Editing Monash University (section)

=== Research divisions ===
Monash is home to over 120 research centres and institutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monash.edu.au/research/capabilities/ |title=Research capabilities |publisher=Monash.edu.au |date=17 May 2013 |access-date=1 September 2013 |archive-date=8 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908110648/http://www.monash.edu.au/research/capabilities/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Major interdisciplinary research centres include the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monash.edu/discovery-institute |title=Home – Biomedicine Discovery Institute |website=www.monash.edu |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228200924/https://www.monash.edu/discovery-institute |url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Monash University Accident Research Centre]] and the [[Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science]]. Some notable research centres also located at or affiliated with Monash University include the [[Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armi.org.au/ |title=Welcome to ARMI |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-date=11 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711120010/http://www.armi.org.au/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Castan Centre for Human Rights Law]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.monash.edu/castancentre/ |title=Castan Centre for Human Rights Law |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-date=13 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713033006/http://law.monash.edu/castancentre/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nanomelbourne.com/ |title=Home |author=Netki Pty Ltd |work=Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-date=17 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717220648/http://nanomelbourne.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Monash Institute of Medical Research]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monashinstitute.org/ |title=マザーズバッグの雑貨屋チプティー本店 |first=明島 |last=安則 |access-date=7 June 2014 |archive-date=30 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530012205/http://www.monashinstitute.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Some of the university's notable research achievements include the world's first IVF pregnancy, the first [[seatbelt]] legislation, the discovery of the anti-influenza drug [[Relenza]] ([[Zanamivir]]), the discovery that nerve [[stem cells]] could be derived from embryonic stem cells,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt0400_399 |work=Springer Nature |title=Embryonic stem cell lines from human blastocysts: somatic differentiation in vitro |access-date=19 May 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the development of a single-use oral anti-[[malaria]] drug.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/will-this-save-millions-of-lives-20080711-3dsd.html |location=Melbourne |work=The Age |title=Will this save millions of lives? |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-date=14 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114061820/http://www.theage.com.au/national/will-this-save-millions-of-lives-20080711-3dsd.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Monash Sustainable Development Institute====
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The Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) is an interdisciplinary research institute with a focus on [[sustainable development]], that includes researchers from all 10 faculties of the university. {{As of |2024}} it comprises more than 150 staff and PhD students, MSDI works with industry and government, civil society, and other academics, and uses the United Nations [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs) as a framework to guide its work.<ref name=msdiwho>{{cite web |title=Who we are |website=Monash Sustainable Development Institute |date=5 April 2023 |url=https://www.monash.edu/msdi/about/who |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> MSDI has four centres focusing on specific capabilities:<ref name=capabilities>{{cite web |title=Sustainable Development Institute |website=Monash University |date=4 January 2024 |url=https://www.monash.edu/industry/capabilities-and-facilities/agtech/research/areas-of-expertise/sustainable-development-institute |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>
*Working with Water is focused on solving issues relating to water use in urban environments, and access to safe water for all.<ref name=capabilities/>
*The [[Climateworks Centre]],<!---currently self-referring redirect, pending separate article---> until March 2022 branded ClimateWorks Australia,<ref>{{cite web |title=Climateworks Centre |website=Climateworks Centre |date=6 March 2022 |url=https://www.climateworkscentre.org/news/climateworks-centre-updating-our-name-to-recognise-our-reach-beyond-australia/ |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> operates as an independent [[not-for-profit]] within Monash, and focuses on climate transition in Australia, [[Southeast Asia]], and the [[Pacific region]].<ref name=capabilities/> Its goal is to "bridge the gap between research and climate action".<ref>{{cite web |title=Climateworks Centre |website=Climateworks Centre |date=15 March 2024 |url=https://www.climateworkscentre.org/ |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> It is headed by CEO [[Anna Skarbek]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The people of Climateworks |website=Climateworks Centre |date=3 April 2024 |url=https://www.climateworkscentre.org/our-team/ |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> who was appointed executive director at its inception. The centre won a [[Eureka Prizes|Eureka Prize]], worth {{AUD|10,000}}, for its first project in 2010. The project was a "low-carbon growth plan to measure the [[costs and benefits]] for business".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile: Anna Skarbek |url=http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/profile-anna-skarbek-20101011-16go9.html |last=Schmidt |first=Lucinda |publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=2010-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017100528/http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/profile-anna-skarbek-20101012-16go9.html |archive-date=17 October 2010}}</ref>  
*BehaviourWorks Australia focuses on research that produces knowledge on how to facilitate change to address the SDGs. It conducts applied research into [[Behavior change (public health)|behaviour change]].<ref name=capabilities/>
*The Food-Energy-Water Nexus is a collaboration between MSDI, Monash Food Innovation, and the Monash Energy Institute that supporte interdisciplinary research in the areas of food production, energy, and water systems, looking to improve the sustainability of all three.<ref name=capabilities/>