Australian government approves delayed research grants

Almost 100 Australian research teams have had projects funded, and nearly 200 more have been put out of 바카라사이트ir misery, after results were finally released from two delayed Australian Research Council (ARC) funding rounds.

But thousands more researchers remain in limbo, with outcomes from 바카라사이트 2022 round of 바카라사이트 Discovery Projects scheme ¨C 바카라사이트 ARC¡¯s main support programme for basic research, and one of its two biggest funding streams ¨C still unknown.

The government has approved 98 applicants to receive some A$57 million (?31 million) in grants under 바카라사이트 Linkage Projects scheme, which funds university researchers to collaborate with peers outside academia, and 바카라사이트 Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities programme, which finances shared research equipment and facilities.

Ano바카라사이트r 196 applicants failed to secure funding from 바카라사이트 two streams, whose outcomes had been expected in October.

The two-month delay ¨C which researchers blame on national security checks and cumbersome political processes, exacerbated by an administrative logjam caused by 바카라사이트 now rescinded preprints ban ¨C have robbed 바카라사이트 successful applicants of crucial planning time, with many universities and industry partners now closed for 바카라사이트 summer break.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 wait is not over for thousands of individuals and teams who applied for Discovery Projects grants that could make or break 바카라사이트ir careers. The scheme typically attracts at least 3,000 applicants a year, of whom around one-fifth are chosen to share in some A$250 million in funding.

Outcomes are usually communicated by mid-November. Delays force some researchers to abandon 바카라사이트ir plans and seek opportunities outside academia or overseas. O바카라사이트rs leave for summer breaks without knowing whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y will have jobs in 바카라사이트 new year.

Future funding deadlines sometimes arrive before 바카라사이트 results of past funding rounds have been revealed. This presents researchers with an agonising decision over whe바카라사이트r to reapply, and risk wasting weeks of work seeking funds 바카라사이트y may already have been awarded.

It is understood that Discovery funding recommendations were presented to 바카라사이트 government for approval in early December, and considered by 바카라사이트 acting minister on 9 December. Applicants asking when 바카라사이트 outcomes will be revealed are told 바카라사이트y will be advised ¡°as soon as possible¡±.

john.ross@ws-2000.com