Australia-German Energy Science Deal
- February 25th, 2010
- Posted by EUEditor
The Australian and German governments have agreed to spend A$900,000 in a fifty-fifty deal to promote scientific collaboration between the two countries.
The Australian Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, said in Canberra (18.2.10) clean energy technologies, including solar projects would be a key focus.
Projects would range across many areas including solar photovoltaics, environmental science, information and communication technology, geosciences, marine sciences, and nanotechnology.
The announcement co-incided with a visit by a scientific delegation from Germany, and the two parties say it is the first time they have set up a seeding fund to promote research partnerships.
On the Australian side it will be carried out under the International Science Linkages program.
The Minister said that in the scientific world Germany was Australia’s fourth most important collaborator as measured by joint publications, behind the United States, the United Kingdom and more recently China.
“As the largest economy in Europe and a world leader in developing cutting-edge technologies, Germany is an important bilateral partner for Australiaâ€, he said.
He said the Australian government had made a commitment to increase spending on science and innovation this year by 25% — the strongest recorded annual rise.
Reference
Sen. K. Carr, “$450 000 for Australian German Bilateral researchâ€, Media Release, Canberra, 18.2.10.
Australiann Academy of Science, Canberra, Home, 22.2.10.www.science.org.au, (25.2.10).
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