The long-awaited Round 22 Cooperative Research Centre announcement is said to be imminent (CMM yesterday)

Of the five short-listed bids three are expected to get up. Observers suggest those most-likely to succeed are,

* Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition (includes ANU, CSIRO, Curtin U, Swinburne U, Uni Adelaide, Uni Newcastle)

* Marine Bio-products (bid led by Flinders U)

* Digital Finance (led by a group of entrepreneurs)