Tag: Australian Research Council

Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts

Posted on   |  by Andrew Francis and Aidan Sims
On Christmas Eve 2021, the pub-test folly struck again. The two of us found ourselves, angry and heartsore, resigning from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) highly respected College of...

CSIRO exec to oversee Australian Research Council

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
CSIRO’s chief operating officer Judi Zielke has been appointed acting chief executive of the Australian Research Council (ARC) in a move away from the academic experience of previous leaders...

In search of a new model for Uni research funding

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
As custodians of our taxes, the Commonwealth government should be aiming to get the best return for the nation from expenditure on our public Universities. While the most recent...

ARC grants: Politicians must stop meddling

Posted on   |  by Professor Toby Walsh
In countries like Denmark and Germany, gifts are given on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas morning. Likewise, on Christmas Eve 2021, 587 groups of researchers at universities around Australia...

Unis seek explanation of research grant ‘politicisation’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian universities are demanding an explanation from acting Education minister Stuart Robert about his decision to veto funding for six research projects late last year, as backlash to the...

Australian Research Council is ‘hunting spies’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Ministerial vetoes of research grants and a “dossier” of applicants’ potential foreign influence are putting Australian academics’ reputations at risk and threatening the integrity of the national research funding...