A new Space Research Network linking industry, academic research and government will be established at Sydney’s Tech Central precinct with $1.4 million in state government funding. The University of...
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The administrator of the federal government’s research and development tax incentive has a “strong bias” against software claims and takes an “aggressive and adversarial” approach to companies accessing the...
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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....
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The federal government’s patent box scheme will only apply to new inventions created after May, while it is still considering how best to target it at the BioTech and...
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The Department of Defence has funded three more Australian universities for their work with a US counterpart on cybersecurity research that could one day benefit defence forces. $3 million...
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The federal government has opened the first round of its $50 million supply chain resilience program, with funding on offer for businesses involved in medical and agricultural manufacturing projects...
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The Department of Defence has backed two international research collaborations by Australian universities for quantum computing and additive manufacturing, committing $2 million to each from its $1.2 billion technology...
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The NSW government will allocate $28 million to bushfire research and development in next week’s state budget, with an Emerging Industry Infrastructure Fund to also be unveiled. NSW Treasurer...
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Four Australian companies have shared in $2.4 million of federal funding in the latest round of commercialisation grants, tipping the 7-year-old program past $260 million in funding offers. A...
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The Net Zero Australia study announced by Melbourne University fills one of the missing links in Australian emissions reduction and energy policy. Despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s false dichotomy...
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Australia needs to be more accepting of changes in strategies and willing to let go of “sacred cow” research areas, following news Data61 will be cutting up to 70...
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Multinational consulting giant McKinsey was paid nearly $2 million over three months late last year by the federal health department to assist with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. But the...
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Small to medium enterprises collaborating with universities are more successful overall than those which are not, and are much more likely to create new IP, according to a new...
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CSIRO chief executive Dr Larry Marshall has explained why the agency sensationally dumped the team behind the seL4 microkernel, saying he did not believe it was feasible to spin...