Research Infrastructure
The objective of the SIEF Research Infrastructure (RI) Program is to support the creation or enhancement of nationally significant research infrastructure facilities or equipment. The Program comprises two elements:
- Major Research Infrastructure Program
- Medium Equipment Program
Major Research Infrastructure (RI)
The Major Research Infrastructure Program facilitate the creation or development of nationally significant for the conduct of research, including investment in national scale scientific equipment and special purpose facilities for the conduct of scientific research. (Further information can be found in the SIEF Research Infrastructure Guidelines). All funds allocated to this Program have now been committed. The funded Major Research Infrastructure activities are:
- ARCF: Advanced Resource Characterisation Facility
- BMTF: Biomedical Materials Translational Facility
- NAESP: National Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Precinct
Medium Equipment Program (MEP)
The SIEF Medium Equipment Program (MEP) is designed to address a gap in funding for equipment in the medium range ($750k-$4m). This Program aims to enhance capability and capacity, and encourage collaboration.
The objectives of the program are to:
- Facilitate leading-edge innovation in Australia in areas of greatest strategic impact, based on scientific research;
- Grow both capability and capacity of the equipment stock available to researchers.
SIEF MEP Guidelines
Round 5 (closed): Guidelines and Application form
Round 3 & 4 (closed): Guidelines and Application form
SIEF MEP Projects
SIEF Medium Equipment Program Round 1 projects are now completed.
| Project title | Location | Collaborators | Total investment |
| Geoscience Drill Core Laboratory | Kensington, WA | CSIRO, The University of Western Australia, Curtin University | $2,000,000 |
| Acoustic Liquid Handler (Liquid Handler) | Black Mountain, ACT | CSIRO, Australian National university | $520,000 |
| Boorowa Digital Agriculture Research Facility | Boorowa, NSW | CSIRO | $1,600,000 |
| Triaxus Towed Sensor (Triaxus) | Hobart,TAS | CSIRO | $700,000 |
| Agile Flow Chemistry Production System for Chemical Manufacture (FlowWorks) | Clayton, VIC | CSIRO | $1,740,000 |
SIEF Medium Equipment Program Round 2 Projects are now completed.
Read the executive summary of the outcomes of the program.
| Project title | Location | Collaborators & Co-Funders | Total investment |
| Argo Floats | Hobart, TAS | CSIRO, Department of Defence, Bureau of Meteorology, Integrated Marine Observing System, ACEC Research Centre | $4,233,000 |
| MNF Heavy Ocean Towing System (HOTS) | RV Investigator, TAS | CSIRO | $1,500,000 |
| Pilot-scale cGMP Protein Facility | Clayton, VIC | CSIRO, Telix Pharmaceuticals, Sementis, Monash University, GE Healthcare | $2,200,000 |
| High Resolution Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer (NGMS) | Waite, SA | CSIRO | $1,100,000 |
| 4D Micro-CT Upgrade | Kensington, WA | CSIRO, The University of Western Australia, Curtin University | $900,000 |
| Virtual Laboratory for Cybersecurity Research | Clayton North, VIC | CSIRO | $1,000,000 |
| CubeSat Platform Satellite | Marsfield, NSW | CSIRO | $1,130,000 |
| Food Ingredient Process Innovation Platform | Werribee, VIC | CSIRO | $1,500,000 |
SIEF Medium Equipment Program Round 3 Projects are now underway
| Project title | Location | Collaborators & Co-Funders | Total investment |
|
Molecular Phenotype for Machine Learning |
St Lucia, QLD |
CSIRO |
$1,600,000 |
|
Self-contained fabrication system |
Pullenvale, QLD |
CSIRO |
$990,000 |
|
Transmission Electron Microscope |
Clayton, VIC |
CSIRO |
$4,000,000 |
|
Field emission gun electron probe micro |
Clayton, VIC |
CSIRO, Monash, RMIT |
$2,700,000 |
|
Gaslab isotope radio mass spectrometer |
Aspendale, VIC |
CSIRO |
$1,600,000 |
SIEF Medium Equipment Program Round 4 Projects are now underway
| Project title | Location | Collaborators & Co-Funders | Total investment |
|
Precision Fermentation System |
Werribee, VIC |
CSIRO |
$2,000,000 |
| High Fidelity Long Read Sequencing System | Canberra, ACT | CSIRO, QUT, ANU, University of Sydney, Macquarie University, ACT Health/ANU, University of Canberra, JCU | $1,400,000 |
| XPS-MCM | Clayton, VIC | CSIRO | $2,690,000 |
| TRItium Facility via INgrowth of 3He (TRIFIN) | Waite, SA | CSIRO | $1,850,000 |
SIEF Medium Equipment Program Round 5 Projects are now underway
| Project title | Location | Collaborators & Co-Funders | Total investment |
| Digital Technologies to Enhance Capabilities in National Vaccine and Therapeutics Laboratory | Clayton, VIC | CSIRO | $3,500,000 |
| Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Facility | Waite, SA | CSIRO | $1,100,000 |
| Aquaculture Precision Genome Engineering Facility | Battery Point, TAS | CSIRO | $2,000,000 |