Research Programs
Research Programs
Research projects
Category of partnership | Research partnerships | Project or program /collaborative programs |
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University of Melbourne | ||
Arts Faculty | Centre for Classics and Archaeology | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’* |
Asia Institute | IRRTF 2015-2017 ‘Research Networks Australia and China: Cultural Materials Conservation Cooperative Research Network’ | |
Indigenous Institute | ARC 2019 LP190100419 ‘3D printing of custom musical instruments for heritage and industry needs’ | |
Cross faculty | Dept. Infrastructure Engineering | ARC Linkage LP220100105 ‘Modelling the decay of stone heritage using Machine Learning’ |
Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology) | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
Melbourne TrACEES Platform (Trace Analysis for Chemical, Earth and Environmental Sciences) | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
School of Chemistry | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
School of Earth Sciences | ARC DP230100033 ‘Megalithic Connections: Imperilled Cultural Heritage in Laos and India’ ARC 2019 LP190100419 ‘3D printing of custom musical instruments for heritage and industry needs’ ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
School of Mathematics and Statistics | Data Science Industry Project 2022 ‘20th century paintings from Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand: Mapping their materials and Processes’ | |
Victorian College of the Arts | ARC 2019 LP190100419 ‘3D printing of custom musical instruments for heritage and industry needs’ | |
University sector | ||
Australian universities | Flinders University | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ |
La Trobe University Institute of Art | ARC 2019 LP190100419 ‘3D printing of custom musical instruments for heritage and industry needs’ | |
MAMU- Music Archive Monash University | ARC 2019 LP190100419 ‘3D printing of custom musical instruments for heritage and industry needs’ | |
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum) | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
University of Technology Sydney | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
International universities | Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) | 2022 ‘Bacterial nanocellulose with entrapped enzymes as novel biocleaning material for cultural heritage conservation’ 2022 Chula Centennial Fund (C2F) ‘Identification of colorants used in paintings based on narrow band wavelength LEDS’ 2022 Chula Centennial Fund (C2F) ‘Identification of Pigments by multi-spectral imaging technique using narrow band LEDS’ |
National Museum (The Philippines) | DFAT Australia ASEAN Council 2017 ‘Natural disasters & cultural Heritage in the Philippines: recovery & reconstruction (AAC157)’ | |
Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia) | ARC 2019 LP190100419 ‘3D printing of custom musical instruments for heritage and industry needs’ | |
Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology | MoU Australian 2017 Synchrotron Infrared Beamtime ‘Two Chinese Mural Paintings from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368): characterising their binders and pigments’ IRRTF 2015-2017 ‘Research Networks Australia and China: Cultural Materials Conservation Cooperative Research Network | |
Henan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage | MoU IRRTF 2015-2017 ‘Research Networks Australia and China: Cultural Materials Conservation Cooperative Research Network’ | |
The School of History, Zhengzhou University | MoU IRRTF 2015-2017 ‘Research Networks Australia and China: Cultural Materials Conservation Cooperative Research Network’ | |
University of West Attica (Greece) | Erasmus + Programme | |
Community sector | ||
Indigenous | ANKA (Arnhem, Northern and Kimberley Artists Aboriginal Corporation) | MoU |
Warlayirti Artists | Copland Grant | |
Durrmu Arts Aboriginal Corporation | ILA grant, Archive project | |
The Mulka Project | NLA funding, Museum project ARC 2019 LP190100419 | |
Warmun Art Centre | AIATSIS, Two-way partnering agreement | |
Kanamkek-Yile Ngala Museum, Thamarrurr Development Corporation – Wadeye | Research agreement | |
Jilamara Arts | Research agreement | |
Moa Arts | RIC Proof of Concept Fund 2020, Scaling the National Conservation Program: developing cultural conservation product for delivery and licensing into rural, regional and remote Australia and beyond | |
Rural organisations | Bathurst Regional Council | Willem Snoek Award 2018 Daniel Swartz RE-ORG @ BRC (Bathurst Regional Council) |
Yackandandah Museum | Copland Award - Interpretive exhibition of fire-damaged items in the Yackandandah Historical Society collection. Willem Snoek Award 2021 Madeleine Fraser, Joshu Loke, Samantha Rogers The YDHS-GCCMC Fire Project | |
Daylesford and District Historical Society | Willem Snoek Award 2019 Jessica Doyle Environmental survey of Daylesford & District Historical Society | |
Chiltern Athenaeum | Willem Snoek Award 2017 Camielle Fitzmaurice and Isabella Spiteri Conservation Assessment and Plan | |
Public institutions | ||
State institutions | Art Gallery of New South Wales | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ |
Museums Victoria | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
Queensland Museum | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
South Australian Museum | ARC 2017-2020 LP160100160 ‘A national framework for managing malignant plastics in museum’ | |
ACMI | Faculty of Arts sponsored time-based media fellowship | |
Parks Victoria | ARC Linkage LP220100105 ‘Modelling the decay of stone heritage using Machine Learning’ ( (In preparation) | |
International museums | Tate (UK) | Research exchange, time-based media |
MoMA (US) | Research exchange, performance acquisitions | |
Balai Seni Negara National Art Gallery (Malaysia) | ANSTO DINGO Beamline 2017 ‘5801: Investigation of the water transport properties of artists' acrylic emulsion paint films for cultural materials conservation’ | |
Professional bodies | ||
AICCM | Faculty of Arts Collaborative Grant: A national approach for the conservation of Australia’s cultural material |
Research impacts
1. Our Research Programs Drive and Support Productive Collaborations
- Scholarly Production: Framing global issues, bespoke solutions, and community support.
