Go8 Backgrounder 15 - Research

In recent years there has been an overall lack of a clear and cohesive research funding policy for higher education which poses real risks in Australia’s ability to sustain research excellence and is likely to lead to a decline in Australia’s research performance at the international level. This could well lead to a decline in the reputation of Australian universities and a consequential decline in Australia’s ability to attract the best researchers and research students and be detrimental to Australia’s economic competitiveness.

This lack of policy direction has lead to the implementation of policies and programs which have the effect of spreading the limited resources available to higher education research funding thinly across the higher education system rather than on following the principles of selectivity and concentration that are the key to building an internationally competitive research system.
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