Pawsey is proud to provide Australian researchers with allocations in 2025 on Setonix.

Pawsey researchers have received allocations in the following schemes:

National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS)
Pawsey Partner Scheme

More than 1 billion compute hours have been allocated in 2025 through various schemes to researchers from Australia’s universities, research institutions and State and Federal government research organisations.

Congratulations to all researchers awarded with compute time on Setonix

National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme

Setonix allocations displayed below were determined in a meeting of the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) Committee. More information..

Project Title	Lead Chief Investigator	Institution	Allocation Setonix CPU (kSU)	Allocation Setonix GPU (kSU)
Mechanisms of ion channel function and modulation.	Toby Allen	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	0	1,600
Advanced numerical modelling for developing safer and more efficient ocean infrastructure	Hongwei An	University of Western Australia	5,300	2,800
Large Scale Natural Convection Boundary Layers with Variable Fluid Properties	Steven Armfield	University of Sydney	1,600	0
In silico design of nanomaterials for energy and environmental sustainability applications	Ravichandar Babarao	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	5,500	200
Towards large-scale forward and inverse solvers for multiphysics problems with moving interfaces	Santiago Badia	Monash University	1,700	0
Enabling Rapid and High-Accuracy Digital Design of Covalent Therapeutics	Giuseppe Barca	University of Melbourne	0	7,000
Molecular systems out of equilibrium: theory, simulation and application	Debra Bernhardt	University of Queensland	6,100	1,400
Thermodynamics of the Earth’s metal factory	Joel Brugger	Monash University	1,000	0
Radiation-tolerant materials for fusion energy	Patrick Burr	University of NSW	3,500	0
Numerical simulations of rough-wall boundary layers	Leon Chan	University of Melbourne	2,600	1,500
Flow control for drag reduction in rough wall turbulent boundary layers	Rey Cheng Chin	University of Adelaide	9,500	0
Multiscale investigation of materials and biomolecules for health, environmental, and commercial applications	Andrew Christofferson	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	500	2,200
Direct numerical simulation of wall-bounded and buoyancy-driven turbulent flows	Daniel Chung	University of Melbourne	24,000	400
Understanding and adapting to climate change through genomics of Australia’s marine life	Ira Cooke	James Cook University	1,500	0
Molecular simulation of membrane receptors, transporters and pores	Ben Corry	Australian National University	0	15,700
Revealing the 4-D Evolution of Earth’s Engine	Rhodri Davies	Australian National University	6,000	0
Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Nanomaterials for Low Energy Electronics and Sustainable Energy/Environmental Applications	Aijun Du	Queensland University of Technology	5,600	0
Genomic and Bioinformatic Resources for Ocean Conservation and Management	Richard Edwards	University of Western Australia	4,700	0
Phage Bioinformatics	Robert Edwards	Flinders University	1,300	9,000
Simulations of emerging and conventional materials for gas separations and heterogeneous catalysis	Jack Evans	University of Adelaide	5,000	1,000
Regional Climate Modelling in Australia	Jason Evans	University of NSW	2,300	0
Developing Bioinformatics Capability to Diagnose Infectious Diseases using Clinical Metagenomics	Matthew Field	James Cook University	1,000	0
The influence of mantle dynamics on the evolution of complex life	Nicolas Flament	University of Wollongong	1,500	0
Atomistic Simulation for Geochemistry and Nanoscience	Julian Gale	Curtin University of Technology	10,000	5,800
The role of convection and turbulent mixing in ocean circulation	Bishakhdatta Gayen	University of Melbourne	9,000	1,000
Bioinformatic analysis of agriculturally important plants, pathogen and pests.	James Hane	Curtin University of Technology	1,500	400
Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Combustion	Evatt Hawkes	University of NSW	10,000	17,000
3D Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernovae	Alexander Heger	Monash University	6,600	0
Accelerating the Design of Novel Catalysts and Drugs through Computational Chemistry	Junming Ho	University of NSW	1,100	1,500
Computationally driven high-performance thermoelectric materials and devices	Min Hong	University of Southern Queensland	1,200	0
Discovery and Design of Neuroactive Peptides for Potential Treatment of Pain	Andrew Hung	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	1,200	0
Design Clean Energy Conversion and Storage Materials by Molecular Modelling	Yan Jiao	University of Adelaide	2,400	0
2D functional materials for physical and chemical applications	Liangzhi Kou	Queensland University of Technology	1,500	0
