Cooperative Research Australia (CRA) has called for more federal investment into industry-led research to bolster the post-COVID economic recovery and underpin the development of new industries. The CRA today...
Research
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The federal government’s six focus areas for manufacturing policy include recycling and clean energy. Photovoltaic cells for solar power provides a case study industry to explore the issue of...
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Ministers vetoing research grants are an “existential threat” to local universities, the Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt has warned, as The Greens seek a Senate inquiry into the...
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No-one in research is going to argue against an extra $2 billion aimed at improving the commercialisation and translation outcomes of university research, and the creation of new industry...
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Fortescue Future Industries’ has grabbed a $1.8 million strategic stake in Adelaide-based Sparc Hydrogen, giving it access to novel green hydrogen technology developed by the University of Adelaide and...
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The $2 billion the federal government will inject to align university research commercialisation with its hand-picked manufacturing priorities will be stretched across the next 11 years. A day after...
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On Christmas Eve 2021, the pub-test folly struck again. The two of us found ourselves, angry and heartsore, resigning from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) highly respected College of...
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CSIRO’s chief operating officer Judi Zielke has been appointed acting chief executive of the Australian Research Council (ARC) in a move away from the academic experience of previous leaders...
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Main Sequence Ventures will receive a $150 million top-up and innovators will be able to access staged accelerator funding under the federal government’s $2 billion commercialisation package, which aims...
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Acting Education Minister Stuart Robert has named a shortlist of proposals from eight universities competing to become commercial research hubs under the federal government’s $242.7 million Trailblazer Universities program....
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Australia’s peak science lobby has called on government to “double down” on its research and development investment to raise it to 3 per cent of GDP in order to...
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A $14 million Defence research precinct has opened in Brisbane to facilitate collaborative research on hypersonic technology between industry, universities, and international partners. The precinct can accommodate more than...
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Legendary Australian scientist and deep tech entrepreneur David Skellern, a member of the original team that built the world’s first WiFi chipset, has been appointed as chair of the...
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The prospect of nuclear power should be dubbed ‘The Great Distraction.’* A look at one historical text has lessons for us all in making technology predictions. Albert Einstein’s famous...