New funding for NCRIS

Organisations in the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy has $7.8m for new facilities and people

* Bioplatforms Australia: $1.5m for “fast-response” COVID-19 analysis, “to assist with overflow from public health laboratories”

* Phenomics Australia: modelling drivers of COVID-19 ($1m)

* Translating Health Discoveries: (therapeutic discoveries into clinical applications): five FT staff to work on COVID-19 projects, ($1.2m)

* Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network: $1.65m for IT update

* Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network: $1.7m to replace bushfire-damaged monitoring kit

NCRIS consists of 23 projects.

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