{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260101416"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260101416","attributes":{"code":"DE260101416","administering-organisation":"The University of Melbourne","announcement-administering-organisation":"The University of Melbourne","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2028-12-31","grant-summary":"Computationally efficient climate projections under net-zero and beyond. The project aims to develop a computationally efficient climate model emulator suitable for net-zero and net-negative emission scenarios. As a result, the project expects to generate new knowledge of our future climate, specifically spatially resolved projections with an explicit focus on uncertainties. The project’s expected outcome is a new capability to explore the climate implications of different choices on the path to net-zero and beyond. This should provide significant benefits, such as establishing Australia’s position in the rapidly growing area of spatially explicit climate model emulators and providing a new, open-source tool for use both within, and outside, research.","funding-current":517978.00,"funding-at-announcement":513920,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Zebedee","familyName":"Nicholls","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-4767-2723 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Zebedee","familyName":"Nicholls","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-4767-2723 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"The University of Melbourne","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"The University of Melbourne","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"3702","name":"Climate Change Science","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"370201","name":"Climate Change Processes","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"370299","name":"Climate Change Science Not Elsewhere Classified","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"190501","name":"Climate Change Models","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"190504","name":"Effects of Climate Change on Australia (Excl. Social Impacts)","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"190507","name":"Global Effects of Climate Change (Excl. Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific) (Excl. Social Impacts)","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Austria","Norway","Switzerland"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Climate change is having a profound impact on the lives of Australians, with recent bushfire, flooding and heatwave events all likely influenced by our changing climate. These impacts will continue to evolve as the climate continues to change, impacting Australia’s economy and way of life. The project aims to develop new modelling capability that would allow projections to be made for any scenario of interest, at the level of spatial detail that is most relevant to the lives of Australians. The projections would reflect our latest scientific understanding, both where we are confident about the expected changes and where there is greater uncertainty.  The project’s key output would be new climate insights, improving the quality and depth of information available for Australia’s medium- to long-term planning and risk management. This will provide environmental, economic and social benefits for Australia, thanks to a deepened understanding of our current and future environment and improved information for decision- and policy-making. The project aims to have an impact beyond academia by providing the developed tools as open-source software, making them free for anyone to use in their own applications without the need for specialised computing equipment."}}}