ARC funding ‘skewed’ against humanities, academy says

National grants programme run by Australian Research Council needs a full redesign, review told

The humanities should get a more “equitable” share of Australian research funding, the Australian Academy of the Humanities has said.

In its submission to the Australian Research Council’s review of its grants programme, the academy said “the ARC is the only source of government funding for basic research in the humanities and the primary source of industry-related collaborative funding”.