Monash University has received a $4.4m funding boost to enhance its partnership with the Australian Federal Police (AFP), to support its groundbreaking research into AI technology and combating digital crime.Funds from the Commonwealth Confiscated Assets Account will expand Monash's AI ...

University researchers will investigate the effects vaping on teenagers and launch a 'world first' trial to help treat drug-resistant epilepsy as part of the latest funding round for medical research. Through its Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), the Australian government ...

Publishers of globally respected academic journals are investigating the publication of papers linked to a foundation solely funded by one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies. At least three major academic publishers are reviewing how articles linked to the Foundation ...

The Australian Research Council has released a simplified version of the national interest test which will see disciplinary experts assess grant applications, rather than civil servants. Announced on Thursday, the new changes aim to "significantly reduce the administrative burden for ...

Following the review of the Australian Research Council Act, the government is now seeking feedback from academics and researchers before its final report in March 2023. The consultation papers, open until mid-December, have identified nine major points to improve grant ...

A hundred mid-career researchers from 21 Australian universities have received a grant through the Australian Research Council Future Fellowships scheme to develop research of national interest.  Funded by the Australian Government, the Future Fellowships scheme focuses on mid-career researchers from ...

Four West Australian universities have been granted government funding to develop cutting-edge research and defence technologies and contribute to Australian sovereignty. Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University will be sharing $1.19 million worth ...

The competitiveness of the higher education sector, particularly in relation to securing funding, often leaves researchers dealing with rejection.  According to Kelsey Zimmermann from the School of Psychology at UNSW, the experience of rejection is always painful, but it is important that ...

Experts have called to establish specialised peer review panels to help close the gender funding gap in academic research. A recent survey from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) found work disruptions to be the main reason why ...

New research in protected cropping using medicinal cannabis by La Trobe University is aiming to develop Australia’s agricultural industry and establish an Australian supply chain for medicinal cannabis. The project recently received $5m in funding from the Australian Government’s Regional ...