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Award for Excellence in Innovation 2017
The enzyme PRMT5 is a new drug target offering therapeutic benefits for both cancer and blood disorders. The CRC has signed an exclusive multi-million-dollar global deal for PRMT5 inhibitors with MSD/Merck in one of the biggest pre-clinical drug licensing deals in Australian history.
Award for Excellence in Innovation 2017
The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities is revolutionising urban water management, with remarkable results in the City of Kunshan in China. This is leading to a market for water sensitive design services in China and Australia.
Award for Excellence in Innovation 2017
Coastal Risk Australia is a world-first website that is enabling people in Australia and the Pacific to visualise how their neighbourhoods could be vulnerable to rising sea levels.
Award for Excellence in Innovation 2017
Pestpoint is a communication tool for remote pest identification, allowing individuals and groups to make swift decisions about management options. It’s proving valuable in developing countries as well as Australia.
KnowHow magazine
The CRC Association produces a regular free magazine, CRCA KnowHow - the magazine connecting science with business. It reveals knowledge that transforms our world, showing how research turns into commercial success and demonstrating how science is making large-scale impacts.
Early Career Researchers Showcase
Five early career researchers recently competed in a speaking competition at Collaborate | Innovate | 2017. The winner, selected by audience vote, took away $6,000 with each finalist receiving $1,000. The CRC Association is proud to announce the winner of the 2017 Showcasing Early Career Researchers competition was Ms Julie Beadle from the HEARing CRC.
- 21 February 2018
The 19th selection round of Cooperative Research Centres is nearing completion, with an announcement on the successful CRCs expected in the next fortnight. Six bids were interviewed by the CRC Advisory Committee over 7 & 8 February, with two, three or four set to be funded. CRCA understands that the final number is likely to be at the upper end of expectations (seven CRCs finish 30 June this year).
- 3 April 2018
MinEx CRC, aimed at lifting Australia's mineral discovery rate has received the go-ahead in the first of the Round 19 CRC announcements.Assistant Minister for Jobs, Science and Innovation, Zed Seselja made the announcement this morning with Resources Minister Matt Canavan. Senator Canavan addressed the National Press Club today.
Register now,
14–16 May at Aerial UTS Function Centre, Sydney
The program has been released
Sponsorship opportunities are available
Businesses are invited to apply to attend our Business-Research Match-up free of charge
Showcasing Early Career Researchers
Six finalists announced
- 3 April 2018
The Wound Management Innovation CRC (‘Wound CRC’) is proud to announce the incorporation and registration for one of its legacy vehicles, Wound Innovations. This will ensure Australia remains at the leading edge of optimal patient care through the delivery of clinical services, telehealth, education, credentialing and ongoing research.
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