Tag: SERD

Scientist and engineer lobby throws weight behind R&D blueprint

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia’s national academy of engineers and scientists has broadly endorsed the blueprint laid out by the Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD), but has also urged government to...

SERD seeks research funding revamp to boost translation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A landmark review of Australia’s R&D system has proposed overhauling university funding models to prioritise research impact over output volume, as it warns of growing pressure on university budgets....

SERD review paper highlights super gap in R&D investment

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia’s $4.2 trillion superannuation pool has been highlighted as a potential source of much-needed capital for early-stage innovation, with a new government issues paper pointing to the current system’s...

Intergenerational inequity as an innovation moonshot: Bill Ferris

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian venture capital legend Bill Ferris has urged government – and the Strategic Examination of R&D – to address “intergenerational inequities” as a supporting framework for building national missions...

‘Somebody has to lose’: Why reshaping R&D is so hard

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
As a generational review of Australia’s research and development system prepares recommendations for wholesale change, the country’s top industry mandarin warns some stakeholders will be left unhappy. Industry department...

The urgency of the SERD review must be a positive sign

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Robyn Denholm-led Strategic Examination of R&D (SERD) review looks like it will be wrapped-up two months early, which can only be taken as a positive sign of the...

New startup, SME streams proposed for RDTI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Startups and SMEs would be treated differently to large enterprises under changes to the R&D Tax Incentive proposed through the Strategic Examination of Research and Development. Tax breaks would...

R&D review panel sketches out plan to ‘translate ideas’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Tax breaks for companies undertaking research and development would be simplified and reworked to “encourage scale” under changes being contemplated to jump-start Australia’s R&D system. The panel leading the...