Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO1108
US-Australia International Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (AUSMURI)
MURI is a competitive grant opportunity sponsored by the United States Department of Defense offices. The initiative supports university research involving mixed disciplines in science and engineering, within a range of topics with high potential for future defence capability.
AUSMURI is a $25 million non-competitive program open only to Australian universities involved in a successful MURI submission on a designated topic.
AUSMURI supports the Australian Government’s commitment to:
- strengthening Australian university research capacity, skills and global networks in research topics of priority to Defence future capabilities
- building international collaborative links in key research topics of mutual defence interest for improved efficiency and burden sharing.
Grant funding will be 100 per cent of eligible project costs up to a maximum of AUD$1 million per year over 3 years.
The grant period is three years, in line with the obligations under MURI. We may extend your grant period for a further two years. An extension is likely to be in line with an extension to your MURI project.
However an approved extension under MURI does not guarantee an extension to your AUSMURI project.
If we extend your grant period, we will extend your grant funding for the two year period by up to a maximum of AUD$1 million per year.
Total grant funding may not exceed AUD$3 million for a three year project, or AUD$5 million for a five year project.
To be eligible, you must:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be a higher education provider listed at Table A or Table B of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth)
- be a lead Australian university in an approved MURI submission on a designated topic.
You project must:
- be approved through MURI on a designated topic
- include eligible expenditure
- be undertaken in Australia.
You will find details of the MURI funding opportunity on grants.gov using the funding opportunity number N00014-17-S-F006.
The designated topics for AUSMURI for projects starting in 2018 are:
- Topic 1: Integrated Quantum Sensing and Control for High Fidelity Qubit Operations
- Topic 5: Embodied Learning and Control
- Topic 22: In situ Microstructural and Defect Evolution below the Micron Scale in as-Deposited Metal Alloys.
For further information regarding MURI you can refer to the following US websites.
$25,000,000.00
From $1.00 to $3,000,000.00
To apply, go to www.business.gov.au/ausmuri
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