Twelve Australian researchers have been awarded fellowships to work with main Indian establishments, thanks to the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) Early and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Fellowships.
The 12 profitable initiatives, collectively valued at just below $140,000, span matters from well being monitoring know-how to sustainable supplies and social innovation.
Funded by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, the AISRF marks its twentieth anniversary in 2026. Since 2006, this system has supported greater than 180 collaborative analysis initiatives, strengthening scientific ties between Australia and India.
This spherical’s initiatives spotlight the range of the partnerships. Dr Krishna Manaswi Digumarti from Queensland University of Technology is growing a wearable gadget to detect breast most cancers in youthful ladies in collaboration with Associate Professor Vishal Toka at MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre. Meanwhile, Dr Alireza Jolfaei from Flinders University is working with Professor M. Tanveer on the Indian Institute of Technology Indore to create an AI assistant that helps smaller organisations detect cyberattacks early.
Other initiatives embrace co-designing occupational remedy options with marginalised ladies in India, creating battery-free wearable sensors to monitor well being remotely, and growing sustainable power storage supplies.
This spherical’s undertaking checklist additionally highlights the range of the partnerships:
- Dr Alireza Jolfaei (Flinders University) – Indian Institute of Technology Indore – Proactive menace looking and predictive defence utilizing agentic AI
- Dr Deval Mehta (Monash University) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay – Advancing cross‑nationwide digital well being collaboration: Improving skincare by way of AI‑powered system for rural communities in Australia and India
- Associate Professor Emma George (University of Adelaide) – Indian Institute of Public Health Hyderabad and Good Shepherd Hyderabad – Co‑designing inhabitants strategy occupational remedy analysis and follow with marginalised ladies in India
- Dr Jinshuo Zou (University of Adelaide) – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) – Integrated electrochemical urea synthesis system for concurrent carbon seize and conversion
- Dr Krishna Manaswi Digumarti (Queensland University of Technology) – MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre – Evaluating a wearable gadget for automated breast most cancers detection
- Dr Lihong Su (University of Wollongong) – Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad – Development of novel price‑efficient excessive‑entropy alloys with superior mechanical efficiency by additive manufacturing
- Dr Nisa Salim (Swinburne University of Technology) – Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology – 3D printing of multifunctional 2D supplies for sustainable electrochemical power storage
- Dr Pankaj Sharma (Flinders University) – Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore – Topological polarisation textures in twisted oxides
- Dr Rishabh More (Monash University) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay – Data‑pushed modelling of sedimentation dynamics of microplastics in aquatic environments
- Dr Saheli Biswas (CSIRO) – Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad – Recycling of vital minerals from electrochemical units
- Dr Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan (La Trobe University) – CIPET Chennai and BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus – MXene‑polymer composites primarily based battery‑free wearable platform for distant well being monitoring
- Dr Sohinee Sarkar (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute) – Amity University – Developing reside oral biotherapeutics for Helicobacter related ailments
The full checklist of 2026 Round 5 recipients contains researchers from universities equivalent to Monash, Adelaide, Wollongong, La Trobe, Swinburne, Flinders, and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, partnering with premier Indian institutes like IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad, IISc Bangalore, and Amity University.
Round 6 of the AISRF EMCR Fellowships is ready to open in May 2026, providing one other alternative for Australian researchers to strengthen worldwide collaboration and sort out world challenges.
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