Support Fund | $20,154 |
| Kavan Modi, Jared Cole | Exciton Science Associate Investigator Support Fund | $20,000 | |
| Anita Ho-Baillie, Girish Lakhwani | Determination of traps in perovskite solar cells by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) | Exciton Science Associate Investigator Support Fund | $20,000 |
| Jon Beves, Timothy Schmidt | Comprehensive characterisation of molecular photoswitches | Exciton Science Associate Investigator Support Fund | $20,000 |
| Colette Boskovic, Trevor Smith, Dane McCamey | Light Activated Three-State Molecular Switches | Exciton Science Associate Investigator Support Fund | $20,000 |
| Joanne Etheridge, Paul Mulvaney | Measuring light propagation in CdSe nanoplatelet arrays | Exciton Science Associate Investigator Support Fund | $17,250 |
| Timothy Schmidt | Excitonic Light Management for Natural Photosynthesis | Exciton Science Entrepreneurship and Industry Fund | $222,460 |
| Event title | Date |
|---|---|
| STA Science Meets Parliament - Parliamentary Forum | 2 March to 1 April 2021 |
| Australia and New Zealand Optical Society (ANZCOP21) | 18 - 19 November 2021 |
| Early Career Women in STEMM Paper & Grant Writing Workshop | 20 - 22 September 2021 |
| 31st Photovoltaic Science & Engineering Conference (PVSEC 2021) - Industry Sponsor | 13 - 15 December 2021 |
| 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting - ECR and Plenary Sponsor | 6 - 9 December 2021 |
| National Science Quiz 2021 | 16 August 2021 |