Partnerships
Senator the Hon Kim Carr (left) with ANSTO
CEO, Dr Adi Paterson.
ANSTO works in partnerships and collaborative ventures with national and international organisations.
ANSTO is committed to developing the kinds of skills and knowledge necessary to bring
the full benefit of nuclear technology to Australia. This is done through partnerships that expand Australia’s capacity for engagement in nuclear science and technology and reflect the Federal Government’s Innovation Priorities, which aim to increase Australia’s capacity
to create knowledge and to advance skills and technologies.
ANSTO is proud of its relationships and acknowledges these below.
Primary Partnership
AINSE is the key link between Australasian universities and ANSTO’s state-of-the-art facilities by facilitating and supporting high-quality research, education and training in nuclear science and engineering.
Strategic Partnerships
With our strategic partners, ANSTO has established a framework for cooperation, cultivating long-term institutional co-developments.
Research Partnerships
With our research partners, we work together in research and education to strengthen Australia’s research. The collaborations include joint research appointments, joint supervision of research students, staff exchange, use of equipment and negotiated arrangements specific to each partner, including joint grant applications, establishments of centres of excellence, and participation in research networks.
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF)
- Collaborating Research Centres (CRC)
- CSIRO
- Curtin University of Technology
- Flinders University
- Macquarie University
- Monash University
- National Deuteration Facility (NDF)
- National Imaging Facility (NIF)
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- University of Auckland
- University of Melbourne
- University of NSW
- University of Queensland
- Sydney University
- University of Tasmania
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of WA
- University of Western Sydney
- University of Wollongong
Academy Partnerships
Partnerships with these non-government organisations are focused on the promotion of scientific and engineering knowledge.
International
Agreements with ANSTO’s international partners include exchange of information, staff exchange, cooperative projects, organisation of joint seminars and workshops, access for Australian researchers to large-scale facilities and overseas research programs in view of stimulating joint activities for the advancement of science and engineering and, subsequently, innovation.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA), France
European Union Projects include: - Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France
- International Atomic Energy association (IAEA)
- National Central University of Taiwan
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
- National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), UK
- National Research Council of Canada
- National Science Council, Taiwan
- Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA)
- US Department of Energy (DOE); Laboratories include
Industry associations
ANSTO staff members are also engaged with industrial associations.
Government
ANSTO has links with a number of governmental bodies and organisations; major links are:
- Department of innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE)
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
- Department of Resources Energy and Tourism (DRET)
- NSW Office of Science and Medical Research (OSMR)
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Sutherland Shire Council
Regulatory
ANSTO’s operation of nuclear (and non-nuclear) facilities and equipment requires close interactions with regulatory bodies, such as: