He calls for a national new-blood appointments scheme for researchers – and has a way to pay for it  

 Professor Crossley (DVC A, UNSW) warns, “if we don’t act, I fear the burden of hiring freezes will fall disproportionately on the new generation of aspiring academics and that just isn’t fair.”

Or in the national interest, “the talent available is extraordinary and we should harness as much as we can from Australia and from across the world,” he writes in CMM this morning.

He proposes doubling ARC and NHMRC research fellowships and funding them from the Medical Research Future Fund, ARC equipment grants or student fees.