"I believe Alfred Deakin would be proud to have these young people being awarded fellowships named after him."

That was Professor David Stokes' reaction to the announcement of 11 of the 12 successful candidates for the inaugural Alfred Deakin Post-Doctoral Fellowship program.

"When you look at the people we have attracted, it is clear that we have well and truly achieved our goal to bring together the next generation of top quality Deakin researchers," said Professor Stokes, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).