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No quick fix for our broken system of research funding

It is worth digging a little deeper into the important contribution that Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt and UNSW Scientia Professor of Economics Richard Holden made in their National Press...

Brian Schmidt is ‘scared’ about our research capacity – this is why

28 May 2025 | by Brendan Walker-Munro

Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt and economics professor Richard Holden gave a joint address on Wednesday to the National Press Club in Canberra. Their key message? Australia isn’t spending enough...

Deep tech scale-ups thirsty for follow-on funding: Brian Schmidt

21 December 2023 | by Brandon How

Outgoing Australian National University vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt has reflected positively on the growing support for research commercialisation at the institution after his eight-year tenure but believes there is...

Husic calls for more alignment of govt R&D programs

26 October 2023 | by Brandon How

Industry and science minister Ed Husic has urged his federal colleagues to coordinate research and development programs more closely across portfolios to improve the effectiveness of delivering government industry...

ANU appoints Professor Genevieve Bell as next VC

26 September 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell will be the 13th Vice-Chancellor of Australian National University and the first woman to lead the institution in its 77-year history. She replaces the outgoing...

Brian Schmidt’s big ideas for how Australia funds and uses research

26 April 2023 | by Brian Schmidt

Education makes Australian citizens healthier, wealthier and more engaged with society. At the same time, government-funded research in higher education drives economic productivity in ways other government funding does...

Visa system review unveiled to fight ‘global war for talent’

5 September 2022 | by Brandon How

Opening the panel on “a migration system for Australia’s future”, Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil announced a review of the migration system would be launched within weeks. The review...

University research ‘spillover’ undervalued: Schmidt

14 July 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Australian universities are creating “genuine productivity spillovers” long before research is commercialised, according to Professor Brian Schmidt, who warns the demonstrable economic benefit of discovery research is being overshadowed...

ANU-backed Instaclustr acquired by NetApp for more than $500m

8 April 2022 | by James Riley

The Canberra-based startup Instaclustr, which was incubated on campus at the Australian National University, is set to be acquired by US giant NetApp at a price understood to be...

‘Political interference has bipartisan support’: Schmidt lashes research vetoes

7 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

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 quick fix for our broken system of research funding

Brian Schmidt is ‘scared’ about our research capacity – this is why

Deep tech scale-ups thirsty for follow-on funding: Brian Schmidt

Husic calls for more alignment of govt R&D programs

ANU appoints Professor Genevieve Bell as next VC

Brian Schmidt’s big ideas for how Australia funds and uses research

Visa system review unveiled to fight ‘global war for talent’

University research ‘spillover’ undervalued: Schmidt

ANU-backed Instaclustr acquired by NetApp for more than $500m

‘Political interference has bipartisan support’: Schmidt lashes research vetoes

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