The Free Radical Centre or ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology was a

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from 2005 - 2013 that was established in the 2005

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(ARC) grant funding rounds. The centre was administered from the

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, and had nodes at six Australian universities: The University of Melbourne, the Victorian Pharmacy College at

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, The Heart Research Institute at the

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Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The unive ...

, the

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, and the

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. The Centre had over 100 researchers working in all areas of free radical chemistry from material science to

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. The centre received an initial grant of $12 million from the ARC in 2005 and a further $9.8 million in 2009. Funding for the centre ended in 2013.

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* * {{cite web , url=https://www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/australia/arc-centre-of-excellence-for-free-radical-chemistry-and-biotechnology/526a07c7140ba01356000000 , title=ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology , work=Nature index , format=Institution outputs , publisher= Nature.com , date=31 December 2017 2005 establishments in Australia Medical research institutes in Melbourne University of Melbourne