Tag: CRC

CRC projects receive $32 million in latest funding round

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Quantum technology, mRNA vaccines and aerospace manufacturing are among 13 joint research projects to share in $32 million in co-investments through the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centre Projects initiative....

CRCs call for more support for industry-led research

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Cooperative Research Australia (CRA) has called for more federal investment into industry-led research to bolster the post-COVID economic recovery and underpin the development of new industries. The CRA today...

The smart money bets on CRC-trained PhD innovators

Posted on   |  by Jane O’Dwyer
Our Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told dozens of world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) to bet on scientists as the people who will lead the...

CRC program stands alone in federal industry support

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
The Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) program has assumed even greater importance to the future of manufacturing with the likely demise of the growth centres initiative, though the CRCs too...

Making sense of industry research collaboration

Posted on   |  by Alan Dormer
The Australian government is spending an increasing proportion of its ‘research’ funding on collaborative programs including Cooperative Research Centres, Industry Transformation Research and Teaching Hubs, and Linkage grants. The...

Weird clean energy funding weirdness

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has provided funding to a clean energy research centre just days after it was revealed that funding had been cut for a similar project already operating...

Playing politics with CRC project grants

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor has accused the government of politicising the Cooperative Research Centres grants program after it was revealed the latest rounds’ recipients were selected late last year but are still...

$110M SmartSat CRC launched

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A new $110 million smart satellites Cooperative Research Centre will be the “engine room” for the Australian space sector and help local companies take on the world, its CEO...
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