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17 April 2018It is a relief to hear the announcement of four new CRCs. Fifteen bids were received in the middle of 2017; 14 were considered by the Advisory Committee; six were shortlisted and now four are funded. Three of them fully-funded and one with a program cut. There's the first lesson for future bidders – the government will fully support CRCs that make the business case for that support.
- 17 April 2018
Assistant Minister Senator Zed Seselja announced three new CRCs last week – Fighting Food Waste CRC; Future Fuels CRC and Digital Health CRC – completing Round 19 of the CRC Program. MinEx CRC was announced a fortnight earlier.
14–16 May at Aerial UTS Function Centre, Sydney
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Awards for Excellence in Innovation
Winners announced
Showcasing Early Career Researchers
Winner announced
- 17 April 2018
CRC ORE's Grade Engineering modelling programs have been strengthened over the summer thanks to the work of four motivated students who joined CRC ORE for our inaugural vacation intern program. Alex Perera, James Bamford, and Jacob Rogers joined us from The University of Queensland (UQ).
CRC Association – bringing knowledge together
- 8 February 2017
The CRC Association submits that the total resources to the CRC Programme should be lifted to $200 million in the 2017-2018 Budget (from the current $160 million) and maintained in real terms over the forward estimates. The total cost over the next three years is $108 million. This would partially restore the CRC Programme budget and enable the programme to continue to deliver for Australia.
Study with CRCs
If you are thinking about postgraduate study, you’ll also be thinking about postgraduate work.
A third of PhD-trained researchers in Australia work in industry but this proportion is set to boom during your career (in the US it’s more like two-thirds).
So if you are thinking about further study, give some thought to where you’ll end up working and consider training through a Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). CRCs give you industry experience and the chance to work on the major challenges facing Australia.
Find out more about current scholarship/study opportunities at CRCs
