The probable national benefits from research in separation science, and mechanisms for capturing these benefits

The research programs to be undertaken in separation science provide both fundamental, applied, and enabling research outcomes that bridge and find direct application in most of the ARC priority areas.  It must be recognised here that these priority areas cannot advance without the support of enabling technologies such as separation science.  For example, the accelerated progress of the Human Genome Project was direct outcome of major developments in the field of separations science (though capillary electrophoresis).  The same can be said about most of the National Research Priorities and Priority Goals outlined by the ARC.  Fields such as environmental monitoring, clinical analysis and diagnosis, nanotechnology, advanced materials, and safeguarding Australia will all depend to differing extents on fundamental and applied research in separation science.  ARNAS will therefore support these priorities and it also offers a critical opportunity to develop commercially significant core technologies and to make these available to many areas of Australian industry.

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