Tag: Australian Research Council

ARC grants: Politicians must stop meddling

Posted on   |  by Professor Toby Walsh
In countries like Denmark and Germany, gifts are given on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas morning. Likewise, on Christmas Eve 2021, 587 groups of researchers at universities around Australia...

Unis seek explanation of research grant ‘politicisation’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian universities are demanding an explanation from acting Education minister Stuart Robert about his decision to veto funding for six research projects late last year, as backlash to the...

Australian Research Council is ‘hunting spies’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Ministerial vetoes of research grants and a “dossier” of applicants’ potential foreign influence are putting Australian academics’ reputations at risk and threatening the integrity of the national research funding...

ARC training a boost for space

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos has pledged to keep a keen eye on science and innovation, even as he is set to become Australia’s next Ambassador to the United States....

Research grants to be reviewed

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
A future Shorten Government has promised it will end political interference in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) grants process. “Bill Shorten has declared that if Labor wins the upcoming...

Funding delays are ‘grossly unfair’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The latest ever announcement of Australian Research Council funding has placed Australia’s innovation system “at risk”, according to the federal Opposition. And industry lobby Science and Technology Australia says...