Items Tagged With "Innovation"
$38M to get new technologies working (News)
These technologies promise breakthrough medicines, faster computers, new biofuels, stronger and lighter materials, better solar cells, more abundant and nutritious food and purer water.
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The Rudd Government is introducing a comprehensive national framework to guide the safe development of new technologies such as nanotechnology and biotechnology as part of a $38.2 million National Enabling Technologies Strategy released today.
“Technologies like nanotechnology and biotechnology have enormous potential, but we can only realise that potential with the community’s support,” said Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr.
Bright future for Australia's social enterprises (News)
The School for Social Entrepreneurs, with support from the Rudd Government's Innovation Fund, provides enterprise development mentoring for social enterprises and the entrepreneurs driving them.
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The Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion, Ursula Stephens, today congratulated the School for Social Entrepreneurs inaugural graduating class.
The Sydney-based School for Social Entrepreneurs provides professional support and enterprise development mentoring for social enterprises and the entrepreneurs driving them.
The Australian Government has supported the School for Social Entrepreneurs with $1.2 million from the Innovation Fund.
A call to engage with the sciences (News)
The report, 'Inspiring Australia', calls for a national, coordinated strategy to catapult science into the classrooms, boardrooms and lounge rooms of Australia and ensure society is innovative with a technologically skilled workforce.
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Inspiring Australia: a national strategy for engagement with the sciences affirms the critical importance of a vigorous, high-quality national strategy for public engagement with the sciences for Australia's innovation agenda.
The report was launched today at the 2010 Australian Science Communicators National Conference by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr.
Higher Education Revolution on track (News)
The Rudd Government has committed $5.7 billion over four years to higher education and innovation reform to help achieve the aim of increasing by 40 per cent the number of 25-34 year olds to hold a Bachelor-level qualification or above by 2025.
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* Release with Kim Carr
Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, and Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, today advised the Parliament of the Rudd Government’s progress in Higher Education, just over one year on from the receipt of the Bradley Review into Higher Education and the Cutler Review of the National Innovation System.
Push for trade in Europe and Africa (News)
With early signs of stabilisation in the world economy, a coordinated global and regional response remains vital - and promoting international trade is a critical part of that response.
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Trade Minister Simon Crean leaves today for a trip to the United Kingdom, Switzerland and South Africa to advocate for Australian trade and strategic interests at a time when there are growing signs the world economy is emerging from recession.
Mr Crean will be the Australian Government representative at Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. At the forum he will speak on the importance of concluding the Doha Round, the Government's initiative of an Asia-Pacific Community and strengthening the global economic system.
$1.42 billion for higher education research (News)
Universities will receive Rudd Government funding totalling $1.42 billion in 2010 for research that drives excellence and collaboration, and for the training of the next generation of Australian researchers.
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Australian universities will receive federal funding for research and research training totalling $1.42 billion in 2010.
The funding, formally announced in Adelaide today by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, will be shared by 41 universities Australia-wide.
Included in the 2010 Research Block Grants are:
* $610 million for the Research Training Scheme, which meets the cost of tuition for students completing PhDs and Masters degrees by research;
Help to commercialise innovative technologies (News)
The Rudd Government will provide $64 million to assist 35 early stage companies with high potential to continue developing and commercialising their innovative technologies.
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Kim Carr
Eleven
fund managers will distribute a total of $64 million in government
funding to assist 35 early stage companies to continue developing and
commercialising their innovative technologies.
Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and
Research, today announced that the fund managers had signed funding
agreements under the Australian Government's Innovation Investment Follow-on Fund (IIFF) program.
Funding for French-Australian research (News)
The funding is designed to promote and support scientific and technological cooperation between Australian and French researchers abd is as much an investment in world-class research as it is an investment in strong international relations.
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French-Australian collaboration in robotic astronomy, improving flood
forecasting and investigating the origin and evolution of magnetic
fields in space are some of the 14 innovative projects to share in over
$250,000 in funding from the 2009 French-Australian Science and
Technology (FAST) Program.
Announced today by Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation,
Industry, Science and Research, the FAST Program is designed to promote
and support scientific and technological cooperation between Australian
and French researchers in both public and private sectors.
2010 CRC Program selection round (News)
The Government's CRC program supports innovative research that relies on cross-disciplinary and collaborative approaches to drive research solutions to the major challenges facing Australians.
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The 2010 Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program selection round opened today, with a key focus on manufacturing and social innovation.
Senator Kim Carr, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, called for applications to the 2010 CRC Program selection round. The program supports research partnerships that deliver key economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia.
$130M for innovation priorities (News)
Seven Cooperative Research Centres addressing high priorities such as biotechnology, mining and remote community economics have been granted $130 million in funding in the latest selection round.
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Seven
Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) addressing high priorities such as
biotechnology, mining and remote community economics have been granted
$130 million in funding in the CRC Program's latest selection round.
"These CRCs address Government priorities, including economic
disadvantage in remote communities," Senator Kim Carr, Minister for
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, said announcing the funding.
