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Grants awarded under the 2026 Publication Subsidy Scheme will assist the publication of new research in the humanities from 9 early career scholars, exploring topics such as the experience and memories of Tamil refugees, a critical inquiry on dictionaries of ancient Egyptian language, and the history of girlhood in Australia.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has made a submission to the Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026, setting out what the Bill gets this right, and where it still falls short.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH) has welcomed the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) renewed commitment to excellent early-stage research following the release of the Final Report of the review of the National Competitive Grants Program.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities argues that Australia’s graduates need more than technical knowledge. Universities must equip students with the critical thinking, communication, ethical reasoning, cultural understanding and adaptability needed to thrive in changing careers, strengthen Australia’s sovereign capability and contribute to a resilient society.
The Academy’s submission to the Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse Job-Ready Graduates Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025 acknowledges remediating the Job Ready Graduates Package requires addressing extreme funding differentials in student contributions and balancing this with increases to Commonwealth contributions to ensure adequate funding on the university side.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH) has welcomed the release of the Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD) final report, Ambitious Australia, and its recognition that Australia must invest strategically in its national knowledge and innovation capabilities.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has welcomed the establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC), describing it as a foundational reform to secure Australia’s long-term knowledge capabilities. In our submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Universities Accord (ATEC) Bill 2025, we argue that decades without a national coordinating body have left Australia without a shared vision or a mechanism to plan for the future needs of students, the workforce, research, democratic institutions and wider society.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities welcomes the Australian government’s National AI Plan and supports its ambition to strengthen Australia’s capability to develop, adopt and govern artificial intelligence in ways that advance productivity, inclusion and social trust.
Four AAH Fellows will lead world-first research on human origins as a part of a new Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence, which aims to transform our understanding of why and how our species, Homo sapiens, is the only surviving human on our planet.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.
