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Nature 389, 220 (18 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/38360

Open Innovation Challenges

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New research chief faces multiple challenges

Peter Pockley

Vicki Sara, newly appointed as chair of the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the first woman in the post, says her first challenge is to ensure Australia's international competitiveness in research at a time of "extreme pressure on funding".The council provides competitive, peer-reviewed grants for research in universities.