Australian research policy

Associating before 2027 would put country in the ‘box seat’ to access and influence massive research scheme’s next iteration

Broad support for Serd proposals to reorganise A$4.6bn tax break scheme as current iteration struggles to ignite business investment

With the 35 recommendations of the Strategic Examination of Research and Development made public this week, we discuss how many of these long-hoped-for reforms are likely to become a reality

Government urged to accept proposed reforms after panel recommends measures to protect work across broad range of disciplines

Increase in PhD stipends, efforts to estimate true cost of research and reforms to key grant schemes included in long-awaited recommendations from review panel

Mandatory edits of research findings a ‘blind spot’ in integrity debate, says scholar who experienced government agency ‘interference’

Epilepsy pioneer vows to target ‘negative view’ of discovery science and ‘mindset’ of expecting the outcomes in advance

Last month, the Australian Academy of Science condemned the country’s ongoing review of research for ignoring a long-term funding decline that has left basic research at ‘breaking point’. Was that a rhetorical overstatement or a sober statement of fact? Five researchers offer their own perspectives

The global collaboration enabled by associating to the world’s largest research funding programme is critical to national impact, says Cecilia Hewlett

‘Profound sustainability challenge’ forces Csiro to ‘deprioritise’ research fields to focus on key areas

As European nations thrash out ideas to ‘safeguard’ knowledge, Australian progress has stalled, expert warns

‘Transformative’ change will not happen unless panel outlines ‘coherent’ vision for R&D, representative bodies warn

Even as the US shrinks and narrows trials, the need for this research continues. Other countries can and must step in, says Stephen Jane

The panel’s overriding concern is to ensure that research is used productively. But observers worry that pushing universities to specialise in centrally determined ‘focus areas’ risks inadvertently turning them, in effect, into government agencies. John Ross reports

Registration requirements and compact negotiations would be reformed to funnel universities into ‘focus areas’, under panel’s draft proposals

Association would have ‘a multiplier effect on research resources and scientific effort’, advocates say

Country will lack the expertise to achieve next-generation priorities if funding left at mercy of undergraduate enrolments, Academy of Science analysis finds

Excluding academia from the main discussions at recent national productivity summit is short-sighted and complacent, says Shamit Saggar

Amid claims outcomes of long-anticipated talkfest have been orchestrated in advance, expert says precursor events promise ‘substance’

Submissions to Australian Strategic Examination insist A$11 billion scheme is ‘not as effective as it could be’

Economic reform begins with injecting order into the hotchpotch of research programmes, and enticing more locals into higher study, according to Australian body