Cooperative Research Centre
Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) are an Australian Federal Government initiative and key bodies for Australian scientific research. The Cooperative Research Centres Program was established in 1990 to enhance Australia's industrial, commercial and economic growth through the development of sustained, user-driven, cooperative public-private research centres that achieve high levels of outcomes in adoption and commercialisation. The program emphasises the importance of collaborative arrangements to maximise the benefits of research through an enhanced process of utilisation, commercialisation and technology transfer. It also has a strong education component with a focus on producing graduates with skills relevant to industry needs. Most CRCs offer scholarships for postgraduate students.
The CRC Program is administered by the Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (Australia).
Reviews of the Cooperative Research Program have been regularly undertaken. In 2012, an independent impact study found CRCs generated a net economic benefit of $7.5 billion from 1991 - 2017. This equates to an annual contribution of $278 million, or around 0.03 percentage points to GDP.
The Cooperative Research Centre Association (CRCA), established on 1 December 1994, to promote the CRC program while also acting a conduit for information sharing and learning between CRCs. Over time the role has evolved to the extent that today the CRCA is also recognised as the principal non-Government advocate of the CRC Program.
Read more about Cooperative Research Centre: History of The CRC Program, CRC Research Success Stories, CRC Education Success Stories, List of CRCs
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