Government response to 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap

« The Australian Government is committed to ensuring that Australia maintains its position as an established global leader in world-class research and that Australian researchers continue to have access to cutting edge research infrastructure.

Demonstrating this commitment, as part of the 2018-19 Budget, the Government announced investment of $1.9 billion over 12 years under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy to support national research infrastructure (NRI) and secure Australia’s research future.

This investment builds on around $260 million in funding during 2017-18 to support high performance computing and astronomy; and complements the ongoing funding commitment of $150 million per year (indexed) for NCRIS, that the Government announced in the National Innovation and Science Agenda in 2015.

The Research Infrastructure Investment Plan (Investment Plan) sets out the Government’s response to the nine key recommendations outlined in the 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap.

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