Emeritus Professor Sally Davenport. (Image: Supplied)
A decade-long $680 million experiment in how to do “mission-led” science has just ended with the dissolution of 11 National Science Challenges that funded hundreds of research projects across the country.The National Science Challenges (NSCs) were designed to disrupt the business-as-usual approach to science by taking a singular approach to tackling big problems like climate change, our ageing population, natural hazards and boosting economic growth. Scientists I’ve talked to loved being involved in these challenges...
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