Tag: research

ARC blames grant veto furore on ‘communication issue’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

David Thodey surveys the nation’s innovation landscape

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former CSIRO chair David Thodey says the growth and development of Australia’s innovation ecosystem since 2015 had been exciting – remarkable even – but a lack of clarity in...

Call to restore flatlining public research investment

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian scientists have urged political leaders to address Australia’s falling levels of research funding in their upcoming election policies or risk a further slide down global rankings as other...

Laureate Fellowships’ $54m of Aussie research

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Seventeen of Australia’s top researchers will share in $53.7 million from this year’s Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme, including four advanced manufacturing projects and a cybersecurity study on online discourse....

New research hub for Qld ‘smart cropping’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Queensland government has announced plans to transform the Emerald agriculture college it closed in 2019 into an “innovation flagship” research hub, with $16.7 million in funding over five years....

Govt to replace research infrastructure plan

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A government appointed group chaired by Dr Ziggy Switkowski will lead the development of a new 10-year roadmap for Australia’s research infrastructure priorities, with the plan to be released...

Three steps to better research commercialisation

Posted on   |  by Jared Mondschein, Rajat Roy, Vik Naidoo
Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge’s push for better engagement between universities and industry signals renewed ambition and dynamism among higher education policymakers. Research commercialisation is being pitched as the way to...