National Benefit

The intended ARNAS network will significantly advance the research agenda for analytical science by creating national awareness of research activities and expertise, providing enhanced education and opportunities for the next generation of analytical scientists, and by stimulating international collaborations.  ARNAS would offer direct economic benefits by better coordination and use of research facilities and resources, together with improved productivity of practitioners as a result of enhanced channels of communication, awareness and coordination.

Research Priorities

ARNAS falls directly within all four National Research Priorities, either by the nature of the research itself or the fact that it supports other research areas.  Examples from the first category include environmental analysis and remote monitoring devices (Priority 1), medical diagnostics and proteomics (Priority 2), microfluidics, smart materials, nano-analytical devices, and sensors (Priority 3), and forensics and rapid explosive screening technologies (Priority 4).  In the second category are examples such as advanced separation science, which underpins genomics and many other areas of biotechnology, and advanced chemometrics, which enables reliable analytical information to be extracted from numerous forms of complex measurement data.

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