{"id":216124,"date":"2026-05-19T01:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/the-government-has-blocked-funding-to-13-research-projects-for-security-reasons-what-happens-now\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T01:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:45:18","slug":"the-government-has-blocked-funding-to-13-research-projects-for-security-reasons-what-happens-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/the-government-has-blocked-funding-to-13-research-projects-for-security-reasons-what-happens-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The government has blocked funding to 13 research projects for security reasons. What happens now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-government-has-blocked-funding-to-13-research-projects-for-security-reasons-what-happens-now-283265\">The government has blocked funding to 13 research projects for security reasons. What happens now?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-government-has-blocked-funding-to-13-research-projects-for-security-reasons-what-happens-now-283265\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-government-has-blocked-funding-to-13-research-projects-for-security-reasons-what-happens-now-283265<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-19 01:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Australian Research Council announced a significant increase in research funding denials for national security reasons, blocking 13 projects, which is more than double the number vetoed annually since 2001.<\/li>\n<li>Federal Education Minister Jason Clare gave no public details on the reasons or specifics, and the issue has not been formally disclosed to the public.<\/li>\n<li>This decision follows the revelation by AI intelligence company Strider that over 6,000 publications and collaborations between Australian researchers and China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army exist since 2020, focusing on high-risk technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The Research Council implemented a new Research Security Framework that guides responses to security risks throughout grants, expecting universities to voluntarily avoid projects posing threats.<\/li>\n<li>The balance between secrecy and transparency complicates the ability to learn from these decisions and prevent future refusals, risking further gaps in understanding the implications for Australian research.<\/li>\n<li>Australia&#8217;s research security has been seen as lagging behind international counterparts, which some critics attribute in part to a fragmented approach spread across several laws and policies.<\/li>\n<li>There is a growing call for Australia to adopt a unified research security strategy similar to the UK\u2019s forthcoming strategy to address these concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has blocked funding to 13 research projects for security reasons. 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