Australian research gets billion-dollar boost in sweeping stimulus budget
Title:Australian research gets billion-dollar boost in sweeping stimulus budget
Author:Smriti Mallapaty
Abstract:Australia’s universities and national science agency have been thrown a lifeline in yesterday’s budget, the country’s first since the pandemic began. As part of a major spending spree designed to kick-start the economy, universities are set to receive Aus$1 billion (US$710 million) in new funding to support research next year, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will receive an extra Aus$459 million over four years.