The Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs), bring together outstanding research groups. They involve researchers from universities, CSIRO and other government laboratories, and private industry. CRCs cover long-term, collaborative research and development efforts of very substantial quality and size that contribute to national objectives. CRCs also stimulate education and training through the involvement of people from outside universities in education programs and by offering degree and non-degree courses and training focussed on industry needs.
| Information and Communications Technology |
| Australian Photonics CRC
The mission of the Australian Photonics CRC is to be Australia's principle organisation for research and development, and education and training in optical fibre and photonics technology; and to assist the development of Autralian industry through the use of the skills of its members and the outcomes of its programs, by technology transfer and industry access to product development facilities. |
| CRC for Sensor Signal and Information
Processing CSSIP's role is to benefit Australia, its people and its industry in the field of sensor signal and information processing, through world-class research, development, education and application. Signal and information processing is multidisciplinary and is essential in many of the systems that form the basis of our modern technology. It involves engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists and physicists and has applications in many diverse areas such as communications, radar, sonar, acoustics, remote sensing, surveillance and imaging systems. |
| Centre For Ultra-high
Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) Located at the University of Sydney |
| Mining and Energy |
| CRC for Mining Technology and Equipment (incl. coal extension) |
| G K Williams CRC for Extractive Metallurgy |
| Australian Petroleum CRC (incl. WA extension)
The APCRC will add value to the Australian upstream petroleum industry and the development of Australia's petroleum resources through:
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| CRC for Australian Mineral Exploration
Technologies Develop and deliver to the Australian mineral exploration industry, dramatically improved (especially airborne electromagnetic) methods for exploration in environments characterised by complex, conductive regolith cover. |
| CRC for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration |
| Environment |
| CRC
for Waste Management and Pollution Control All aspects of the waste management hierarchy, from waste minimisation through to treatment and disposal, are the research focus of the CRC for Waste Management and Pollution Control. The CRC, which began life as a joint venture, became an incorporated company limited by guarantee in July 1992. Particular emphasis is placed on waste management practices that could assist Australian industry. |
| CRC for Soil and Land
Management The CRC for Soil and Land Management provides scientifically sound technologies to manage soil fertility and erosion in agriculture, remediation of contaminated urban and industrial land, the impact of agricultural practices on land, water and air quality, and clean food standards. |
| Antarctic Climate Ecosystems
What is the role of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in global climate change? The Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment (Antarctic CRC) based in Hobart, Australia, is addressing this and other questions by conducting research on the links between the oceans, the sea ice, the atmosphere, and the continental ice-sheet. Field investigations are used to study these various components with emphasis on how they change over time. Atmosphere-ice-ocean processes are modelled by supercomputer in order to understand and predict climate change. The focus is on both short and long-term climate change with research programs in the following areas: ocean processes; sea ice; ice sheet; polar atmosphere and weather; marine sediments; deep ice cores; and, microbial processes in the environment. |
| CRC for Catchment Hydrology The Centre brings together skills and resources to address important issues in land and water management in Australia. Its core research programs cover: Catchment Water and Salt Balance; Waterway Management and Erosion Control; Urban Hydrology; and Flood Hydrology. In addition, its interaction with industry includes programs for: Education and Training; and Technology Transfer and Training. |
| CRC for Biological Control of Vertebrate Pest Populations |
| CRC Reef Research Centre |
| CRC for Freshwater Ecology The CRC for Freshwater Ecology was established in July 1993 to develop the ecological basis for the sustainable management of surface waters in Australian temperate regions. It brings together major limnological research groups in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. |
| CRC
for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology The Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology (CRC SHM) was established in July, 1993 under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres Program. The centre brings together Monash University, the Bureau of Meteorology, the CSIRO Divisions of Atmospheric Research and Applied Physics and Cray Research (Australia) Pty Ltd in a collaborative program of meteorological research and education. The CRC is one of the principal centres in Australia for research and graduate training in the meteorological sciences. |
| CRC for Tropical Rainforest
Ecology and Management The Co-operative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (CRC TREM) is establishing a knowledge base to enable good management of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and of adjacent forests in perpetuity. This involves both establishing what is here and the physical and biological processes working in tropical rainforest. Findings from this program should also benefit management of other tropical rainforests. Most research within the Australian tropical rainforest has been conducted by the institutions which have entered the CRC TREM. |
| CRC for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas |
| CRC
for Conservation and Management of Marsupials The CRC for Conservation and Management of Marsupials will undertake research and education to enhance the conservation of endangered marsupials and to develop acceptable methods for the humane management of problem populations. |
| CRC for Water
Quality and Treatment The CRC for Water Quality and Treatment was established in 1995, bringing together the main players in the Australian RandD sector which have a specific focus on drinking water supply. The CRC is concerned with the water cycle which commences at the catchment reservoir and finishes at the consumer's tap, ie. the cost-effective provision of safe drinking water. |
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