- Economic Value: Industry-led conservation research and skill development.
- Social Value: Confronting inequity, securing art collections, and education.
- Cultural Strengthening: Promoting Indigenous knowledge and diversity.
- Environmental Sustainability: Addressing regional needs and heritage preservation.
- Quality of Life: Building capabilities for well-being.
2. How We Measure Our Impact
- Excellence: World-class research, leading publications, diverse funding.
- Long-Tail Impact: Professional practice, knowledge sharing, new pathways.
- Collaboration: Inclusive research, interdisciplinary, community partnerships.
- Interdisciplinary Research: Networks with experts, campus collaborations.
- Community-Partnered Research: Partnerships with diverse communities.
- Indigenous Programs: Two-way learning, coproduction of research.
3. Assessing Our Value
- Integration: Demonstrating benefits to participants and stakeholders.
- Strategy: Aligning with university strategies, securing grants.
- Commitment: Supporting new and existing research, funding strategies.
- Engagement: Translating research, sustaining partnerships, public good.
- Co-Production: Collaborative contributions, scholarly production, IP.
4. Our Research Strategy
- Alignment: Grimwade, School, Faculty, and University strategies.
- Design: Research for social, economic, environmental, and cultural benefits.
- Commitment: Supporting research partnerships with industry, community and government.
- Engagement: Translating research and sustaining partnerships.
- Co-Production: Collaborative contributions and IP considerations within and outside academia.
Research partners
The Grimwade Centre has partners and stakeholders across the world. These include:
- University of Melbourne partners for teaching, research and commercialisation
- Research partners in a range of universities in Australia and overseas.
- Key individuals including professionals including artists, conservators, scientists who maintain active engagement with the Centre.
- External organisations including: collecting organisations, industry including manufacturers and producers, and at all levels of government.
- Indigenous partnerships are part of all of the above and form an important aspect of Grimwade’s stakeholder engagement.
- Grimwade Centre staff and students engage with conservation professionals in Australia and overseas who support the Centre with thesis marking, guest lectures, student mentoring, and collaborative research. Through the Grimwade Centre conservation professionals also provide master classes for staff, students and the broader public. Grimwade Centre staff and students also partner with external stakeholders for research and community programs.
- Within collections sector, our stakeholders range from large international organisations such as the Getty Conservation Institute and National Museum of the Philippines, through to small local collecting organisations such as Yackandah Historical Society. The collections sector supports internships and placements, paid casual and short term contracts for student Work Integrated Learning, topics and support for student research projects, and a range of engagement and non-academic learning. As a sector, collecting organisations are also a large part of the GCS client base.
Current partners
- University of Melbourne
- Chemistry
- Classics and Archaeology
- Earth Sciences
- Victoria College of the Arts
- Bio Science
- Student and Scholarly Services
- Infrastructure Engineering
- Government research facilities
- ANSTO
- Australian Synchrotron
- CSIRO
- Indigenous organisations
- Warmun Art Centre
- Kanamkek-Yile Ngala Museum, Wadeye
- Waliyirti Artists, Balgo o Warringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra
- Dhurma Arts, Peppimentari
- Buku Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala o Arnhem, Northern and Kimberley Aboriginal Artists Corporation
- Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL)
- Remote, rural and regional organisations
- Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo
- Orange Art Gallery o Warrnambool Art Gallery
- National Collecting institution
- SLV
- NGV
- ACMI
- NFSA
- AGNSW
- International institutions
- National Museum of the Philippines
- The Getty Conservation Institute
- Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore
- University of Toronto o Art Gallery of Ontario
- Henan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage
- Shaanxi Province Institute of Archaeology
- Zhengzhou University
- Chulalongkorn University
- Silpakorn University Tate UCL
- Professional bodies
- Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM)
- Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV)
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association (Victoria) (AMaGA)
- Government (Local, State and Federal)
- Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory (MAGNT, PhD collaboration Seka Seneviratne)
- Bathurst Regional Council
- Parks Victoria Aboriginal Heritage Planning & Rock Art Unit (ARC Linkage application)