Communicating the Benefits of Publicly Funded Research

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• Communicating the Benefits of Publicly Funded
  Research

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Outline

• What is the ARC?
• Research Outcomes
• Articulating the Benefits
• Communicating the Message

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Government Investment in RD
ARC
FY 06-07 5,973.9 M
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Scope

• Humanities and Creative Arts
• Engineering and Environmental Science
• Social, Behavioural and Economic Science
  Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
• Physics, Chemistry and Geoscience
• Mathematics, Information and Communication
  Science

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• Quality of outputs (bibliometrics tiered
  outlets)
• Excellent applied research (indicators)
• Staged approach(interdisciplinarity)

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Strategic Objectives

• To support excellence in research
• To build Australias research capacity
• To provide informed high quality policy advice to
  government
• To enhance research outcomes through effective
  evaluation
• To raise the profile of Australias research
  effort and be an effective advocate for its
  benefits

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Communications
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Australian Mineral Science Research Institute
Specialising in Particle Science and Engineering

• Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South
  Australia,
• ARC Special Research Centre Headquarters
• Professor John Ralston
• Centre for Multiphase Processes, University of
  Newcastle
• ARC Special Research Centre
• Professor Graeme Jameson
• Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, University
  of Melbourne
• ARC Special Research Centre
• Professors Tom Healy, David Boger and Derek Chan
• Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre,
  University of Queensland
• Professor Emmy Manlapig

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Communicating the benefit?

• Links
• With whom or what are research outcomes
  associated or attributed to?
• Message
• Do we have a clearly articulated message?
• Audience
• Who are we sending the message to?

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Missing links?
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Investment in RD by sector
Government 29
Universities 50
Business 21
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Articulating the benefits

• Link to UG experience
• Retaining a vibrant cademic workforce
• International reputation

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Link to UG experience
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Future Fellows

• Future Fellowships scheme will reward Australias
  best and brightest mid-career researchers and
  outstanding international researchers
• 200 four year Fellowships pa for the next 5 years

Future Fellowships June 2008
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ARC Discovery 2008
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International Reputation Exchange
THES WORLDUNIVERSITY RANKINGS
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Communicatingthe message

• Media
• Government
• elected and officials
• General public
• Colleagues

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Some Benefits of Publicly Funded Research

• Real research outcomes
• Economic Benefit (Cochlear, Jameson Cell etc)
• Vibrant higher education sector
• Productive academic workforce
• Strong export industry
• Attraction and retention of skilled workforce