Industry, Engagement and Innovation

Presentation to the Universities Australia Conference

12 March 2015

Professor Aidan ByrneCEO, Australian Research Council

• Current Funding Landscape • Networks through Linkage Schemes and Centres

of Excellence• Discovery vs Linkage

Outline

(Treasury omitted)

2014–15 Federal Budget(Approx. AU$415 Billion)

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

(Treasury omitted)

2014–15 Federal Budget(Approx. AU$415 Billion)

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

LP Linkages

Australia

2011–14

Higher EducationGovernmentIndustry/businessNon-profit/other

ITRP Linkages

all rounds

Higher EducationGovernmentIndustry / other

Centres of Excellence

2011 and 2014 rounds

Linkage Projects—Number of Applications by University

Discovery Projects—Number of Applications by University

Discovery Projects—return and success rates

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Ineligible

Unsuccessful

Successful

Success rate %

Return rate %

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 %

Linkage fraction vs Discovery fraction

0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 10.0001

0.001

0.01

0.1

1

CQU

CSU

CUTDKN

ECU

GRF

JCU LTU

MQU

MON

MUR

QUTRMT

SCU

SWN

ANU

FLN

ADE

MEL

UNE

NSW

NEW

QLD

SYDUWA

FED

CAN

USATAS

UTSUWS

WOL

VIC

Discovery Projects 13–15

Link

age

Proj

ects

12–

14

Discussion/questions