{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100168"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100168","attributes":{"code":"FT250100168","administering-organisation":"The University of Western Australia","announcement-administering-organisation":"The University of Western Australia","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2025-11-03","anticipated-end-date":"2029-11-02","grant-summary":"Towards an Australian Solid State Nuclear Clock. This project aims to investigate and develop materials, techniques required for construction of a solid-state nuclear isomer transition clock together with emergent applications. These next generation advanced clocks, gained a lot of attention after 2023, promise to surpass all existing atomic systems in precision in a more reliable package. Leveraging international collaborations, it will provide a foundation for both a practical device and fundamental knowledge of an engineered nuclear quantum system. This projects will advance Australia’s position in time keeping, the backbone of modern communication, commerce, defence systems, metrology and fundamental science providing nation resilience to interactions in access to stable time scales. ","funding-current":995793.00,"funding-at-announcement":974744,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Maxim","familyName":"Goryachev","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-0257-4054 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Maxim","familyName":"Goryachev","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-0257-4054 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"The University of Western Australia","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"WA"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"The University of Western Australia","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"WA"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"400912","name":"Quantum Engineering Systems (Incl. Computing and Communications)","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"510601","name":"Nuclear Physics","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"5108","name":"Quantum Physics","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"510805","name":"Quantum Technologies","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"241003","name":"Scientific Instruments","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"280110","name":"Expanding Knowledge In Engineering","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"280120","name":"Expanding Knowledge In the Physical Sciences","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Austria","Switzerland","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"This project will close research gaps related to the knowledge and technology required to construct the first solid state nuclear isomer transition clock. \nThis development will benefit Australia through Economic Growth, Technological Sovereignty by reducing reliance on foreign technologies and critical infrastructure, Education and Workforce Development. It aligns with Australia’s commitment to leadership in quantum technologies.\nAdvanced timekeeping systems developed through this project will directly impact national communication, navigation and metrological systems in commercial, defense, and research sectors, all of which rely on precision time scales. This growth in expertise and technology will foster new commercialisation projects through partnerships with industry, high-skill job creation and emergence of startups within Australia’s burgeoning quantum ecosystem, projected to generate $6 billion annually by 2045. It will provide training for students in advanced metrology, material science, optics. \nAustralia’s domestic solid state nuclear clock will provide sovereign access to reliable and resilient timekeeping systems, ensuring that critical capabilities remain secure and under national control. This will close the current capability gap and reducing dependence on foreign atomic clocks, thus enhancing national security and technological independence.\nThe project fosters international partnerships, enhancing Australia’s standing in the global scientific community."}}}