Canberra, Tuesday 25 September 2001

ANU tops Federation Fellowships list

The Australian National University won more of the prestigious Federation Fellowships announced today than any other university. ANU will have four Federation Fellows. The Fellowships were announced by the Prime Minister, Mr Howard, at a special ceremony at Parliament House today.

Three of the current staff in the University's Institute of Advanced Studies have been awarded $1.125 million Fellowships and a fourth researcher, now at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, will join the Institute as a Federation Fellow. ANU's Federation Fellows are:

· Professor John Braithwaite, Research School of Social Sciences Project: Restorative justice and responsive regulation
· Professor Mike Dopita, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Project: The epoch of galaxy formation · Professor Gottfried Otting, to join the Research School of Chemistry Project: New methods for structural biology in solution
· Professor Mandayam Srinivasan, Research School of Biological Sciences Project: Honeybee vision and navigation, and applications to robotics ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Professor Frank Jackson, said today that the University would ensure that the new Federation Fellows have the best possible research environment so that to benefit to Australia's research effort was maximised.

"Our university, along with other research-intensive universities in Australia, has been working very hard to hold onto our research stars and to attract new research leaders," he said. "This program will be of major assistance."

For more information contact: Professor Frank Jackson, 02 6125 8487, or Jim Mahoney 02 6125 2252, Mobile: 0416 249 231

No: 81/2001

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