Curtin University of Technology will undertake tens of millions of dollars worth of research as part of its successful involvement in four national Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) announced by Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research .<\/p>\n
The four CRCs will 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.<\/p>\n
A substantial amount of this will go into research projects conducted at Curtin.<\/p>\n
Professor Linda Kristjanson, Curtin\u2019s Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development, said participation in these CRCs meant Curtin increased its cutting-edge research and collaboration in a number of key areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvolvement in these national CRCs is a great opportunity for Curtin,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government and industry funding will provide Curtin\u2019s students and researchers with the resources they need to perform world leading research in a number of areas vital to WA\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the long term this will provide a number of advantages for local businesses, and new employment opportunities for young people in Western Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curtin is a partner in the new CRC Mining, as well as the CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies, Deep Exploration Technologies CRC and the CRC for Spatial Information.\u00a0 These CRCs will focus on leading edge research in a number of areas:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0CRC Mining \u2013 designed to deliver innovative technologies and systems to the Australian mining industry, this program has a total budget of more than $60 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0The CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies \u2013 involves a total budget of more than $100 million to develop carbon capture and storage technologies.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0The Deep Exploration Technologies CRC \u2013 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\u2019s surface, to find so far undiscovered mineral wealth.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0CRC for Spatial Information \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
Mark Woffenden, Executive Director of Curtin\u2019s new Resources and Chemistry Precinct, said the CRC Mining was of particular importance to Western Australia and the mining industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuch of Australia\u2019s mineral wealth is covered by up to a kilometre of highly weathered rocks, making it difficult to reach,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need new technologies if we are to safely find and mine much of Australia\u2019s ore deposits.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Cooperative Research Centre is an excellent example of industry and the research community establishing a major new research and education collaboration for the minerals industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cooperative Research Centres Program is a Federal Government initiative in which government, industry and research organisations co-invest in innovative research to benefit Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Curtin will undertake tens of millions of dollars worth of research as part of its successful involvement in four national Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) announced by Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-17252","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","hentry","category-research"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":"","photographer":"","media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Curtin","last_name":"University","display_name":"Curtin University"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17252"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=17252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}