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After years of concerns about the ARC – about political interference and low success rates – the review is a welcome step. But will it tackle the big issues?
Two members of the Australian Research Council College of Experts explain why a political veto of several expert-vetted grants led them to resign from the advisory panel.
In an open letter, 63 Australian Research Council laureate fellows complain vigorously to the minister and to the chief executive of the ARC about a recent instance of political interference in the funding of basic research.
The disparity between academics’ perception of the impact of their research and the opinions of Australian policymakers was recently underlined by a team of researchers from the University of Queensland who undertook cross-sectional surveys and semi-structured interviews with social science academic researchers and personnel in policy-relevant roles in public sector agencies.
