The Australian Research Landscape 14 October 2015 Presented by Dr Fiona Cameron Executive Director...

The Australian Research Landscape

14 October 2015

Presented by Dr Fiona CameronExecutive Director

Australian Research Council

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• Current Funding Landscape

• NCGP update

Outline

2014–15 Federal Budget(Approx. AU$415 Billion)

(Treasury omitted)

2014–15 Federal Budget(Approx. AU$415 Billion) continued

Australian Government support for science, research and innovation shown in red

(Treasury omitted)

Commonwealth Investment in R&D 2014–15

Source: Budget 2014–2015 Industry and Innovation tables

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Selected research agencies 2003–2015 funding ($m)

Trends in Government R&D investment 2003–2015 ($m)

ARC NCGP funding awarded by organisation (%) 2009–2014

RUNIRUATNGo8Unaligned

ARC funding by institute 2010–2014

Australian Research Grants Committee funding by University—1974

Australian Research Grants Committee 1974— % funding share compared with ARC NCGP 2013

National Competitive Grants Programme

Area of box represents funding awarded over the period 2009–2014. N.B. – Centres of Excellence, SRIs, not awarded in every year. – ITRP and DECRA only funding since 2012

Discovery Programmes Linkage Programmes

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*BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA = Humanities and Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences

Source: 2014 Selection Report Table 1

• Next Round

- Consultation

- Process- EOI

requirements

ARC Centres of Excellence

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Five New Centres of Excellence in 2014

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Laureate Fellows 2014

BSB = Biological Sciences and BiotechnologyEMI = Engineering, Mathematics and InformaticsHCA = Humanities and Creative ArtsPCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth SciencesSBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences Source: 2014 Selection Report Table 5

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Discovery Projects grant outcomesSuccess rates

Institution

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Grant outcomes

• Five (5) year grants

• Important to justify budgets!!

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• 111001 Aged Care Nursing

• 111002 Clinical Nursing: Primary (Preventative)

• 111003 Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care) 

• 111004 Clinical Nursing: Tertiary (Rehabilitative)

• 111005 Mental Health Nursing

• 111006 Midwifery

• 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified

Field of Research Codes (FoR)

ARC NCGP funding by Fields of Research 2002–2014

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Medical and Health Science—ARC funding

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Medical and Health Science (FoR 11) funded and not funded

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Nursing projects (FoR 1110) funded and not funded

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Fields of Research

Networked

Collaborations: 6-digit codes under FoR 11 (Medical and Health

Sciences)

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Industrial Transformation

Research Programme

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ITRP Linkages

All rounds

Higher Education Government Commercial

Discussion/questions