The future of the ANU’s data science research centre hangs in the balance due to $55 million in innovation funding cuts that have already claimed the university’s tech policy...
Research
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The Education department has opened applications to PhD candidates and businesses for the fifth round of the National Industry PhD program, seeking ideas for turning research into new products...
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The Australian National University will play a role in Rio Tinto’s global $240 million Centre for Future Materials over the next decade, contributing to critical minerals processing, extraction and...
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Australia’s universities will push the Albanese government for a $500 million funding commitment in the run up to the election to raise the living allowance for PhD candidates and...
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A government tender for highly paid research commercialisation advisers has been abandoned after an investigation found procurement rules had been broken, including “communications” with incumbent suppliers. The Department of...
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Nine Australian researchers will split $6 million in federal funding to work with partners from east Asia on projects like hydrogen, AI, advanced manufacturing and solar technologies after securing...
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The federal government will fund exploratory quantum work in biosecurity, health, transport and energy networks with up to $18 million in a bid to develop the local sector and...
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A new AI research centre has been set up in South Australia, bringing together experts from the CSIRO’s digital arm Data61 and the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)...
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The Australian National University-based Tech Policy Design Centre is expected to continue its work in 2025 – albeit as an independent not-for-profit entity – after the university unexpectedly cut...
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Clean energy, critical minerals and emerging tech are among Western Australia’s new research priorities launched by the state government on Wednesday to support a new 10-year innovation plan. The...
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The chair of the federal government’s first comprehensive review of the R&D system in almost 20 years says Australia’s spending on R&D needs to “at least double” by the...
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More than 500 basic and applied research projects have shared in $342 million in federal funding to explore areas like high energy batteries, digital inclusion, more climate resilient crops...
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The Western Australian state government has committed $15 million to construct a new medical research and innovation hub in Perth. Announced over the weekend, Minister for Medical Research and...
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The Australian Research Council has awarded $68.1 million in the latest annual round of the Linkage Program to 92 new research projects. ARC acting chief executive Richard Johnson this...