Australia & NZ News

ViewFrom the archive: Cross-cutting projects shine for Swiss funder

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

ViewUniversities urged to support ‘yes’ vote in Australian referendum

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

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 16-22 February

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

ViewAustralian Universities Accord discussion paper launched

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

ViewGovernment backs taskforce’s work on foreign interference

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

ViewConservation strategy in New Zealand ‘unbalanced’, study says

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

ViewHorizon Europe opens to researchers in New Zealand

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

ViewWestern Australia aims for health leadership with 10-year strategy

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

ViewHelp us, universities tell incoming education minister Tinetti

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

ViewAustralia ‘ahead of the game’ on quantum

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

ViewAustralia news roundup: 14-20 February

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Crossing borders, breaking boundaries

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

ViewBring Australia’s R&D spending up to speed, government told

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

ViewCampuses close as Cyclone Gabrielle hits New Zealand

State of emergency sends staff and students home from universities

ViewUniversities make case for share of A$15bn reconstruction fund

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

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 9-15 February

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

ViewChange grants system to retain researchers, government urged

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

ViewForced swim test to continue in NSW animal research

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

ViewAustralia news roundup: 7-13 February

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

ViewGive us three examples of excellence, PBRF proposal says

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

ViewPhDs under pressure

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Danish funder delivers for dermatology

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

ViewTime to rethink research, Australian government told

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

ViewMore research needed on climate adaptation, university event hears

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

ViewTwo funds launched to build Māori research capacity

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

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 2-8 February

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

ViewNational Science Challenges start to wind down

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

ViewR&D needs better coordination, Australian government told

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

View‘Australia’s future is in peril,’ says departing ANU vice-chancellor

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

ViewAustralia news roundup: 31 January to 6 February

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