The CSIRO, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and the Australian Institute of Marine Science will get in total an extra $34 million average in each of the next three years.
In 1994-95 general outlays on general and scientific research are expected to be 0.9 per cent of GDP, the same as last year. Of that, 43 per cent goes to CSIRO and 30 per cent to the Australian Research Council.
The general trend is one of increased external earnings and declining Budget allocations and towards applied research rather than longer term strategic research.
The CSIRO will have $698.8 million in 1994-95, $237.7 million of which will have been earned externally.
The Budget papers say “”The forward estimates for 1997-98 are 2 per cent lower in real terms than the 1993-94 estimated outcome.
The Budget also committed $2.55 million for the continuation of the Omega Navigation Station, for aircraft, maritime and meteorological work.