Centre Directors’ Forum

17 March 2015

Professor Aidan Byrne

CEO, Australian Research Council

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Outline

• Current Funding Landscape • Networks through ITRP and Centres of

Excellence• Success rates • Communications

2014-15 Federal Budget2014–15 Federal Budget

(Approx. AU$415 Billion)

(Treasury omitted)

2014-15 Federal Budget (r&d)2014–15 Federal Budget

(Approx. AU$415 Billion)

Australian Government support for science, research and innovation shown in red

(Treasury omitted)

Commonwealth Investment in R&D 2014–15 ($m)

Industry R&D Tax Measures

Block Funding (incl. RIBG, JRE, SRO, APA + RTS)

NHMRC

ARC

CSIRO

DSTO

Business Innovation

Rural

ANSTO

CRCs

Energy and the Environment

Geoscience Australia

Other Health

Other R&D

$0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000

Selected research agencies 2003–2015 funding ($m)

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

$0

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$600

$700

$800

$900

$1,000

NHMRCARCCSIRODSTO

ARC funding by institute 2010–2014

National Competitive Grants ProgramDiscovery Programs Linkage Programs

Laureate Fellowships

Future Fellowships

DECRA

Discovery Projects

Centres of Excellence

Co-Funded

& SRI

Linkage Projects

Other Fellowships

Area of box represents $$ awarded over the period 2008–2013. N. B. ITRP & DECRA running for less than five years.

LIEFITRP

LP Linkages

Australia

2011–14

Higher EducationGovernmentIndustry/businessNon-profit/other

ITRP Linkages

all rounds

Higher EducationGovernmentIndustry / other

2011 & 2014 Centres of Excellence

Centre of ExcellenceAustralian University/PO InternationalGovernment

Success Numbers: by disciplines

BSB EMI HCA PCE SBE0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

EOIfull proposalsuccess

*BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA = Humanities and Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences

Source: 2014 Selection Report, Table 1

• Results for 2014 round

Linkage Projects—return and success rates

20032004

20052006

20072008

20092010

20112012

20132014

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

proposals not fundedproposals fundedsuccess rate %return rate %

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