Cooperative Research Centres Program (1990 - )

A brief entry on each CRC has been compiled for Australian Science at Work. Each CRC may conduct its operations in many different locations across Australia and even sometimes overseas - the location listed relates only to their head office.

• Cooperative Research Centres Association (1994 - )

• CRC for Optical Fibre and Photonic Technology ( - 1992)
• CRC for Antarctica and Southern Oceans ( - 2003)
• Australian Petroleum CRC, Cooperative Reseach Centre (1991 - )
• CRC for Intelligent Decision Systems (1991 - 1995?)
• CRC for Aerospace Structures (1991 - 1996)
• CRC for Temperate Hardwood Forestry (1991 - 1997)
• CRC for Plant Science (1991 - 1998)
• CRC for Tropical Pest Management (1991 - 1998)
• CRC for Soil and Land Management (1991 - 1998)
• CRC for Robust and Adaptive Systems (1991 - 1998)
• G K Williams CRC for Extractive Metallurgy (1991 - 2000)
• CRC for Eye Research and Technology (1991 - 2003)
• CRC for Mining Technology and Equipment (1991 - 2003)
• CRC for Tissue Growth and Repair (1991 - c. 2003)
• CRC for Waste Management and Pollution Control (1991 - c. 2003)
• CRC for Cellular Growth Factors (1991 - 2004)
• CRC for Sensor Signal and Information Processing (1992 - )
• Australian Photonics CRC (1992 - )
• CRC for Molecular Engineering and Technology: Sensing and Diagnostic Technologies (1992 - 1998)
• CRC for Hardwood Fibre and Paper Science (1992 - 1998)
• CRC for Industrial Plant Biopolymers (1992 - 1999)
• CRC for Viticulture (1992 - )
• CRC for Catchment Hydrology (1992 - )
• CRC for Cardiac Technology (1992 - 1998)
• CRC for Biopharmaceutical Research (1992 - 1998)
• CRC for Polymer Blends (1992 - 1999)
• CRC for Materials Welding and Joining (1992 - 1999)
• CRC for Distributed System Technology (1992 - 1999)
• CRC for Biological Control of Vertebrate Pest Populations (1992 - 1999)
• CRC for Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Research (1992 - 1999)
• Australian Maritime Engineering CRC (1992 - 2000)
• CRC for Tropical Plant Pathology (1992 - 2000)
• CRC for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (1992 - 2000)
• CRC for Australian Mineral Exploration Technologies (1992 - 2000)
• A. J. Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy (1992 - 2005)
• CRC for Ecologically Sustainable Development of the Great Barrier Reef (1993 - 1999)
• CRC for Alloy and Solidification Technology (1993 - 1999)
• CRC for Broadband Telecommunications and Networking (1993 - 1999)
• CRC for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Technologies (1993 - )
• CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (1993 - )
• CRC for the Cattle and Beef Industry (Meat Quality) (1993 - 1999)
• CRC for New Technologies for Power Generation from Low-Rank Coal (1993 - 1999)
• CRC for Sustainable Cotton Production (1993 - 1999)
• CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology (1993 - 2000)
• CRC for Premium Quality Wool (1993 - 2000)
• Australian Geodynamics CRC (1993 - 2000)
• CRC for Food Industry Innovation (1993 - 2001)
• CRC for Freshwater Ecology (1993 - 2005)
• CRC for Advanced Computational Systems (1993 - 2000)
• CRC for Aquaculture (1993 - 2000)
• Research Data Network CRC (1994 - 1998)
• CRC for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment (c. 1995 - c. 1997)
• CRC for Water Quality and Treatment (1995 - )
• CRC for International Food Manufacture and Packaging Science (1995 - 2001)
• CRC for Diagnostic Technologies (1995 - 2001)
• CRC for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration (1995 - 2001)
• CRC for Weed Management Systems (1995 - 2001)
• CRC for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas (1995 - 2001)
• CRC for Black Coal Utilisation (1995 - 2001)
• CRC for Quality Wheat Products and Processes (1995 - 2001)
• CRC for Conservation and Management of Marsupials (1995 - c. 2001)
• CRC for Sustainable Sugar Production (1995 - 2003)
• CRC for Advanced Composite Structures (1996 - )
• Australian CRC for Renewable Energy (1996 - 2004)
• CRC for Molecular Plant Breeding (1997 - )
• CRC for Sustainable Tourism (1997 - )
• CRC for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (1997 - c. 2003)
• CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health (1997 - 2003)
• CRC for Discovery of Genes for Common Human Diseases (1997 - 2004)
• CRC for Sustainable Rice Production (1997 - 2005)
• CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry (1997 - 2005)
• CRC for Satellite Systems (1998 - )
• CRC for Tropical Plant Protection (1999 - )
• CRC for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Technology (1999 - )
• CRC for Asthma (1999 - )
• CRC for Greenhouse Accounting (1999 - )
• CRC for The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (1999 - )
• CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management (1999 - )
• CRC for Micro Technology (1999 - )
• CRC for Cattle and Beef Quality (1999 - )
• CRC for Bioproducts (1999 - )
• CRC for Clean Power from Lignite (1999 - )
• Australian Telecommunications CRC (1999 - )
• CRC for Welded Structures (1999 - )
• CRC for Polymers (1999 - )
• CRC for Vaccine Technology (1999 - )
• CRC for CAST Metals Manufacturing (1999 - )
• CRC for Biological Control of Pest Animals (1999 - 2004)
• Australian Cotton CRC (1999 - c. 2005)
• CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology (1999 - 2006)
• CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity (2001 - )
• CRC for Functional Communications Surfaces (2001 - )
• CRC for Construction Innovation (2001 - )
• CRC for Australian Weed Management (2001 - )
• CRC for Diagnostics (2001 - )
• CRC for Tropical Savanna Management (2001 - )
• CRC for Value Added Wheat (2001 - )
• CRC for Sustainable Aquaculture of Finfish (2001 - )
• CRC for Innovative Dairy Products (2001 - )
• CRC for Railway Engineering and Technologies (2001 - )
• CRC for Predictive Mineral Discovery (2001 - )
• CRC for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration (2001 - )
• CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development (2001 - )
• CRC for Technology Enabled Capital Markets (2001 - )
• CRC for Smart Internet Technology (2001 - )
• CRC for Australian Sheep Industry (2001 - )
• CRC for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases (2001 - )
• CRC for Innovative Wood Manufacturing (2001 - )
• CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (2003 - )
• CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (2003 - )
• CRC for Irrigation Futures (2003 - )
• CRC for Oral Health Science (2003 - )
• CRC for Spatial Information (2003 - )
• CRC for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology (2003 - )
• CRC for Sustainable Resource Processing (2003 - )
• Bushfire CRC (2003 - )
• CRC for Aboriginal Health (2003 - )
• Environmental Biotechnology CRC (2003 - )
• CRC for the Australian Poultry Industries (2003 - )
• Australasian CRC for Interaction Design Pty Ltd (2003 - )
• CRC Mining (2003 - )
• Vision CRC (2003 - )
• CRC for Innovative Grain Food Products (2003 - )
• Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC (2003 - )
• Australian Biosecurity CRC for Emerging Infectious Disease (2003 - )
• CRC for an Internationally Competitive Pork Industry (c. 2005 - )
• CRC for Forestry (2005 - )
• Parker CRC for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions (2005 - )
• eWater CRC (2005 - )
• Cotton Catchment Communities CRC (2005 - )