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Margaret Sheil says Australian Research Council must win trust back after “political interference”

Cathy Foley will report on Australia’s challenges, strengths and opportunities

Updated regulations will offer fresh opportunities to Australian institutions, Indian high commissioner says

Applications from court sentencing to conservation are being explored
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This week: visa extensions, research animals and support for the Voice to Parliament

How detection dogs are improving Australian conservation research

How the NIH uses the US government’s billions to shape the world of biomedical research

Velux Stiftung offers project grants in an eclectic range of subjects linked to daylight

Failure to support constitutional reform to give Indigenous Australians better representation would be “political”

This week: an Endeavour extension, Horizon Europe access and struggling museums

Paper’s 49 questions on fees, research and national challenges throw university reforms open

University Foreign Interference Taskforce praised by Australian government, but ARC performance is under review

Politics and interest groups are trumping science in biodiversity battle, researchers find

Researchers can now apply to lead consortia under R&D programme’s second pillar

State’s first medical research strategy focuses on infrastructure and staffing

Formal briefing outlines cost pressures on New Zealand’s higher education sector

Chief scientist says quantum research is a national strength that must be further developed

This week: grants criticism, a defence programme and a resurgence in international student numbers

This year the Zeit-Stiftung Foundation’s Beyond Borders scheme is for PhD students interrogating conflict

Falling levels of research spending criticised by sector in pre-budget submissions

State of emergency sends staff and students home from universities

Basic research is needed to feed innovation pipeline, Australian inquiry told

This week: Tertiary Education Union priorities, RNA advances and synthetic biology

Australian medical institutes say early difficulty in winning funding is causing an “exodus” of talent

State government of New South Wales rejects recommendations of parliamentary animal welfare inquiry

This week: university-industry grants, AI cheating and A$310 million from the Medical Research Future Fund

Consultation paper on New Zealand’s Performance-Based Research Fund outlines changes to evidence portfolios

Study outlines impact of Covid-19 on PhD students’ mental health

Leo Foundation offers skin disease grants with enviable success rates and is increasing its funding

Science academy’s pre-budget submission slams “inefficient system” and low investment in R&D

Australia is “grossly underinvesting in adaptation research” as it focuses on reducing carbon

New Zealand government to provide NZ$10 million a year to develop Māori engagement with science

This week: Covid underreporting, Chinese students, abusive messages and a new vice-chancellor

Reports from land and biological heritage challenges emphasise achievements of New Zealand research networks

Cooperative Research Australia says successful CRC model should be expanded and built upon

Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt fires research funding salvo as he announces intention to step down

This week: US tech collaboration, education department changes and a Macfarlane Burnet online collection