The Australian Research Council's New Leader Opens Up - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Use the link to access the full text of the interview transcript descibed as follows: "Australia has two main agencies that hand out government research money: the National Health and Medical Research Council, or NHMRC, and the Australian Research Council, or ARC. Aidan Byrne, a nuclear physicist, became the ARC’s chief executive in July. Although he’s still 'finding his feet' in the job, he says, Mr. Byrne has made it an early priority to broaden access to government-supported research in Australia. The Chronicle spoke with him by phone about how that effort is shaping up."