Computational Design of New Molecular Technologies	Elizabeth Krenske	University of Queensland	2,700	2,300
Star Formation and Feedback in a Turbulent Interstellar Medium	Mark Krumholz	Australian National University	0	9,200
Direct numerical simulation of multiphase flows in complex geometries	Christopher Leonardi	University of Queensland	0	1,000
Oscillatory flows in complex geometries	Justin Leontini	Swinburne University of Technology	6,800	0
Computational insights into transition metal-based materials for sustainable technologies	Martina Lessio	University of NSW	1,500	0
Two-Dimensional Hybrids for Green Energy	Ting Liao	Queensland University of Technology	1,800	0
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering for Energy Materials	Zhe Liu	University of Melbourne	15,200	2,000
Global soil and water resource in a changing climate	Federico Maggi	University of Sydney	3,500	0
From molecules to cells: Probing the structural, dynamic and quantum dynamic properties of cellular components at an atomic level.	Alan Mark	University of Queensland	15,000	9,000
Nanoscale Materials: From Atomic Structure to Functional Properties	Nikhil Medhekar	Monash University	7,000	0
Molecular dynamics simulations of protein-ligand systems: from structure function relationships to drug discovery	Pramod Nair	Flinders University	1,300	200
Multiscale simulations of biological membranes, transporters and biopolymers	Megan O’Mara	University of Queensland	3,300	9,000
Buoyancy-Driven Turbulence: Gravity Currents and Solar Chimneys	Andrew Ooi	University of Melbourne	8,300	16,300
Development of Next-Generation Density Functional Theory	Ekaterina Pas	Monash University	0	6,700
Experimenting with the physics of galaxy formation with the Solás Simulations Suite	Chris Power	University of Western Australia	2,900	0
Aerothermodynamics of High Speed Flight and Enabling Technologies	Adrian Pudsey	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	4,100	0
Exploring structure-property correlations in advanced materials: Nexus between computational simulation and atomic resolution microscopy	Simon Ringer	University of Sydney	10,000	5,000
High-fidelity simulations of turbulent flows in power generation and transport	Richard Sandberg	University of Melbourne	9,000	17,000
Investigation of the structure, evolution and transport properties of turbulent wall-bounded shear flows using direct numerical simulations	Julio Soria	Monash University	34,300	0
Modelling Nanoscale Materials for Catalysis, Sensing and Device Applications	Michelle Spencer	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	9,900	0
First-Principles Investigations of Processes and Properties in Catalysis, Coatings, and Devices	Catherine Stampfl	University of Sydney	7,700	0
Two-Dimensional Oxides Supported Non-noble Single-atom for Fuel Generation and Storage	Ziqi Sun	Queensland University of Technology	4,200	0
Developing predictive tools for cleaner combustion	Mohsen Talei	University of Melbourne	8,000	500
Transition, stability and control of bluff body flows and wakes	Mark Thompson	Monash University	10,000	500
Unsteady Turbulent Flows	Ben Thornber	University of Sydney	0	1,000
High performance compute for better personalised medicine for cancer patients	Anna Trigos	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	1,600	200
First-principles design and characterisation of materials for quantum technologies, clean energy and spintronics	Carla Verdi	University of Queensland	2,200	0
Computer-aided materials design for catalysis and energy applications	Yun Wang	Griffith University	6,800	0
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Optimized mRNA Design Using Policy-Guided Walks	Max Ward	University of Western Australia	250	750
Hypersonic Propulsion and High-Speed Aerodynamics for Space and Defence Applications	Vincent Wheatley	University of Queensland	9,500	0
ASKAP Survey Science	Matthew Whiting	CSIRO	2,900	0
Computational Materials Design for Solar Energy Conversion	Asaph Widmer-Cooper	University of Sydney	1,500	0
Dynamics of Intermittent and Suppressed Mixing Regimes in Australian Rivers	Nicholas Williamson	University of Sydney	3,400	0
Mechanistic insight into CO2 conversion to organonitrogen compounds	Karen Wilson	Griffith University	3,700	0
Large scale reconstruction of novel microbial genomes	Ben Woodcroft	Queensland University of Technology	1,000	0
Moiré patterns in Bilayer 2D Materials: Database, Machine-Learning Potentials, and Structural Manipulation	Xue Yan	University of Melbourne	900	100
Computer simulations of molecular systems and computer-aided molecular design	Haibo Yu	University of Wollongong	4,600	4,800
Interfacial Design of Energy Materials	Jodie Yuwono	University of Adelaide	1,600	0
Quantum chromodynamics in focus: hadron structure and high-precision tests	James Zanotti	University of Adelaide	6,000	17,000
Atomistic simulation of advanced materials with combining first-principle calculation and deep-learning method: from microstructure to functionality	Rongkun Zheng	University of Sydney	2,800	0

