ARC were asked by Sen. Mehreen Faruqi in #SenateEstimates about the rapid decline in the number of Discovery Projects.

They didn’t answer the question at all. Instead they wanted to "check the data". How uninformed about their own schemes can the ARC be??
https://youtu.be/LAPZzczJY98

ARC Senate Estimates 2024-11-07: Strong decline in number of Discovery Projects funded

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I mean, it’s *their* data and, you know, it’s not as if the rapid decline hasn’t been noticed & pointed out etc.👇
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Attached: 1 image Hi Minister Jason Clare 👋 We fund fewer than half as many basic, blue-sky, ARC discovery projects than in 2010. The collapse has continued in the last 2 years. Please, increase ARC funding for discovery research like all the reviews recommend. Data▶️ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AyITNrCVt7pdLiUzyvC99q7l_X99rCS68r8_3i3h85s/edit?usp=sharing

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It was a massive missed opportunity, in my opinion, to highlight the disastrous effects of cuts to research funding. Almost felt as if Sen Faruqi wanted to give him a chance to protest the declining funding. But what a non-response!