Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic has announced a 10-year plan for science investment and research that outlines the government's top five priorities for STEM. The National Science Statement and National Science and Research Priorities put the Albanese government's Future ...
More »Nobel winner: Optical astronomy’s “existential crisis”
One of the nation’s leading scientists, Nobel prizewinner Brian Schmidt, has warned that his field of optical astronomy faces extinction in Australia in three years because astronomers are poised to lose access to the big optical telescopes needed to make ...
More »Go8 “roadmap” outlines how govt can get R&D to 3% GDP
Group of Eight universities have urged the federal government to adopt a 10-year plan to lift Australia’s investment in research and development to three per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to boost the nation’s capacity for productivity growth. A ...
More »$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 Indigenous health professionals and researchers complete postgraduate study or research in a cancer-related field. The collaboration, between the Albanese government, ...
More »Australia a firm ‘no’ on joining EU’s Horizon Europe research program
Canada will join the EU’s massive research funding program, upping the pressure on the Australian government to explain why it won’t explore joining the scheme. Last week Canada and the EU signed an agreement for the country to join the ...
More »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 review last year, will make independent decisions about most research grants. Professor Shergold will head a new nine-member board to ...
More »Design students produce and sell their work in UNSW-industry partnership
A new university-industry partnership will see industrial design students from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) given the opportunity to pitch designs to a furniture retailer with a view to putting them into production. Seven fourth year industrial design ...
More »“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 for more investment in research and development (R&D) isn't working, and a change of strategy is needed to get the ...
More »Gold Coast welcomes new vaccine research hub
The Gold Coast campus of Griffith University opened its new biomedical research and development centre earlier this month, which will research and develop vaccines for illnesses including chlamydia, acne and some cancers. The $280m Translational Science Hub (TNS) is a ...
More »UNSW to boost higher degree research scholarships by 17 per cent
The University of NSW will deliver a massive 17 per cent stipend increase to research students next year as part of a plan to ensure that they earn the equivalent of a living wage by 2024. Students holding higher degree ...
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