Pawsey Partner Scheme

Setonix allocations displayed below were determined in a meeting of the Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation Committee. More information..

* “1st year” for 2-year allocations awarded across 2025-2026 rounds; researchers will be required to provide interim progress report in August-September 2025; multi-year allocations will be reviewed after each year based on utilisation and progress report; the allocation size listed in the table is per year

** “2nd year” for 2-year allocations awarded across 2024-2025 rounds; researchers will be required to apply for allocation in 2026 round; the allocation size listed in the table is per year

Project Title	Lead Chief Investigator	Institution	Allocation Setonix CPU (kSU)	Allocation Setonix GPU (kSU)	Multi-year
TrEnD Bioinformatics 2025	Morten Allentoft	Curtin University	2,800	0	1st year *
Advanced numerical modelling for developing safer and more efficient ocean infrastructure	Hongwei An	The University of Western Australia	50,000	16,000	2nd year **
Genomic and Transcriptomic Insights into Rare and Common Diseases Research for Precision Therapies	May Aung-Htut	Murdoch University	1,000	0
The ProGeny of multi-wavelength galaxy modelling: delving into the stellar details in ProSpect.	Sabine Bellstedt	The University of Western Australia	2,900	0
Novel deep learning techniques for protein-ligand binding affinity prediction	Charles Bond	The University of Western Australia	0	16,000
Constraining the physics of galaxies and dark matter with simulation-based inference	Connor Bottrell	The University of Western Australia	5,000	100
Finite Element Modelling and Machine Learning to Discover Exotic Electromagnetic Systems	Jeremy Bourhill	The University of Western Australia	1,500	0
Atomic and Molecular Collision Theory	Igor Bray	Curtin University	50,000	26,000	2nd year **
Unravelling the influence of submarine canyons on the east-Australian shelf environment	Chris Chapman	CSIRO	7,000	0
Machine Learning Approaches for Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Processing and Inversion	Olivia Collet	Curtin University	300	700
Next-gen multi-layer analytics to improve profit from integrated weed management	Monica Danilevicz	The University of Western Australia	400	1,100
Genomic and Bioinformatic Resources for Ocean Conservation and Management	Emma de Jong	The University of Western Australia	4,400	100
Developing data-pipelines to process 3D remote imagery for 3D crop simulation models	Dean Diepeveen	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development	400	1,280	2nd year **
Building the WAVES Database to study energy and mass in the Universe	Simon Driver	The University of Western Australia	1,000	0
Linking particle populations in galaxy clusters with the Murchison Widefield Array	Stefan Duchesne	CSIRO	4,400	0
A Genome-scale language model for exploring Influenza evolutionary dynamics	Robert Dunne	CSIRO	100	900
Optimising combination cancer therapies using mechanistic and machine learning models	Martin Ebert	North Metropolitan Health Service/WA Health	600	600
Analysis of complex genomes	David Edwards	The University of Western Australia	3,400	400	1st year *
Evaluation of polymeric materials as high pressure hydrogen storage barrier	Chunyan Fan	Curtin University	1,600	0
Advancing bioinformatics methods and pangenomics for plant pathology and crop improvement	Kristina Gagalova	Curtin University	1,000	0
Predictive simulation of crystallisation	Julian Gale	Curtin University	25,600	40,000	2nd year **
