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Laureate Fellowships’ $54m of Aussie research

Seventeen of Australia’s top researchers will share in $53.7 million from this year’s Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme, including four advanced manufacturing projects and a cybersecurity study on online discourse....

New research hub for Qld ‘smart cropping’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Queensland government has announced plans to transform the Emerald agriculture college it closed in 2019 into an “innovation flagship” research hub, with $16.7 million in funding over five years....

Govt to replace research infrastructure plan

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A government appointed group chaired by Dr Ziggy Switkowski will lead the development of a new 10-year roadmap for Australia’s research infrastructure priorities, with the plan to be released...

Three steps to better research commercialisation

Posted on   |  by Jared Mondschein, Rajat Roy, Vik Naidoo
Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge’s push for better engagement between universities and industry signals renewed ambition and dynamism among higher education policymakers. Research commercialisation is being pitched as the way to...

NextSense joins Macquarie University hearing hub

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The recently rebranded Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children will relocate to a new $74 million Centre of Excellence in Macquarie University, already home to the Australian Hearing...

Budget boost for biosecurity tech

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government plans to invest $371 million in a biosecurity package in this year’s budget, with much of the money going to new biotechnology and research programs. But...

Defence urges bold new research collaborations

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s chief defence scientist has urged Australian universities and researchers to partner with Defence to support Australia’s “bolder” defence posture, as the government questioned the value of its traditional...

Quantum Brilliance gets a Pawsey step-up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Quantum Brilliance, the Australian-German deep tech startup spun-out of the Australian National University, will deliver a world first diamond quantum accelerator to the Pawsey supercomputing research facility in Perth....

Manufacturing plan is all froth and no beer

Posted on   |  by Clare O’Neil
The government has spent the best part of a month spruiking its budget announcement of $1.5 billion for Australia’s manufacturing industry, but when Australian manufacturers raise a glass to...