Prof Aidan Byrne's presentation to the 2014 AGM for the Australian Council for the Deans of Science

1. Australian Council of Deans of Science
ARC update
20 October 2014
Professor Aidan Byrne
CEO, Australian Research Council

2. Outline
• Current Funding Landscape
• Laureates & Centres
• NCGP update
• Network mapping

3. 2014-15 Federal
Budget
(Treasury not included)
(Approx. AU$415 Billion)
(Treasury
omitted)

4. ARC NCGP funding by University ($m) 2007-2013
RUN
IRU
ATN
Go8
Unaligned

5. ARC funding by University 2010 - 2014

6. Australian Research Grants Committee funding by
University - 1974
$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
$1,200,000
Usyd
Monash
UA
UNSW
Melb U
UQ
UWA
ANU
Flinders
UTAS
UNE
La Trobe
Macquarie
UN
VIC - non uni
JCU
NSW_Non_Uni
Wollongon UC
RMC
WA Non Uni
Murdoch
Tas Non-Uni
QLD Non Uni
Griffith
SA Non Uni
ACT Non-Uni
Humanities & SS
Biological Sciences
Engineering & Applied
Sciences
Earth Sciences

7. Australian Research Grants Committee 1974 –
% funding share compared with ARC NCGP 2013
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
U Sydney
Monash
U Adelaide
UNSW
U Melbourne
U Queensland
UWA
ANU
Flinders
U Tas
UNE
La Trobe
Macquarie
Newcastle
Victoria (others)
James Cook
NSW (others)
Wollongong
RMC
WA (others)
Murdoch
Tas (others)
QLD (others)
Griffith
SA (others)
ACT (others)
1974 2013

8. Outline
• Current Funding Landscape
• Laureates & Centres
• NCGP update
• Network mapping

9. ARC Proposals Received: 2-Digit FOR (%) 2006-2013

10. ARC NCGP funding by 2-Digit FOR (%) 2006-2013

11. $3,000
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,000
$500
$0
ERA 2012 ARC/NHMRC research funding by
discipline
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
$ Millions
2-digit group
ARC
NHMRC

12. $4,000
$3,500
$3,000
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,000
$500
$0
Total research income ($m) by discipline
HERDC Category 1-4
Commercialisation Income

13. 100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Research income (%) by discipline
Commercialisation Income
HERDC Category 1-4

14. National Competitive Grants Program
Discovery Programs Linkage Programs
Laureate
Fellowships
Future
Fellowships
DECRA
Discovery Projects
Centres of
Excellence
Co-
Funded
& SRI
Linkage
Projects
Other
Fellowships
Area of box represents $$ awarded over the period 2008-2013.
N.b. ITRP & DECRA running for less than five years.
LIEF
ITRP

15. Centres of Excellence 2014
Success by discipline
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
BSB EMI HCA PCE SBE
EOI
full proposal
success
*BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA = Humanities and
Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences
Source: 2014 Selection Report Table 1

16. Laureate Fellows 2014
Success by discipline
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
BSB EMI HCA PCE SBE
not successful
successful
*BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA =
Humanities and Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and
Economics Sciences
Source: 2014 Selection Report Table 5

17. Outline
• Current Funding Landscape
• Laureates & Centres
• NCGP update
• Network mapping

18. National Competitive Grants Program
Challenges / developments
Operationally
• Streamlining - harmonised funding rules
• RMS 2.0
Strategically
• Feedback
• Average age of CIs

19. RMS 2.0 Assessor selections
Dr Luke Skywalker

20. Discovery Projects Grants rankings 2013
0 80 160 240 320 400 480 560
discipline
BSB
EMI
HCA
PCE
SBE
Normalised Rank
Funded
1
0
Discovery
Network = Go8
Each symbol represents up to 2 observations.

21. Future Fellowships rankings 2013
0 90 180 270 360 450 540 630
discipline
BEM
HSE
PME
Normalised Rank
Funded
1
0
Futures
Network = Go8

22. DECRA rankings 2013
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
discipline
BSB
EMI
HCA
PCE
SBE
Normalised Rank
Funded
1
0
DECRA 2013
Network = Go8

23. Discovery Projects Grants rankings 2013
0 80 160 240 320 400 480 560
discipline
BSB
EMI
HCA
PCE
SBE
Normalised Rank
Funded
1
0
Discovery
Network = Go8
Each symbol represents up to 2 observations.
Additional
feedback

24. Average age of lead CIs in DP grants
(+DECRA 2012-2014 & FF 2009-2013)
y = 0.0675x - 89.271
R² = 0.1905
50
40
30
20
10
0
DP + DECRA
FF
Linear (DP + DECRA)
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

25. Outline
• Current Funding Landscape
• Laureates & Centres
• NCGP update
• Network mapping

26. LP Linkages
Monash
2011-14
Higher
Education
Government
Commercial
Non-profit/other

27. LP Linkages
University of
Melbourne
2011-14
Higher
Education
Government
Commercial
Non-profit/other

28. LP Linkages
Cochlear
Limited
2011-14
Higher
Education
Government
Commercial
Non-profit/other

29. LP Linkages
Australia
2011-14
Higher
Education
Government
Commercial
Non-profit/other

30. ITRP Linkages
all rounds
Higher Education
Government
Commercial
/other

31. Source data:
http://www.arc.gov.au/general/s
earchable_data.htm
FOR Network
mapping..
STEM disciplines
highlighted
01 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
02 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
03 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
04 EARTH SCIENCES
05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
08 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES
09 ENGINEERING
10 TECHNOLOGY
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
12 BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN
13 EDUCATION
14 ECONOMICS
15 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES
16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
18 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES
19 STUDIES IN CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING
20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
22 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES

32. Source data:
http://www.arc.gov.au/general/s
earchable_data.htm
FOR Network
mapping..
STEM alone
01 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
02 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
03 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
04 EARTH SCIENCES
05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
08 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES
09 ENGINEERING
10 TECHNOLOGY
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES

33. Source data:
http://www.arc.gov.au/general/s
earchable_data.htm
FOR Network
mapping..
[Fruchterman reingold]
HASS disciplines
highlighted
01 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
02 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
03 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
04 EARTH SCIENCES
05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
08 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES
09 ENGINEERING
10 TECHNOLOGY
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
12 BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN
13 EDUCATION
14 ECONOMICS
15 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES
16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
18 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES
19 STUDIES IN CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING
20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
22 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES

34. Discussion/questions

35. Histogram: age of lead CIs in DP +
DECRA
250
200
150
100
50
0
< 30 30 - 35 35 - 40 40 - 45 45 - 50 50 - 55 55 - 60 60 - 65 >=65
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

36. Average age of lead CIs in Future
Fellowships, DP and DECRA
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
DP
FF
DECRA

37. Average age of lead CIs in DP grants
(+DECRA 2012-2014)
50
40
30
20
10
0
DECRA average age ~35
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016