Fungal pathogen pangenomics for pathogenicity effector and fungicide-resistance surveillance	James Hane	Curtin University	1,600	700	1st year *
Integrated photonics with MEMS actuated Meta-materials and nano scale optical sources.	Martin Hill	The University of Western Australia	1,000	0	2nd year **
Multi-modal Language Model for Measuring Human Empathy	Md Zakir Hossain	Curtin University	100	9,000
Next Generation Silent Anchors for Securing Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in Calcareous Sand	Yuxia Hu	The University of Western Australia	4,000	0
Deep and Wide Surveys with the Murchison Widefield Array	Natasha Hurley-Walker	Curtin University	15,000	1,000	2nd year **
Development of new ocean modelling system for Western Australia region and future climate scenarios	Ivica Janekovic	The University of Western Australia	1,000	0
Computational Modelling for Biomedical, Agricultural and Ecological Restoration Applications	Elena Juan Pardo	The University of Western Australia	1,000	0
Climate Science Initiative: producing high resolution climate projections for Western Australia	Jatin Kala	Murdoch University	50,000	0	1st year *
Understanding the evolution of convergent margins	Ben Steven Knight	Curtin University	1,200	0
Analysis of Genetic Variants and Repetitive Elements in Neurodegenerative Diseases	Sulev Koks	Murdoch University	1,100	0	2nd year **
Development of multi-omics analyses using barley leaf infected with net blotch	Irina Kuznetsova	Curtin University	800	200
Predicting the properties of galaxies and black holes across cosmic with SHARK v2.0	Claudia Lagos	The University of Western Australia	4,700	0
Pangenome Analysis of Barley, Oat and Lupin	Chengdao Li	Murdoch University	7,200	0
Democratizing Foundation Models via Cost-efficient Model Evaluation	Qiyu Liao	CSIRO	100	5,200
Numerical Investigation of Valuable Metal Recovery from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries	Yiran Liu	The University of Western Australia	1,000	0
Computational Ocean Dynamics for Coastal and Offshore Engineering Applications	Ryan Lowe	The University of Western Australia	7,500	900	2nd year **
Atomistic Investigation of Energy Dissipation in Pearlitic Steel Under Impact Loading	Chunsheng Lu	Curtin University	2,700	0
Molecular dynamics simulation of biophysical phenomena	Ricardo Mancera	Curtin University	10,000	8,000
Atomisc modelling of carbon materials and related solids	Nigel Marks	Curtin University	4,500	0
Molecular simulation of critical minerals and mineral carbonation in geological systems	Yuan Mei	CSIRO	9,000	0	2nd year **
High time resolution science with the Murchison Widefield Array and beyond	Bradley Meyers	Curtin University	500	4,000	1st year *
Genetic Tests to Identify People at High Risk of Common Diseases	Grant Morahan	The University of Western Australia	300	900
A genomics approach to identifying the causes of pigmentation differences in alpaca fibre.	Kylie Munyard	Curtin University	1,000	0	1st year *
Using genomics to assist conservation of Western Australia’s biodiversity	Kym Ottewell	Dept of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions	1,000	0
A Novel CFD Model for Predicting Cryogenic Frost Formation	Vishnu Pareek	Curtin University	1,100	0
Advanced modelling to understand Infectious Diseases, develop novel tools, and support Policy	Melissa Penny	The University of Western Australia	2,600	600
Land Surface Modelling to Support Sustainable Resource Use in Western Australia	Jakob Petereit	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development	500	1,300	1st year *
