Peter SullivanWe have already entered an era of greater scrutiny of the nature and impact of our research from practitioners and we are about to receive active evaluations of our research productivity from the government and other funding agencies. First, we need to understand DEST policy developments and implications. Next, we need to understand the processes used by funding agencies in awarding grants, especially the ARC. Then we need to consider the types of projects that will have an impact on the field of education, and especially mathematics education. This roundtable will allow participants to share understandings of policy directions, especially the anticipated research assessments and the implications for our activities, it will review processes for applying for competitive grants, and it will allow discussion of implications for future mathematics education research. There will also be discussion of the MERGA research policy and consideration of whether variations or additions are needed to anticipate the forthcoming evaluative environments.