Monash University has secured more than $6.4 million in the latest Australia's Economic Accelerator (AEA) Ignite grants, with 14 Monash-led projects funded across priority national capability areas including energy transition, health technologies, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing.
The AEA Ignite program supports industry-aligned, translation-ready research, enabling innovations to progress from laboratory validation toward commercial and real-world application. Monash's strong result reflects both the depth of its research pipeline and its focus on impact beyond discovery.
Monash-led projects span a diverse range of national priority areas, including hydrogen generation and green ammonia technologies, advanced medical diagnostics and fertility devices, artificial intelligence for clinical decision-making and infrastructure systems, and next-generation manufacturing and materials for transport and industry. Together, these projects demonstrate Monash's capacity to deliver research that responds directly to Australia's economic, environmental and health challenges.
Professor Robyn Ward AM, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise), said the result highlighted Monash's strength in industry collaboration and research innovation and translation.
"As Australia's number one university for industry research income, Monash researchers have exceptional capability in working with industry to translate world-class research into real world outcomes. These grants will support a wide breadth of projects: from clean energy, advanced manufacturing and breakthrough health technologies - delivering benefits for our community, industry and the economy."
Monash-led AEA Ignite projects include:
- AEM Water Electrolyser for Affordable Hydrogen Generation
- Accelerating Translation of a First-in-Class Antibody Targeting Therapy-Resistant, Immune-Cold Ovarian Cancer
- From Lab to Fab: Advancing a New Low-Energy Transistor Towards Large-scale Manufacturing
- Revolutionising Food Quality Monitoring Using Microneedle Sensor Technology
- High-energy-efficiency electrolytic synthesis of green ammonia
- Rapid point-of-care tests for concussion management
- Development of Novel Small Molecules for Therapeutic Intervention in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
- Development of a Foundation Model for Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Trust-Aware Adaptive AI for Next-Generation Water Utility Decision Support
- Turning Waste to Wealth: Converting End-of-Life Tyres and Plastics into Energy Resources
- AI-Enhanced Mobile CASA for Clinical and Veterinary Use
- POSITIVF: Advancing Temperature-Stabilised IVF Aspiration Devices
- Generative AI Tool Supporting Household Energy Planning
- A study of long-term thermal ageing and mechanical failure modes of Aeroperm for electric motors
The full list of successful projects is available via the AEA website.
