Tag: CSIRO

$60m cybersecurity skills fund opens for applications

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Science and Technology minister Melissa Price has used the opening session of Australian Cyber Week to announce that government is now taking Round Two applications for grants under the...

CSIRO spin-out Quasar is building world-leading satellite tech

Posted on   |  by Rachael Bolton
One of the great joys of scientific innovation is looking at an existing technology and envisioning a completely novel application outside its original purpose. Quasar Satellite Technologies is a...

Businesswoman Kathryn Fagg is the new CSIRO chair

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Freshly-minted Science and Technology minister Melissa Price has appointed Kathryn Fagg – one of Australia’s most experienced company directors – as chair of the national science agency, the Commonwealth...

InnovationAus Awards 2021: Here are our outstanding finalists

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is an enormous pleasure to announce the outstanding finalists across 11 categories for the inaugural InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence. Putting this awards program together has been one...

InnovationAus 2021 Awards: Research Translation finalists

Posted on   |  by Staff Writers
Australia’s universities are under pressure to translate their world-leading research into commercial outcomes after the loss of international students and growing scrutiny of translation by the federal government. It’s...

Gig Guide: CSIRO taps ANU dean for quantum step up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The national science agency has added a local quantum expert to lead a major portfolio, Accenture has poached its rivals’ partners and Defence has picked the universities and contractors...