The Australian Research Council has banned grant assessors from using generative AI tools in their assessment activities just days after reports emerged that ChatGPT had been used in assessor...
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University researchers will partner with resource companies, manufacturers, state departments and the Australian Navy in the first round of the $296 million ‘Industry PhD’ program announced on Monday. More...
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Education minister Jason Clare has told the Australian Research Council to reform oversight of its grant assessments process following reports that ChatGPT was used to produce assessment reports. Last...
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To boost productivity, a “matchmaker” service to connect small and medium sized enterprises with research institutions should be established and funded by the federal government, the Victorian Chamber of...
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Australia’s new $3.4 billion Defence accelerator launched on Saturday with an interim head, marking the start of the biggest reforms to defence innovation in decades. First on the agenda...
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Social scientists, chemical engineers and mathematicians are among 17 new Australian Laureate Fellowships sharing in $53.9 million of research funding announced on Monday. Awarded by the Australian Research Council...
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Chicken breeding, quantum computing and wind turbine recycling are among 24 projects sharing in $50 million of funding from the federal government’s long running industry-led research program. To be...
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The leader of Australia’s $1.6 billion university research commercialisation tilt will be revealed within weeks, along with a board tasked with formulating a five-year strategy and investment plan. Education...
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Research assessment practices in Australia are being examined by the Australian Council of Learned Academies on behalf of the Chief Scientist, which is preparing a report that considers the...
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Robotic dentistry, advanced ammunition, batteries, quantum security and autonomous vehicles are among 57 projects linking researchers with industry and community groups to share in $28 million in federal funding....
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An ambitious research commercialisation program for universities has suffered an early delay after the pilot phase was inundated with 358 grant applications seeking ten times the available funding. Final...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has helped launch a new innovation hub in Vietnam that forms part of a $250 million strategic investment by RMIT University. Mr Albanese announced the...
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AUKUS puts the collective research might of the three allies ahead of China in critical technologies like robotics and quantum sensing, and closes the gap in others, new research...
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The governance and administration of billions of dollars worth of health and medical research grants each year will go under the microscope in a review aimed at reducing duplication....