Research on the rise.

In recent years Flinders University researchers have reached new heights with their unwavering dedication to achieving research excellence.

This transformational period has seen our external research income jump 50% from two years ago and an incredible 70% from four years ago. In 2022 we are expecting this trajectory to continue.

Our outstanding achievements are a strong indication of the ambition that drives our discoveries, which we translate into practice to make a positive difference to people’s lives.

Recent achievements (2021/2022)

• Flinders ranked seventh in the country for National Health and Medical Research Council grants won by a university
• Led a successful Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) bid for the Marine Bioproducts CRC
• Won our first Australian Research Council Indigenous Project Grant.
• Secured our first ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Biofilm Research and Innovation
• Won a $34 million federal Department of Health contract to establish a national centre for research in aged care management, named Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation (ARIIA)
• Secured a $20 million joint commitment from the federal and state governments and co-investment from Flinders along with industry, particularly BAE Systems, to establish a large-scale Factory of the Future facility at Tonsley Innovation District

• Climbed 17 places in the influential Times Higher Education ranking to 266 in the world (2022), placing us on the cusp of the top 1% of the world’s universities
  
• Achieved a ranking of 46 in the world for Archaeology. In 2022 Maritime Archaeology will celebrate its 20th year at Flinders
• Launched our new $2.5 million photoemission electron microscope that will be instrumental in progressing research into biofuels and hydrogen energy, and help local companies to develop hi-tech products and services
• Construction began on the $255 million Health and Medical Research Building, the flagship of our Flinders Village initiative which will create Adelaide’s largest fully integrated education, research, healthcare and lifestyle precinct.