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The University has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to provide supplementary funding for its research funding base.
The Howard Government confirmed in December it would provide an extra $16.5 million in base funding for ANU over 2005 to 2007.
A unique feature of ANU is that, unlike other universities, a large part of its funding from the Commonwealth is a block grant for research activities. As these funds are not part of the Commonwealth Grants Scheme, which pays universities for student places, they had not previously been included for supplementary funding purposes.
"This money will help us continue to deliver outstanding research for the Australian people."
Professor Ian Chubb
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The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Chubb, said he was pleased that after a busy election period, and amidst the commencement of the Howard Government’s new term, the Government had been able to address this pressing issue.
“This additional $16.5 million is an outstanding investment for the Australian taxpayer. ANU has been repeatedly acknowledged as the nation’s leading university, and I hope all Australians take pride in seeing their pre-eminent university named alongside the world’s best,” Professor Chubb said.
“This money will help us continue to deliver outstanding research for the Australian people.
“ANU particularly thanks the Government and Education Minister, Dr Brendan Nelson, for their continuing support of Australia’s leading university.
“I would also like to thank our local Members of Parliament, Mr Gary Nairn and Senator Gary Humphries, for their unstinting support of ANU — without which the University may not have seen this issue addressed.
“Many others have also played a critical role in ensuring the ANU gets its fair share of funding — probably too many to mention, but our thanks goes to them all.
“These resources will be carefully managed to ensure that they produce a better future for our nation and for the world at large.”
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