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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