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2025 Strategic Examination of Research and Development - Issues Papers
Consultations | Internal Closing Date | Feedback |
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Issues Paper 1 - National coordination for RD&I impact The paper presents a model for national governance. It outlines focus areas to enable system-wide performance management and evaluation to support broader societal and economic outcomes. | Closed | Provide a response to Issues Paper 1 |
Issues Paper 2 - Scaling the system The paper presents a framework to radically accelerate and strengthen Australia's research, development and innovation system with a focus on how we create value, including economic impact, from our efforts. | Closed | Provide a response to Issues Paper 2 |
Issues Paper 3 - RD&I incentives The paper presents ways to enhance research, development and innovation incentives to foster greater ambition. It sets out how incentives, including the R&D Tax Incentive, can be better directed to support growth and achieve greater economic and social impact. | Closed | Provide a response to Issues Paper 3 |
Issues Paper 4 - Investment and capital: Growing investment and capital for RD&I The paper presents opportunities to grow investment and capital in Australian research, development and innovation. This includes ways to increase the availability of venture capital to support startups and scaleups and reduce barriers to funds choosing higher Australian private equity exposure. | Closed | Provide a response to Issues Paper 4 |
Issues Paper 5 - Foundational research: Creating knowledge The paper focuses on upholding quality research, while reorienting the system to engage with national priorities. It also looks at how we can better use knowledge to achieve economic, social and cultural outcomes. | 3 October 2025 | Provide a response to Issues Paper 5 |
Issues Paper 6 - Government as a an exemplar The paper presents ways government leadership and example setting can deliver a more impactful system. It looks at how governments can lead through being a first customer for RD&I companies, improving regulatory efficiency and by promoting Australia as a knowledge and innovation nation. | 3 October 2025 | Provide a response to Issues Paper 6 |
Submissions by year
The Research Strategy and Policy Team coordinates submissions to Federal and State government and agency consultation exercises relating to research and innovation strategy, policy, funding and governance. Submissions rely upon expert input from UQ researchers and professional staff. Recent submissions have included (UQ login required to access submissions):
- Response to the Australian Government's Strategic Examination of Research and Development (April 2025)
- Response to the ARC Policy Review of the National Competitive Grants Program (April 2025)
- Response to NHMRC Statement on Consumer and Community Involvement in Research (June 2024)
- Response to Draft National Digital Resarch Infrastructure Strategy (November 2023)
- Response to Australia's Draft National Science and Research Priorities (September 2023)
- Response to Improving Alignment and Coordination Between the Medical Research Future Fund and the Medical Research Endowment Account Consultation (July 2023)
- Response to Australia’s National Science and Research Priorities and National Science Statement (April 2023)
- Response to Australia's Autonomous Sanctions Framework Consultation (February 2023)
- Response to the National Reconstruction Fund Consultation (February 2023)
- Response to the Critical Minerals Strategy (February 2023)
- Response to the Review of the Australian Research Council Act 2001 (December 2022)
- Response to the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth’s Inquiry into Australia’s transition to a green energy superpower (November 2022)
- Response to 2022 List of Critical Technologies in the National Interest (September 2022)
- Response to Ability to report Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) income in line with the changed accounting standards (2018) (August 2022)
- Response to Discussion Draft of Snow Medical’s Gender Equity Eligibility Framework (August 2022)
- Response to Draft National Industry PhD Program Guidelines (July 2022)
- Response to Research block grant reform to boost incentives for greater university and industry collaboration consultation paper (May 2022)
- Response to ERA 2023 Benchmarking and Rating Scale – Public Consultation (April 2022)
- Response to Senate Inquiry on the Australian Research Council Amendment (Ensuring Research Independence) Bill 2018 (February 2022)
- Response to Exposure Draft of the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap 2021 (December 2021)
- Response to Queensland Innovation Places Strategy: Discussion Paper (December 2021)
- Response to Draft State Infrastructure Strategy Consultation (October 2021)
- Response to Higher Education Research Commercialisation IP Framework consultation paper (October 2021)
- Response to Draft Higher Education Research Data (HERDC) Specifications for the collection of 2021 data (September 2021)
- Response to the 2030 Space and Spatial Industry Growth Roadmap Consultation Process (August 2021)
- Response to UQ Response to: Growing industry internships for research PhD students through the Research Training Program: Implementation paper (August 2021)
- Response to Draft Traditional Knowledge in Biodiscovery Code of Practice and Guidelines (June 2021)
- Response to the NHMRC's Proposed revisions to NHMRC’s Open Access Policy and Further Guidance (April 2021)
- Response to Changes to the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) cycle – Consultation paper (April 2021)
- Response to the Department of Education, Skills and Employment University Research Commercialisation Consultation Paper (April 2021)
Any questions about submissions, including requests for access to older submissions, can be forwarded to strategy@research.uq.edu.au.
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