Tag: Cathy Foley

InnovationAus Awards 2023: Last day for nominations

Posted on   |  by James Riley
We are down to the wire, the final day for accepting nominations for the 2023 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. You have until midnight tonight, Monday 19 June, so get...

$55m in quantum industry grants to flow from 2024

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Nearly $55 million worth of quantum industry grants will start flowing from next year through a new national growth centre and challenge programs, as the government looks to seize...

InnovationAus Awards 2023 entry deadline looms

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The final deadline for the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence 2023 is just two weeks away, and we are looking for the nation’s best entrepreneurs, innovators and research translation heroes....

Awards 2023: Patrons Cathy Foley and David Thodey return

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With the deadline for nominations and entries to the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence just one week away, we are delighted to announced that Australia’s Chief Scientist Cathy Foley and...

$16m innovation challenge to build bushfire resilience

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new $16 million innovation competition co-designed by the Minderoo Foundation has been launched by global not-for-profit XPRIZE to drive development of bushfire detection and rapid response technologies. The...

Productivity Commission backs open access push

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Removing the paywalls on research literature would boost Australian innovation, according to the Productivity Commission, which is recommending the Albanese government give consideration to the world-first open access model...

Rod Sims to chair National Data Advisory Council

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Former competition watchdog Rod Sims will chair the council tasked with advising the National Data Commissioner on issues relating to the federal government’s new data sharing scheme. Mr Sims,...