From 2023, the NHMRC will attribute equal numbers of funding grants to women, non-binary researchers and men, in order to address ‘systemic’ gender inequities. The new initiative was announced by health minister Mark Butler last week, and will see the ...

A key federal government research body, the National Health and Medical Research Council, has struck a blow for open inquiry by requiring all scholarly work it funds to be freely available as soon as it is published. The new rule, ...

What unites a Venezuelan computer scientist, a Swiss engineer, an Israeli professor and a American 'mad scientist'? The open access movement, of course. In September, twelve European nations and two charities announced their intention to make all science research they fund ...

Research institutions may soon be forced to prove they meet workforce gender equity policy standards in order to gain grant funding, under a proposal the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is touting. Discussion around the possible measure comes amid ...

Just in case you are new to the academy and are what is termed an early career researcher, (even if you are 50+) there are some acronyms you need to be able to toss around if you want to survive. Just ...