Tag: Grant Veto

Jason Clare outlines Aust Research Council funding review

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Ministers’ power to veto research funding will be scrutinised as part of an independent inquiry into the role and function of the Australian Research Council, announced by Education minister...

ARC blames grant veto furore on ‘communication issue’

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The Australian Research Council and Education department have backed the ministerial intervention powers that overturn their peer-reviewed grant recommendations, claiming the latest backlash stems from a “communication” problem. On...

Senate to probe Australian Research Council grant vetoes

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A parliamentary inquiry will examine the power of ministers to veto research funding after the Greens successfully referred their bill seeking to the remove the power to the Senate...

Experts who recommended research grants condemn minister’s veto

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The experts who recommended funding for research projects that were later blocked by the acting Education minister late last year have condemned the intervention, warning it “undermines” the independent...

Barry Pogson: Blocking research has consequences

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Blocking humanities projects damages other research disciplines and is “inconsistent” with the federal government’s demand for academic freedom in Australian universities, according to one of the country’s most eminent...