Research Funding
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How Labor can use its strong majority to support universities
The higher education sector is craving stability and investment after the policy changes, regulation warnings and instability of Labor's last…
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Charles Darwin uni loses $200,000 US research funding
A research contract valued at about $200,000 has been lost by Charles Darwin University (CDU) as a result of US President…
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Trump cuts research funding to six Aus universities and counting
At least six Group of Eight (Go8) universities have had research grants terminated by the United States amid an anti-diversity…
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Trump: Aus research must disclose vaccine, transgender, DEI or China ties
Australian researchers who receive United States funding have been asked to disclose links to China and whether they agree with…
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Tesla chair to lead research and development review
A Strategic Examination of Research and Development review is to evaluate how to maximise Australia's existing research and development (R&D)…
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UTAS to disestablish research centre, College of Arts and Law
A University of Tasmania change proposal is considering disestablishing a large part of the College of Arts, Law and Education's…
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$5.9m invested into post-grad scholarship for Indigenous cancer research
Expressions of interest are now open for Aurora Education Foundation's First Nations Cancer Scholarship, a $5.9 million investment to support…
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Former WSU chancellor inaugural chair of newly independent ARC
Former Western Sydney University chancellor Peter Shergold is the powerful new chair of the Australian Research Council (ARC) which, following a…
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“We need to stop asking for 3% GDP”: R&D
A panel of academics and researchers at the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES) conference have said universities asking…
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Equity research grants open
The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES) has announced the first of its 2024-25 grants and scholarships, one…
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University builds flood-relief housing in Lismore
The first land release under the $100 million Resilient Lands Program is expected to result in about 400 more homes…
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La Trobe receives $2.5m donation to fund literacy clinics in Victoria
An Australian university’s push to overhaul literacy education has attracted a sizable donation to support evidence-based learning in rural and…
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Govt directs $400 million to medical research
University researchers will investigate the effects vaping on teenagers and launch a 'world first' trial to help treat drug-resistant epilepsy…
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ARC allocates $221M for discovery grants
Over 400 research projects from 32 major Australian universities have been greenlit for more than $221 million dollars as part…
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Australian universities receive $94m in research fellowships
A hundred mid-career researchers from 21 Australian universities have received a grant through the Australian Research Council Future Fellowships scheme…
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Funding boost for national defence research
Nine Australian universities have been awarded government research grants to develop technologies aimed at addressing national security threats. Australian National…
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UniMelb’s $115 million investment to bring research to life
Melbourne university students, affiliates and alumni have now the opportunity to bring their research to life thanks to two major…
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US funding helps QuT scientists discover new ways to battle future pandemics
Nathan Boase always knew he would be a scientist, and he is currently researching new methods to protect people against…
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La Trobe research aims to make Australia a world leader in medicinal agricultural production
New research in protected cropping using medicinal cannabis by La Trobe University is aiming to develop Australia’s agricultural industry and…
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UA says small funding boost could help Australian universities generate $24 billion
A one per cent investment in research and development could raise productivity and increase Australia’s revenue by $24 billion over the…
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Research in the 21st Century: legacy forms, ‘new’ media and ERA
As Australian universities prepare their submissions for the 2023 round of Excellence in Research Australia (ERA), the national research evaluation…
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UWA’s save social sciences petition approaches 10,000 signatures, but will it matter?
A petition to rescind the proposal to make significant cuts to the University of Western Australia (UWA) school of social…
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Adelaide University ‘considering’ cutting around 130 jobs to deal with $22 million black hole in 2022
Go8 member The University of Adelaide may have to cut roughly 130 jobs to address the loss of international student…
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Sector responds positively to government’s commercialisation of research priority
Several of the higher education sector’s peak bodies and groups have welcomed the government’s wish to bring higher social and…
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Future proofing our economy with ‘job-creating’, entrepreneurial graduates: Opinion
With Australia just coming out of recession, it is unsurprising that there has been a strong focus from federal and…
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