Posted on behalf of Nadia Rosenthal, Scientific Head, EMBL Australia
There’s exciting news for medical research in the first Abbott budget, but mixed news for science as a whole.
I’m looking forward to seeing the details of the new Medical Research Future Fund, and the research destined to come out of it. It’s also great to see the support for science infrastructure – with $150 million for the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
There’s some good news for mid-career researchers too with 100 more Future Fellowships. But unfortunately, some of our collaborators did not fare so well.
Overall, I look forward to exploring the implications of this budget for the future of EMBL Australia.
One thing I am certain about is that genomics will continue to play an important role in medical research. [Read more…] about Understand my genome to understand yours; our take on the budget; and boosting bioinformatics