Tag: ARC

$93m in grants kickstart researchers’ early careers

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200 early career researchers have secured $93 million of federal grants for multi-year projects, including the deployment of 6G, membranes that capture CO2, and exploring how workers are training...

100 mid-career researchers awarded Future Fellowships

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
One hundred new research projects exploring areas like the critical metals in underwater volcanoes and bringing down the cost of green hydrogen have secured backing in the latest round...

Tech leaders on powerful new ARC board

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Two tech and innovation leaders have been appointed to the new Australian Research Council (ARC) board taking responsibility for around $800 million in annual research grants from the government...

$108m research push to build industry links, skills

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Dozens of new research projects, hubs and training centres will partner with industry to explore areas of national priority like renewable energy, quantum computing and the circular economy after...

$58m for latest ARC laureate research fellowships

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
STEM researchers in areas like quantum computing and clean energy will receive most of $58 million in laureate research fellowship funding awarded by the Australian Research Council on Tuesday....

Govt research vetoes stamped out

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Education ministers will no longer be able to unilaterally veto research grants after Greens and independent senators on Thursday helped pass a government bill that transfers final say on...

ARC seeks AI-enabled research evaluation partners

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A new procurement panel for AI-enabled research performance data and analytical services will be accessible to all government agencies as a part of the Australian Research Council’s reform of...

ARC overhaul a step closer with committee backing

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A Senate committee has given the green light to landmark changes to the Australian Research Council, including scrapping ministers’ veto power, but the latest debate has again exposed “abysmally low”...

Ring fence basic research funding in ARC overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Government funding for blue sky research should be protected by a legislated ring-fence in order to reverse decades of decline and to “feed the very beginning” of the innovation...