So many people in our community have been making huge contributions in medical research and scientific innovation at the many research facilities based in the inner-north.
Science and innovation play a crucial role in shaping our world and are vital to addressing challenges we face.
We know many researchers and scientists are feeling the impacts of decades of underinvestment by the Liberals and Labor. Funding for research is at its lowest point and now Trump is pulling more funds from the sector.
We also know Australia risks losing our best and brightest minds because research work is often underpaid and insecure.
Supporting stable, well-paid employment for researchers is vital to advancing science and driving innovation. By ensuring equitable opportunities for research, we can strengthen Australia’s scientific community.
The Greens are working to revitalise science and innovation through public investment, creating opportunities for students and researchers to shape a brighter future for everyone.
The Greens plan includes:
- Strengthen university research by providing $2.5 billion in block grants over ten years to support curiosity-driven projects and improve researchers’ job security.
- Build Australia’s scientific capacity by increasing ongoing funding for the Research Infrastructure Investment Strategy by $175 million.
- Fund cutting-edge research and development by investing $2 billion over nine years in the CSIRO and other national science organisations.
- Enhance access to research by providing ongoing funding for a national open-access publishing program.
- Transition researchers into secure employment by investing $50 million annually in a secure work fund for Australia’s universities and research institutes.
- Strengthen Australia’s research capacity by increasing ongoing funding for the Australian Research Council’s Future Fellowships scheme by $70 million each year.
- Promote fairness and integrity in research grants by investing $20 million to apply proven transparency principles from the Australian Research Council to all National Granting Programs.