On Christmas Eve 2021, decisions were announced on applications for 2022 Discovery Projects to be awarded by the Australian Research Council.
587 projects across the sciences and humanities passed through peer review and were approved for funding.
However, an additional six projects had funding vetoed by the acting Minister despite passing through vigorour peer review and being recommended for funding.
This interference in the ARC's usual decision making has recevied considerable criticism.
This open letter signed by 63 ARC Laureate Fellows is a response to this incident.
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Prof Adrienne Stone FASSA FAAL, Melbourne. | Prof Ian Small FAA, UWA. | Prof Peter Cawood, Monash. |
Prof Alexander Haslam, UQ. | Prof John Grundy FASE FIEAust, Monash. | Prof Peter Hodgson FTSE FIEAust, Deakin. |
Prof Andrew White FAA FAPS FOSA, UQ. | Prof John Quiggin, UQ. | Prof Peter Taylor FAustMS, Melbourne. |
Prof Ann McGrath, AM FASSA FAHA RHS, ANU. | Prof Jolanda Jetten FASSA, UQ. | Prof Ping Koy Lam FAA, ANU. |
Prof Belinda Medlyn, Western Sydney. | Prof Jon Barnett, Melbourne. | Prof Richard (Bert) Roberts, Wollongong. |
Prof Ben Andrews FAA, ANU. | Prof Julian Gale FAA, Curtin. | Prof Robert G. Parton FAA, UQ. |
Prof Brad Sherman, UQ. | Prof Justin Marshall, UQ. | Prof Rose Amal AC FAA FTSE FRNS, UNSW Sydney. |
Prof Brian P. Schmidt FAA FRS, ANU. | Prof Katherine Demuth FAASA FRNS, Macquarie. | Prof Ross Buckley FASSA FAAL, UNSW Sydney. |
Prof Christopher Barner-Kowollik FAA FRSC FRACI, QUT. | Prof Leann Tilley, Melbourne. | Prof Sara Dolnicar FASSA, UQ. |
Prof Dan Li, Melbourne. | Prof Lianzhou Wang, UQ. | Prof Sharon Friel FASSA, ANU. |
Prof David James FAA, Sydney. | Prof Lynette Russell AM FRHistS FASSA FAHA, Monash. | Prof Sharon Parker FASSA, Curtin. |
Prof Douglas MacFarlane FAA FTSE, Monash. | Prof Maria Forsyth FAA FRACI, Deakin. | Prof Stephen Foley, Macquarie. |
Prof Emerita Margaret Jolly AM FASSA, ANU. | Prof Mark Finnane FAHA FASSA, Griffith. | Prof Steven Sherwood, UNSW Sydney. |
Prof Geoffrey McFadden FAA FASP FASM, Melbourne. | Prof Mark Westoby FAA FAAAS, Macquarie. | Prof Stuart Wyithe, Melbourne. |
Prof George Willis FAA FRSN, Newcastle. | Prof Martina Stenzel FAA FRSN FRACI, UNSW Sydney. | Prof Sue O'Connor, ANU. |
Prof George Zhao, UQ. | Prof Matthew Bailes, Swinburne. | Prof Tamara Davis AM, UQ. |
Prof Gottfried Otting, ANU. | Prof Matthew Spriggs FSA FAHA, ANU. | Prof Toby Walsh FAA FAAAS FRSN, UNSW Sydney. |
Prof Barry Pogson FAA, ANU. | Prof Michael Bird FRSE, James Cook. | Prof Warwick Anderson FAHA FASSA FAHMS FRSN, Sydney. |
Prof Harvey Millar FAA, UWA. | Prof Naomi McClure-Griffiths, ANU. | Prof Yun Liu, ANU. |
Prof Hong Hao FTSE DistFIAPS FASCE, Curtin. | Prof Paul E. Griffiths FAHA FAAAS FRNS, Sydney. | |
Prof Huanting Wang FTSE FRSC FAICHE, Monash. | Prof Paul Mulvaney, Melbourne. | |
Prof Ian Reid FAA FTSE, Adelaide. | Prof Paul S.C. Tacon FAHA FSA, Griffith. |
For more details, interviews, etc, please contact one of the following:
Professor Alexander Haslam, University of Queensland.
Professor Barry Pogson FAA, ANU.
Professor Lynette Russell AM FRHistS, FASSA, FAHA, Monash University.
Professor Toby Walsh FAA FRNS, UNSW Sydney.
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