Commonwealth-Funded Research Centres

National Research Centres

The University of Adelaide is home to or a significant participant in the following National Research Centres funded by the Commonwealth Government and research organisations:

Australian Research Council (ARC)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Antimatter-Matter Studies

Special Research Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development

Special Research Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter

Australian Research Council Research Network

Understanding and Managing Australian Biodiversity

Australian Research Council-National Health & Medical Research Council Research Network

Genes and Environment in Development

Australian Research Council & Grains Research and Development Corporation

Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics

National Biotechnology Centre of Excellence Program

National Centre for Stem Cell Research (partner)

National Health & Medical Research Council

Program for Early Origins of Adult Disease

Program in Reproductive Health for Women: From Egg to Embryo

Program for Understanding the Human Genome: Molecular Mechanisms of Genetic Disease (affiliate)

Program for Leukocyte and Endothelial Cell Biology (affiliate)

Program for the Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infectious Diseases (partner)

Program for a Practical Model of Pig Islet Xenotransplantation (partner)

Program for Posttraumatic Mental Health: Enhancing Resilience and Recovery (partner)

Cooperative Research Centres

The University is also a core partner, supporting participant or associate in 13 Cooperative Research Centres (a Commonwealth Government program linking industry with government and higher education research organisations).

CRC for Australian Weed Management (core)

CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies (core)

CRC for Desert Knowledge (associate)

eWater CRC (core)

CRC for Future Farm Industries (core)

CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (core)

CRC for an Internationally Competitive Pork Industry (core)

CRC for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration (core)

CRC for Molecular Plant Breeding (core)

CRC for National Plant Biosecurity (supporting)

CRC for Seafood (supporting)

CRC for Sustainable Aquaculture of Finfish (supporting)

CRC for Water Quality and Treatment (core)