The Australian Government's Innovation Report

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CONTENTS PRIME MINISTER’S FOREWORD 1 CONTENTS 3 TABLES AND FIGURES 7 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 9 GLOSSARY 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 13 CHAPTER ONE: SCIENCE AND INNOVATION – ADVANCING OUR ABILITIES 17 The Australian Government’s investment in science and innovation: an overview 17 Support for major government research agencies 19 Support for business R&D and innovation 19 Support for university research and research training 19 Support for major science and technology programmes 19 The Australian Government’s investment in science and innovation: Backing Australia’s Ability 20 Science and innovation serving national priority goals: the National Research Priorities 20 CHAPTER TWO: INITIATIVES FOR A DYNAMIC NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM 21 PART ONE – STRENGTHENING OUR ABILITY TO GENERATE IDEAS AND UNDERTAKE RESEARCH 21 Performance highlights 21 Sustaining funding for government research agencies 22 Australian Government Antarctic Division 22 Australian Biological Resources Study 23 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 25 Australian Institute of Criminology 25 Australian Institute of Marine Science 26 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation 28 Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre 30 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 31 Defence Science and Technology Organisation 34 Geoscience Australia 35 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 37 National Measurement Institute 38 Strengthening university and independent research sector R&D 39 National Competitive Grants Programme 39 Institutional Grants Scheme 41 Research Infrastructure Block Grants Scheme 41 Health and Medical Research – Research Grants 41 Independent Research Institute Infrastructure Support Scheme 43 Contents 3
Enhancing industrial R&D 44 R&D Tax Concession 44 Rural R&D Corporations and Companies 45 Food Centres of Excellence 46 Food Innovation Grants Programme 48 Upgrading research infrastructure 48 National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy 48 Major National Research Facilities Programme 49 Systemic Infrastructure Initiative 50 Promoting the internationalisation of R&D 51 International Science Linkages 51 Australia-India Strategic Research Fund 52 Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 52 Improving research quality and accessibility 54 Research Quality Framework 54 Research Accessibility Framework 55 PART TWO – ACCELERATING THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF IDEAS 56 Performance highlights 56 Providing capital for commercialisation 57 Venture Capital Review 57 Venture Capital Regime 57 Pooled Development Funds 58 Innovation Investment Fund 58 Renewable Energy Equity Fund 59 Pre-Seed Fund 59 Assisting research to investment ready stage 61 Commercial Ready 61 Commercialising Emerging Technologies Programme 62 Building on ICT strengths 64 Advanced Networks Programme 64 Intelligent Island Programme 65 ICT Incubators Programme 65 Encouraging companies to innovate 66 Renewable Energy Development Initiative 66 Innovation Access Programme – Industry 67 Industry Cooperative Innovation Programme 68 Information Technology Online Programme 69 Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Programme 70 New Industries Development Programme 71 Textile, Clothing and Footwear Post-2005 Strategic Investment Programme 72 Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme Motor Vehicle Producer Research and Development Scheme 72 Renewable Energy Commercialisation Programme 73 Greenhouse Gas Abatement Programme 73 4 Backing Australia’s Ability
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Page 11 and 12: FRDC GDP GERD GGAP GOVERD GRDC HECS
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Page 15 and 16: The year also saw significant outco
Page 17 and 18: The Australian Innovation Scorecard
Page 19 and 20: Table 1: Australian Government supp
Page 21 and 22: The Australian Government’s inves
Page 23 and 24: Sustaining funding for government r
Page 25 and 26: • Key to Australasian liverwort a
Page 27 and 28: Australian Institute of Marine Scie
Page 29 and 30: Coral gives new insight into changi
Page 31 and 32: • As part of the joint Careers in
Page 33 and 34: Developing meaningful, long-term co
Page 35 and 36: Defence Science and Technology Orga
Page 37 and 38: In 2005-06, Geoscience Australia st
Page 39 and 40: The majority of research-related pu
Page 41 and 42: The successful proposals represent
Page 43 and 44: In addition to the continued large
Page 45 and 46: Enhancing industrial R&D R&D Tax Co
Page 47 and 48: • improving the management of nat
Page 49 and 50: Food Innovation Grants Programme As
Page 51 and 52: Most facilities provide training pr
Page 53 and 54: Total funding for the ISL programme
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Improving research quality and acce
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PART 2 - Accelerating the commercia
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Pooled Development Funds The Pooled
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In 2005-06, $12.83 million was inve
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Table 9: Sectoral distribution of C
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Building on ICT strengths Advanced
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Other achievements included: • ge
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Seafood Services Australia Ltd An I
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Interest in ITOL and e-business rem
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• provision of a business develop
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Building links to facilitate commer
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Taking a closer look at stem cells
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Biotechnology Australia Public Awar
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• commercialisation seminars for
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Advancing SET skills Audit of Scien
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National Youth Science Forum The Na
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Mathematics and informatics In 2005
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Higher Education Loan Programme The
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Fostering entrepreneurship and awar
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Skilled Immigration Migration conti
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ANSTO’s Dr Tony Taylor with the m
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The millimetre wave radar stope mon
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Sustainable use of Australia’s bi
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New techniques assist exploration c
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Pushing the heater bank used to run
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The diagnostic tool uses a unique a
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The researchers anticipate that the
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Advanced materials Quick dry merino
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Promoting an innovation culture and
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Dairy for Tomorrow launch in Tasman
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David Griffin (left) and Andreas Sc
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Scientists are searching for an eff
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Clearinghouse-type websites are cur
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The scorecard provides an overview
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Notes: 1. Australia’s ranking is
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FIGURE 1: Percentage change in the
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FIGURE 2: Australia’s innovation
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Compared to the 2004 scorecard Aust
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FIGURE 6: Number of scientific and
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FIGURE 9: Percentage of the workfor
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Knowledge Diffusion Investment in I
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FIGURE 16: Investment in new equipm
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Percentage of Turnover Attributed t
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Conclusions The Australian Innovati
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Commonwealth State and Territory Ad
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• promoting and marketing industr
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Australian Bureau of Statistics The
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Informing the future House of Repre
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Appendix 1: Major flows of funding
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Appendix 3: Overview of Australia
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Appendix 4: Backing Australia’s A
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Appendix 5: Overview of R&D in regi
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Appendix 7: National Research Prior
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CRC for Spatial Information http://
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Desert Knowledge CRC http://www.des
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ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision
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