Research Roll the dice
Fully government-funded research pathways, such as those of the ARC and NHMRC, can no longer be solely relied on for research career success. Major funding schemes that support foundational research tend to have low success rates, such as ARC Discovery Projects (~18%) and NHMRC Ideas Grants (~10%) over the last 3 years (2019-2022). As an alternative, researchers often apply for schemes that involve industry engagement and have higher success rates, such as ARC Linkage Projects (~40%) and NHMRC Synergy Grants (~20%). However, the amount of overall funding available from such schemes is lower; Australia’s rate of commercial research investment is only 2.7% (SMEs) or 6.2% (Large Industries), one of the lowest rates in the OECD (2017).
Given this funding landscape, researchers need to develop projects with the potential for both foundational and applied research, and to forge robust non-academic partnerships that can support them in multiple projects. Delving into industry co-contribution schemes, as well as commercial funding opportunities, is vital for leveraging research to maximise academics’ research career success.
This game demonstrates how concrete funding outcomes are shaped by success rate, rather than the quality of research, and how making decisions based on rate and funding levels can maximise the chance of funding success in the Australian academic research landscape.
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Author | Yoddeuss |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Made with | Twine |
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