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Rehome growth centres to CSIRO: WA chief scientist

Brandon How — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 08:41:43 +0000

Australia’s Industry Growth Centres should be given a new lease of life within the CSIRO to uplift practical research outcomes in Australia, according to the longest sitting government chief scientist in Australia. Western Australia’s chief scientist Professor Peter Klinken, who has served in the role for more than a decade, believes the national science agency...

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Additional $50m for BioMedTech commercialisation program

Brandon How — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 07:14:41 +0000

Digital health accelerator ANDHealth and biomedical commercialisation fund Brandon BioCatalyst have been awarded $50 million to launch another round of their CUREator+ BioMedTech program to support commercialisation and translation of research targeting dementia and cognitive decline. Friday’s funding announcement from Health minister Mark Butler was a part of $230 million worth of new commitments made...

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Govt to scope health and medical research workforce

Brandon How — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:44:54 +0000

The Health department has ordered an independent audit of Australia’s health and medical research workforce to inform the development of national policy amid a “paucity of recent data”. The Department of Health and Aged Care on Friday issued an approach to market (ATM) seeking a supplier to undertake the audit. It must include an evaluation...

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Deep tech scale-ups thirsty for follow-on funding: Brian Schmidt

Brandon How — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:35:33 +0000

Outgoing Australian National University vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt has reflected positively on the growing support for research commercialisation at the institution after his eight-year tenure but believes there is still a “fair bit of work to go”. He has also flagged the need for more follow-on funding from private investors in Australia for startups to...

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Quantum pioneer Michelle Simmons takes out PM’s science prize

Brandon How — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:00:12 +0000

The winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2023 is decorated quantum physicist and Silicon Quantum Computing founder Michelle Simmons. Professor Simmons is recognised as the creator of atomic electronics, having pioneered technologies to create the world’s first single atom transistor and subsequently build an integrated circuit at the atomic scale. The potential computing...

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IMCRC signs off with $4.2 billion legacy

Brandon How — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 07:01:31 +0000

The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre has closed up shop, leaving behind an estimated $4.2 billion in new revenue growth by 2030. Backed by $40 million in government funding through the CRC grants program, the IMCRC supported 71 collaborative projects, involving 78 industry partners, 13 universities, and the CSIRO. The CRC fostered commercialisation for industry...

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Deep tech firms challenging ‘old school paradigms’ get CSIRO backing

Brandon How — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 07:15:02 +0000

Outgoing CSIRO chief executive Dr Larry Marshall has named the 10 deep tech teams challenging “old school paradigms” that will participate in the first edition of the ON Accelerate program for two years. The teams behind innovations ranging from RegTech and material sciences to the Internet of Things and vaccines will complete an in-person ‘immersion’...

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Economic Accelerator bill returns to Parliament

Brandon How — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:58:49 +0000

Education minister Jason Clare has re-introduced legislation drafted by the former government to advance Australia’s Economic Accelerator, which will bring about more grants for commercialisation and industry-led postgraduate research. The legislation was initially introduced in February by then-Education minister Stuart Robert but lapsed when parliament was prorogued in April ahead of the federal election. The...

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Plans to halt slide in govt R&D spending

Brandon How — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 22:10:37 +0000

The Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has kicked-off discussions with Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley on initiatives that boost government expenditure on research and development as a proportion of GDP. Government expenditure on R&D as a proportion of GDP has fallen by about a third over the last decade to 0.17 per...

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Qld pledges $35.5m for vaccine manufacturing facility

Brandon How — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 06:24:36 +0000

More than $35 million will go towards a Queensland vaccine manufacturing facility as part of the state budget next week. The funds will support the development of a translational manufacturing (TM) facility, to be built by the Translational Research Institute (TRI). With the additional funding, the Queensland government is now contributing three-quarters of the $80...

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