Tag: ARC

Govt research vetoes stamped out

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Education ministers will no longer be able to unilaterally veto research grants after Greens and independent senators on Thursday helped pass a government bill that transfers final say on...

ARC seeks AI-enabled research evaluation partners

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new procurement panel for AI-enabled research performance data and analytical services will be accessible to all government agencies as a part of the Australian Research Council’s reform of...

ARC overhaul a step closer with committee backing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Senate committee has given the green light to landmark changes to the Australian Research Council, including scrapping ministers’ veto power, but the latest debate has again exposed “abysmally low”...

Ring fence basic research funding in ARC overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Government funding for blue sky research should be protected by a legislated ring-fence in order to reverse decades of decline and to “feed the very beginning” of the innovation...

ARC research funding reform needs work, universities warn

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A bid to stamp out political interference in the allocation of $800 million worth of annual government research funding has been widely welcomed by universities, but they warn the...

Education minister moves to end research grant veto powers

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Legislation to remove the Education minister’s power to veto Australian Research Council grants has been introduced to Parliament, as the federal government works to implement other recommendations made in...

Leveraging decades of photonics research investment

Posted on   |  by Dr Simon Poole AO
Photonics is a key enabling capability which will underpin the future security, prosperity, and social cohesion of Australia. Over the past 40 years, Australia has developed a strong core...

Blue-sky research funding falls to two-decade low

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Grant funding through Australia’s flagship fundamental research scheme has fallen to its lowest level in more than two decades, even as modelling shows the economic benefit of the long-running...