Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Program
Supporting CRC applications is our strongest capability area.
All eight CIS CRC bids have been successful in the last two funding rounds (Rounds 20 and 21), securing over $1,500 million in cash and in-kind resources.
CIS again submitted four CRC applications in 2020 (round 21) once again all of these bids were awarded funding and comprised four of the five bids funded. These cooperative research centres secured over $1,500 million in combined commonwealth and participant funding. This follows our similar success in 2019 where all of our four bids were funded and these bids were the only bids funded in that round. This reaffirms our dominant position as the main and most successful service provider to CRC bids.
CIS has taken a strategic approach to supporting CRC applications and has invested significantly in developing IP to support the application process. This includes the development of templates and tools to capture and produce information in accordance with the application requirements, the development of a CRC specific financial model and economic impact modelling tool. This IP improves the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the application process.
The application process is complex and time consuming. CIS provides comprehensive processes that can assist your organisation’s application from the early beginnings of the application through to establishment of your successfully funded CRC. CIS provides flexible options in supporting consortiums during their Stage 1 and Stage 2 bids, interview and establishment.
Current Projects (Round 22)
CIS is currently supporting 7 CRC applications in the current round (Round 22).
ONE Basin CRC
Well and Productive CRC
Marine Bio Products CRC
Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition (HILT) CRC
Thriving Coast CRC
Water security CRC
Clean Australia CRC
Round 21 Projects
$90,000,000
SmartCrete CRC will provide new technologies and capabilities for the engineered design and advanced manufacturing of concrete products and tailored expertise to supportcompanies to develop their products to the commercial production stage within Australia.
Client: Macquarie University
Reliable Affordable Clean Energy CRC: (RACE) for 2030 CRC
$347,500,000
High-impact research on boosting energy productivity and integrating clean, distributed energy into the grid, in order to cut bills and carbon emissions of AUstralian businesses and households.
Client: University of Technology Sydney
Future Energy Exports (FEnEx CRC)
$162,250,000
Future-proofing Australia energy exports through industrial scale innovation. The CRC will achieve this by revolutionising Australia’s energy export industry by reaching new levels of efficiency in all parts of the LNG value chain by using less energy, processing lower grade natural gas with more reliability and recovering more high value by products to maintain our market leading position globally
Client: The University of Western Australia
$130,000,000
The building industry is central to our economy, contributing 13% of GDP and employing over 1.4 million Australians. Unlike other sectors, it has failed to modernise and is plagued by rising costs and stagnating productivity. Through deep collaborations and new technologies of the 4th industrial age, Building 4.0 CRC will catapult the industry into an efficient, connected and customer-centric future. This will deliver better buildings at lower cost and the human capacity to lead this future industry
Client: Monash University
Round 20 Projects
Blue Economy CRC
$321,687,981
Development of innovative and sustainable offshore industries to increase Australian seafood and marine renewable energy production.
Client: The University of Tasmania
SmartSat CRC
$222,316,158
Creation of next generation space-technologies, make Australia more competitive in the global space economy. Supporting growth in critical industries including agriculture, transport, logistics, communications and mining, generating new high-tech jobs and strengthening national defence and security.
Client: University of South Australia
Future Battery Industries CRC
$135,885,882
Identify gaps in the battery industries value chain, support battery deployment and optimise the circular economy for battery waste recycling resulting in value creation, sustainability and global competitiveness of Australia’s battery value chain.
Client: Curtin University
Future Food Systems CRC
$184,580,112
Working across food supply chain, incorporating innovations in protected cropping, advanced manufacturing, smart logistics and food science to underpin high value industries in agrifood hubs and position Australia as a leader in supply of premium, nutritionally dense food goods.
Client: FIAL
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