The winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2023 is decorated quantum physicist and Silicon Quantum Computing founder Michelle Simmons. Professor Simmons is recognised as the creator of...
Two programs supporting innovative SMEs in the agrifood sector, run by the national science agency CSIRO and federally funded innovation network AgriFutures, have opened to applications. CSIRO’s Innovate to...
A $20 million grants program jointly run by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Singapore’s enterprise development agency has launched almost a year after it was announced....
Every dollar invested by the Australian Research Council in university research over the last two decades contributed more than $3 to the economy, according to a new evaluation of...
Business investment in R&D has grown for the first time in almost a decade, registering a 14 per cent increase in nominal terms, while overall proportional spend has reached...
The Western Australian government has kicked off work on a 10-year science and technology plan, as it continues efforts to diversify the state economy and become a global innovation hub....
Liberal backbencher Aaron Violi is teaming up with Labor counterpart Dr Daniel Mulino to design a Technology Assessment Office to make information on cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence...
The Australian government has awarded $12.4 million to three research institutions to strengthen Australia’s international renewable and clean energy research collaborations. The supported projects at RMIT University, national science...
100 mid-career university researchers will share in $97.6 million in Future Fellowship grants over four years to explore areas ranging from post-Cold War economic sanctions and rock art to...
Australia’s research collaboration activity with China is in freefall, with government funding for partnerships plummeting after allegations of foreign interference and intellectual property theft. Analysis of the drop found...