Investing in the future
Curtin researchers are set to undertake tens of millions of dollars worth of research as part of our successful involvement in four national Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs).
It follows an announcement by Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, that the four CRCs would receive more than $92 million in Federal Government funds, as well as millions more in industry support and in-kind investment from a number of research organisations.
A substantial amount of this will go into cutting-edge research projects conducted at Curtin through the CRCs:
- CRC Mining - designed to deliver innovative technologies and systems to the Australian mining industry, this program has a total budget of more than $60 million.
- The CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies - involves a total budget of more than $100 million to develop carbon capture and storage technologies.
- The Deep Exploration Technologies CRC - with a budget of about $100 million dollars over eight years, this CRC is intended to develop new technologies to safely explore deep under the Earth's surface, to find so far undiscovered mineral wealth.
- CRC for Spatial Information - involves the establishment of a coordinated national network of satellite system reference stations and the formation of the Australian Spatial Marketplace. This CRC will have a budget of more than $150 million to create a potent collaboration on all research and education issues concerning satellite positioning and mapping in Australia, and will involve industries as diverse as agriculture, logistics, health and defence.
Curtin's participation in these centres will allow us to increase our cutting-edge research and collaboration in a number of key areas, and provide advantages for local businesses.
Find out more
About CRCs | Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