Aqueous solvation of small molecules	Chi Phan	Curtin University	1,200	2,000
Decision Support Tools for Biosecurity in WA	Ben Phillips	Curtin University	1,100	400
Multiphysics Modelling to Assess Moisture Retention in Thermal Insulation for Corrosion Prevention	Thunyaluk Pojtanabuntoeng	Curtin University	2,000	0
Experimenting with the physics of galaxy formation with the Solás Simulations Suite	Chris Power	The University of Western Australia	17,600	0
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Pathogen Diagnostics and Research	Md Asaduzzaman Prodhan	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development	300	800
Understanding Nucleation and Growth from Solution Using Molecular Dynamics simulations	Paolo Raiteri	Curtin University	500	6,400
High Angular Resolution Radio Astronomy with the LBA	Cormac Reynolds	CSIRO	1,000	0	2nd year **
De-biasing the multi petabyte DFN dataset for meteoroid impact flux density	Eleanor Sansom	Curtin University	1,000	0
CFD Modelling of Photobioreactor for Microalgae Cultivation	Milinkumar Shah	Curtin University	2,400	0
Establishing a framework for WA state-wide LULUCF inventory reporting	Jianxiu Shen	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, WA	5,000	700
Atomistic Simulations of Molecular and Ionic Solids	Dino Spagnoli	The University of Western Australia	5,000	0
Statistical Genetic and Epidemiological Analyses for Complex Traits	Jennifer Stone	The University of Western Australia	6,000	700	1st year *
National Convective Permitting Simulations for Australia using CCAM.	Marcus Thatcher	CSIRO	10,000	0
Detecting the Epoch of Reionisation with the Murchison Widefield Array	Cathryn Trott	Curtin University	800	500	2nd year **
Development of Physics-Informed ML/DL Models for gas solid flows	Ranjeet Utikar	Curtin University	500	600
Genomic analyses of broadacre and horticultural crop species	Rajeev K. Varshney	Murdoch University	3,600	0
WA priority airsheds – improvements in regional dispersion modelling using WRF-CMAQ.	Puneet Verma	Department of Water and Environmental Regulation	1,000	0
AI & Large Language Models Generating Positive Paediatric Anaesthesia Trial Outcomes (ALLIGATOR)	Britta von Ungern Sternberg	The University of Western Australia	200	800
Modelling FDTD Simulations of THz Pulse Interactions for Hydration Sensing in the Cornea	Vincent Wallace	The University of Western Australia	1,500	200
Quantum variational algorithms with applications of practical significance	Jingbo Wang	The University of Western Australia	18,000	16,000
Wide-field Radio Astronomy: ASKAP Survey Science	Matthew Whiting	CSIRO	10,800	0
Tackling the Challenges of SKA-scale Deep Surveys.	Andreas Wicenec	The University of Western Australia	18,000	8,000	1st year *
DARWIN: Material Science focused Large Language Model for accelerated discovery	Gregory Wilson	CSIRO	0	3,000
The Liver Cancer Collaborative – Improving treatment for Primary Liver Cancer	Louise Winteringham	The University of Western Australia	4,000	400
Large Scale Photogrammetric 3D Reconstruction for Underwater Virtual Heritage Experiences	Andrew Woods	Curtin University	8,500	1,200
Lithospheric Architecture of Western Australia: seismic imaging of WA Array data: Years 3 & 4	Huaiyu Yuan	Geological Survey of Western Australia	2,600	0	1st year *
CFD modelling of direct NH3 reduction of iron ore in various reactor configurations	Zhezi Zhang	The University of Western Australia	10,000	200
Hydrodynamics of a near-wall circular cylinder attached with elliptical segments in steady currents	Tongming Zhou	The University of Western Australia	10,000	0