1. ARC Support for Research in Nanomaterials Professor Brian Yates Executive Director, Engineering, Mathematics and Information Sciences Australian Research Council

2. Commonwealth Investment in R&D 2014–15 ($m)

3. Trends in Government R&D investment 2003–2015 ($m)

4. Selected research agencies 2003–2015 funding ($m)

5. ARC funding by institute 2010–2014

6. % funding share—Australian Research Grants Committee 1974 compared with ARC NCGP 2013

7. National Competitive Grants Program Discovery ProgramsLinkage Programs Laureate Fellowships Future Fellowships DECRA Discovery Projects Centres of Excellence Co- Funded & SRI Linkage Projects Other Fellowships Area of box represents funding awarded over the period 2008–2013. N.b. ITRP & DECRA running for less than five years. LIEF ITRP

8. Centres of Excellence *BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA = Humanities and Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences Source: 2014 Selection Report Table 1 Results for 2014 round Next round about to begin - EOI

9. NCGP % funding by Fields of Research 2002–2014

10. ARC NCGP funding by Fields of Research 2002–2014

11. ARC NCGP funding For Nanotech (FOR 1007*) † *or RFCD equiv. † Outcomes for 2015 are not complete and do not include funding for Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships and Linkage Projects. Centres of Excellence !

12. Nanotech Centres of Excellence awarded in 2014

13. Nanotechnology Field of Research code 1007 100701Environmental Nanotechnology 100702Molecular and Organic Electronics 100703Nanobiotechnology 100704Nanoelectromechanical Systems 100705Nanoelectronics 100706Nanofabrication, Growth and Self Assembly 100707Nanomanufacturing 100708Nanomaterials 100709Nanomedicine 100710Nanometrology 100711Nanophotonics 100712Nanoscale Characterisation 100713Nanotoxicology, Health and Safety 100799Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified

14. ARC funding for Nanomaterials* (excluding CoEs) *ANY PROPORTION OF FOR CODE 100708 NANOMATERIALS LIEF

15. Fields of Research Networked

17. Discussion/questions