Productivity Commission Report into Public Support for Research and Innovation welcomed by CSIRO

By November 2nd, 2006

CSIRO Chief Executive Geoff Garrett has welcomed the Productivity Commission Draft Report into Public Support for Research and Innovation as an important and lasting contribution to the debate on public support for science and innovation.

“The report states that there are positive net impacts from Research and Development undertaken in public research agencies such as CSIRO (which receives 10 per cent of the public funding for R & D) and adds that CSIRO’s funding should not be reduced,” Dr Garrett said.

“I am gratified that the Report also recommends that CSIRO’s approach to priority setting and performance management may have wider applicability to other parts of Australia’s innovation system.”

“I am gratified that the Report also recommends that CSIRO’s approach to priority setting and performance management may have wider applicability to other parts of Australia’s innovation system.”

“This recognises the importance of both CSIRO’s rigorous science investment process in which we prioritise our research, and our innovative Flagship programme in which multidisciplinary teams work together on some of Australia’s biggest challenges such as water, energy and health.”

Dr Garrett said that CSIRO looked forward to reading the extensive report in detail and to working with the Commission as it progresses its study.

 

Fast facts

  • CSIRO Chief Executive Geoff Garrett has welcomed the Productivity Commission Draft Report into Public Support for Research and Innovation as an important and lasting contribution to the debate on public support for science and innovation
  • The report states that there are positive net impacts from Research and Development undertaken in public research agencies such as CSIRO (which receives 10 per cent of the public funding for R & D) and adds that CSIRO’s funding should not be reduced