Photonics is a key enabling capability which will underpin the future security, prosperity, and social cohesion of Australia. Over the past 40 years, Australia has developed a strong core...
Research
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Nearly half of the registrations for research and development tax breaks in Australia are now for software, but the government will persist without a specialised scheme for the sector...
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Grant funding through Australia’s flagship fundamental research scheme has fallen to its lowest level in more than two decades, even as modelling shows the economic benefit of the long-running...
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Industry and science minister Ed Husic has urged his federal colleagues to coordinate research and development programs more closely across portfolios to improve the effectiveness of delivering government industry...
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Another $5.5 million has been awarded to 24 university research projects in the pilot phase of Australia’s $1.6 billion research commercialisation scheme. Most of the work relates to value-adding...
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Eighty projects across 25 lead agencies have been given $650 million in federal funding over four years through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). The project funding is...
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21 research projects from 11 universities will share in $4.9 million in the pilot phase of Australia’s newest research commercialisation push, which has struggled to get off the ground...
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The federal government’s $1.6 billion research commercialisation program has stalled again, keeping universities and researchers on hold for the second time. But an administrative process has revealed the first...
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The winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2023 is decorated quantum physicist and Silicon Quantum Computing founder Michelle Simmons. Professor Simmons is recognised as the creator of...
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The agency controlling university research grants has flagged potential future requirements for researchers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in post project reviews. Currently the Australian Research Council...
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A new research centre focused on AI-powered law enforcement initiatives has been set up by the Australian Federal Police and Monash University. The AI for Law Enforcement and Community...
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Every dollar invested by the Australian Research Council in university research over the last two decades contributed more than $3 to the economy, according to a new evaluation of...
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Business investment in R&D has grown for the first time in almost a decade, registering a 14 per cent increase in nominal terms, while overall proportional spend has reached...
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Federal education ministers will be unable to veto research grants for reasons outside national security under a landmark change announced by Education minister Jason Clare on Tuesday. Mr Clare...