Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770748

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770748

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Control of Instabilities in Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors. Gravitational wave technology from UWA has already given rise to significant spin-offs including sapphire oscillators for radar applications and vibration isolators for airborne mineral exploration. This project will lead to techniques for increasing the sensitivity of already extraordinary sensitive instruments, and could have applications in many areas. The project will strengthen Australia's role in the world wide quest to detect gravitational waves, which is one of the most significant and challenging human endeavours. The project will use the superb national research facility at Gingin. Its content contributes to the Eureka Prize winning Gravity Discovery Centre also located at the site, which is a major centre for science education.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2007

End Date: 31-01-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $907,535.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optical Physics | Optical Physics Not Elsewhere Classified | Instruments And Techniques | Physical Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Higher education | Scientific instrumentation |

Other Keywords

Higher education | Instruments And Techniques | Optical Physics | Optical Physics Not Elsewhere Classified | Physical Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Scientific instrumentation

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