Late last year, the Morrison Government announced that it would give Australia’s universities an additional $1 billion of research funding, taking total federal spending on research for 2021 to $3 billion.
Under the plan, Melbourne University will receive an additional $111 million in research funding, while the University of New South Wales and Monash University the will each get an extra $100 million, and Adelaide University $42 million.
Education Minister Dan Teehan touted that the extra funding will help protect thousands of researchers’ jobs and directly support over 40,000 PhD and Masters students in 2021.
