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The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, recently announced his plans for a new research quality and evaluation system.  The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative, to be developed by the Australian Research Council (ARC) in conjunction with the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, will assess research quality using a combination of metrics and expert review by committees including experienced, internationally-recognised experts.

The new system supports the need for excellence in research to strengthen Australia’s innovation system and further develop our home grown inventors.  The new system further supports the view that the Australian public both expects and strongly supports the commercialisation of applicable research across the country.