Twenty years of Australian Research Council data shows money goes where it always has

In 2002 35 per cent of 3218 STEM funding applications were successful and 29 per cent of the 1286 HASS ones.

In 2021 there were 4144 STEM apps with a 21 per cent success rate and 1395 HASS apps of which 19 per cent were funded.

In 2002 STEM grants got 78 per cent of the money and 80 per cent in  2021.

(Using 2021 data because “not specified” discipline category accounted for 30 per cent of funding in 2022)