Health minister Mark Butler on Wednesday hinted a new strategy for health and medical research could be released within days after the budget pumped $24 million into the research...
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Abrupt cuts to commercialisation and emerging industry funding in Tuesday’s budget are “stalling” the national R&D system amid generational reforms and leaving a gap in the pipeline of innovative...
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Australia’s medical research fund will be opened up to offer hundreds of millions more in grants for research projects each year, with the government now eyeing $1 billion in...
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A new innovation council will lead the reset of Australia’s research and development system, after a landmark review warned coordination and scale had been lost across almost 200 government...
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Just months after announcing hundreds of research scientist redundancies, Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has been thrown a budget lifeline. In November the agency said it would shed up...
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Science and research groups have hit out at the federal government’s shock decision to scrap Australia’s Economic Accelerator, saying the abrupt end to the program will hurt commercialisation efforts....
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Australia’s $5 billion shared research infrastructure program lacks strategic planning and assurance, the audit office has found, as the 20-year old scheme faces an uncertain future. Audit findings tabled...
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World-first cancer research using artificial intelligence and less invasive Australian-made medical technologies will be translated for global scale after securing $7.5 million in state government grants. Two cancer research...
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Rapid reform of the research and development landscape and better-targeted uptake of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence are needed to boost Australia’s flatlining productivity rates, a Canberra inquiry has...
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The cutting-edge RNA research facility promised to New South Wales four-and-a-half years ago during the COVID-19 pandemic opened its doors on Tuesday to develop and manufacture therapeutics. Located within...
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Australian scientists and engineers will lose access to some of the world’s most powerful telescopes next year after the government declined to sign on as a member to the...
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Over 70 of Australia’s top scientists have urged the government to unlock billions in stranded medical research funding, warning young researchers and new innovations are being locked out under...
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Science and Technology Australia aims to drive commercialisation and productivity outcomes through closer connections between science and business with a new national leadership initiative to be unveiled at its...
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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says Australia’s plan to join the giant Horizon Europe innovation program will help underpin research cooperation across key sectors, from quantum computing...