Funding lack and its effects submission

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Funding Lack and its Effects
Created	April 2008
Submitted	April 2008
Review Reference	67-Adrian_Richards
Location	Official Review submissions page
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Authors	Dr Adrian Richards
Topics	Funding levels, International reputation, Barnyard dynamics

Overview

This submission raises six points regarding gaps in the current innovation system:

1. Level of funding — this has been noticed in senior positions in the US and UK and is giving Australia a negative reputation
2. Structure of funding — government programs are often based on overseas models, but are poorly implemented blunting their effectiveness
3. High School Education — these schools have outdated equipment and offer low levels of teacher job satisfaction ... making it hard to lay the foundations of innovation
4. University Interactions with “Industry” — this is much lower in Australia than in Europe or the US, providing a gap between research and commercial outcomes
5. Innovation “Models” — Innovation comes in many forms from many sectors, there should be a mentor system to help people from non-institutionalised systems
6. The Barnyard — lack of funding makes universities and departments compete for the meagre feed on offer, diverting research resources to this contest and weakening all the participating projects

Link: http://www.innovation.gov.au/innovationreview/Documents/67-Adrian_Richards.pdf

Notes

None at this stage.

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