Australian science needs urgent investment
23 November, 2011Australian Academy of Science President Professor Suzanne Cory has said the government must urgently invest to ensure Australian science remains internationally competitive and relevant.
Australia-China science and research fund open to applications
17 November, 2011Australia-China research collaborations will benefit from an additional $18 million over the next three years with the opening of a dedicated Australia-China Science and Research Fund (ACSRF).
New Commonwealth committee for government research investments
04 November, 2011Prof Ian Chubb will chair a new Commonwealth committee to guide government research investment.
Research for a greener and healthier future
01 November, 2011New treatments for cancer, producing better wine and greater protection of our Great Barrier Reef are some of the benefits that could flow from over 1000 new research projects being supported by the Labor Government.
QUT research finds high cost in grant funding decisions
07 October, 2011The scientific health and medical research projects which receive government funding in any given year rely, to some extent, on 'chance' according to recent research by a Queensland University of Technology expert in health economics.
R&D tax incentive set to support Australian businesses
02 September, 2011Information sessions will be held to learn about the new government R&D tax incentive for businesses.
Australian Institute of Nanoscience to be built
02 September, 2011A donation from an Australian businessman has enabled the Australian Institute of Nanoscience to be built.
R&D tax credit wins support
26 August, 2011The R&D tax credit has been passed in Parliament to help businesses in every sector of the Australian economy transform and invest in the future.
Funding to commercialise new needle-free vaccine delivery technology
03 August, 2011OneVentures and Vaxxas Pty Ltd investment will enable Professor Mark Kendall of UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) to continue his pioneering research and development of the Nanopatch.
Stroke, cardio disease detection devices receive funding boost
19 July, 2011A lecturer from the University of Sydney has been awarded a $100,000 Microsoft fellowship to accelerate the development of electrical devices used to diagnose and monitor stroke and cardiovascular disease.
Gilead is swimming in the Medicines Patent Pool
14 July, 2011Gilead is the first company to have entered a licensing agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool in a move aimed towards increasing access in developing countries to drugs that treat HIV and Hepatitis B.
Parkinson’s research boosted with BioFocus/Michael J Fox Foundation collaboration
14 July, 2011BioFocus will perform fragment-based screening, assay development and hit-finding programs, to identify compounds that have the basis for a novel Parkinson’s disease diagnostic test.
New R&D tax credit will start in July
17 June, 2011Australian companies will become more innovative and globally competitive thanks to the new R&D tax incentive.
Innovation managers receive boost in funding
09 June, 2011Life sciences, information technology and medical research companies will receive a $60 million Australian Government investment to support start-up ventures.
Fresh Food Future program to boost agricultural science grads
01 June, 2011Funding by Woolworths will support the Primary Industry Centre for Science Education program that encourages high school science students to consider a career in agricultural science.
