The Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) provides Strategic Research Funding (SRF) towards membership of various research advocacy and peak bodies, research infrastructure and research collaborations where deemed to be of strategic value and relevance for the wider ECU Research Community. See below table for details of current SRF supported ECU Research Memberships and Partnerships.
| Entity | Services available to ECU Researchers | Get in touch |
|---|---|---|
Advocacy and Peak bodies | ||
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) AINSE provides pathways and networks for collaboration within nuclear science, engineering and related research fields both nationally and internationally. |
| Internal contact: AINSE contact: |
Cooperative Research Australia (CRA) Peak body that supports Australian innovation, connecting research organisations and industry with private and public funding, data and insights, partnerships, and best practice - particularly in relation to Cooperative Research Centres and their projects. |
| Internal contact: CRA contact: admin@cooperativeresearch.org.au |
Research Australia National peak body for Australia’s health and medical research sector. |
| Internal contact: Research Australia contact: admin@researchaustralia.org |
WA Health Translation Network (WAHTN) The State’s peak body for coordination and advocacy for translational Health and Medical Research. |
| Internal contact: WAHTN contact: info@wahtn.org |
Subsea Innovation Cluster Australia (SICA) SICA connects research institutions with Australia’s subsea industry and other related clusters to strengthen collaboration, innovation, and expansion of the Australian subsea sector. |
| Internal contact: SICA contact: |
Research Infrastructure | ||
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre One of only two Tier-1, High Performance Computing facilities in Australia offering researchers access to world class infrastructure and expert advice in supercomputing, data, cloud services and visualisation. |
| Pawsey contact: |
Australian National Imaging Facility- WA Node (ANIF) ANIF is Australia’s advanced imaging infrastructure available to support various research fields including agriculture and food, human health, biodiversity and materials and specimens. |
| ANIF contact: |
Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Australia’s leading research data infrastructure facility providing Australian researchers with digital research infrastructure advice, support, services and programs. |
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Digitisation Centre of WA State peak body for the digitisation of major humanities, arts and social sciences collections in Western Australia. |
| Digitisation Centre contact: |
RAINE Study A supported-access resource where enquiries are encouraged from researchers who wish to utilise data from one of the most comprehensive multi-generational pregnancy birth cohort studies in the world. |
| RAINE Study contact: |
Research Collaborations | ||
WA Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI) Independent collaborative biodiversity research body addressing the knowledge needs in WA and providing researchers with opportunities to leverage funding through their networks. |
| Internal contact: WABSI contact: |
WA Marine Science Institute (WAMSI) A joint collaboration of state and federal government, and academic science organisations working together to provide independent marine research for the benefit of the environment, the community and the Blue Economy. |
| Internal contact: WAMSI contact: |
Defence Science Centre (DSC) The WA contribution to the Australian Defence Science and Universities Network (ADSUN) the DSC works to connect university researchers with industry, the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and defence end users. www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-jobs-tourism-science-and-innovation/defence-science-centre |
| Internal contact: DSC contact: |
Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC) Awarded $50m in Commonwealth funding in 2018 for a seven-year term, and headquartered at ECU Joondalup, the CSCRC is a vehicle for researchers to work with industry partners to solve pressing cyber security challenges. |
| Internal contact: CSCR contact: cybersecuritycrc.org.au/contact-us |
iMove Cooperative Research Centre iMOVE CRC is funded by the federal government and its government, industry and research partners over 10 years to tackle transport-related challenges in Australia. |
| Internal contact: iMove contact: |
Requests for Strategic Research Funding support for research organisations are considered by the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) on a case by case basis and are subject to funding availability at the time of request. Funding requests can be processed via this form.
ECU staff are encouraged to access research news and opportunities via Research Weekly - a weekly-publication that provides timely information to the ECU research community on a range of research related topics.