A centralised office will be set up inside the federal Industry department to coordinate Australia’s participation in the world’s biggest research program, while expert advisers and advocates will be...
Australian researchers will be able to apply for grants from the world’s largest innovation funding program from early next year, the government has signalled, after official negotiations on Horizon...
For years, Australia has talked about productivity, resilience and sovereign capability as if they were abstract ambitions rather than outcomes of deliberate policy choices. The Strategic Examination of R&D...
Science and research groups have urged the Albanese government to seize a rare policy reset opportunity to address a national R&D system at “breaking point”. In pre-budget submissions released...
The university sector has stepped up its call for Australia to sign on to the world’s largest research fund, Horizon Europe — a move that would need the Albanese...
A Coalition plan to further cap international students would pull hundreds of millions of dollars out of Australia’s research system and shut out some of the world’s best early...
Australia’s research community has warned the Albanese government has missed another opportunity to start rebuilding an ailing research and development system into one that can meet looming challenges like...
A growing chorus of calls from the research lobby are demanding the Albanese government at least set targets for increased R&D funding and a timetable to meet them. Groups...
The multibillion-dollar R&D tax incentive should be expanded to offer equity and debt financing from the National Reconstruction Fund to businesses that collaborate with local research institutions, the Group of...
The Albanese government’s flagship industry policy is at risk of being undermined by plummeting investment in research and development, Australia’s universities and research groups are warning ahead of Tuesday’s...