Australia & NZ News

ViewBacklash over blocked ARC grants heats up

Australian researchers write to minister about vetoed grants, which included a project on climate attitudes

ViewMRFF backs innovative clinical trials to tackle rare diseases

University-based research projects in Australia win funding to investigate rare conditions and heart failure

ViewFive areas to watch for Australian and New Zealand research in 2022

Will this year see more rows over political interference, commercialisation and funding reforms?

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 1-12 January

This week: Māori knowledge controversy, Health Research Council funding and government scientist awards

ViewImmigration inquiry ‘missing the big picture on research’

Productivity Commission told that New Zealand’s research needs international education

View‘Quality not quantity’ sought in NHMRC grant rules shake-up

Australia’s health research funder will assess top 10 papers from applicants, not entire publication history

ViewCovid-19 scuppers Australian Antarctic research trip

CSIRO cancels research vessel’s 56-day voyage after participant tests positive for coronavirus in Hobart

ViewResearch world demands answers over blocked grants

Pressure grows on education minister over “interference” in Australian Research Council awards

ViewAustralia news roundup: 1-10 January

This week: Australia welcomes back international students; long-term research needs; and MRFF new funding scheme

ViewHappy holidays from Research Professional News

Thanks to all our readers and contributors in 2021—our regular coverage will return in 2022

View2021: Another strange year

Australia and New Zealand spent the year planning, reviewing, appointing ministers and fretting about borders

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 9-15 December

This week: a mentoring award, regenerative agriculture grants and Richard Dawkins on Māori science

ViewVictoria to host Australian mRNA manufacturing plant

Moderna facility aims to produce 100 million vaccine doses a year from 2024

ViewNZ$1.6m awarded to student-led projects at research institutions

National programme supports 13 projects to bolster New Zealand’s next generation of investigators

ViewMajor shake-up announced at Australian Research Council

Chief executive to depart in January as acting education minister demands a “new direction”

ViewAustralia news roundup: 7-13 December

This week: Queensland commercialisation, animal genomics, artificial intelligence and a teaching review

ViewResearchers push for changes to New Zealand health bill

Reformed health system must embrace research and evidence-based decision-making, parliamentary committee told

ViewRelationship between academia and Black communities ‘broken’

Researchers must be prepared to redesign projects when engaging with Indigenous knowledge, Australian seminar hears

ViewCurtin launches ‘cultural extremism’ research network

Australian network will look at issues including Covid conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine sentiment

View‘Take Australia with you’: gaining postdoc experience in Europe

Top tips to get junior researchers on a plane to Europe for an EU-funded fellowship

ViewGive better feedback

How to support colleagues in improving their grant applications

ViewCommercialise to create impact, New Zealand scientists urged

Get science out of labs and into the hands of end-users, says research institute head

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 2-8 December

This week: health research deadlines, National Party changes, Royal Society announcements and rheumatic fever funding

ViewAustralian Labor Party promises more higher education places

Skills shortage and underprivileged students are the focus of an early campaign announcement

ViewConnect to the locals, Australian health researchers told

Differences in health outcomes between city and country need specialised attention, says rural health commissioner

ViewAustralia news roundup: 30 November to 6 December

This week: a national data commissioner, a Siemens deal and an ANU audit

ViewAustralian education minister steps aside

Universities get their third minister in 12 months as inquiry is launched into relationship allegations

ViewPandemic ‘has revealed extent of misinformation problem’

Changes are needed in Australia’s research community and publishing systems to tackle misinformation, study says

ViewNew Zealanders trust their scientists, study shows

Wellcome Global Monitor puts Australia and New Zealand top for trust in science

ViewPreprint relief for pending ARC grants

Australian Research Council confirms Discovery and Linkage rounds not subject to scrapped no-preprints rule