Institutes & Centres
Research institutes
The institutes, comprising a research community of approximately 1200 staff and students, bring together world leading researchers, supported by modern infrastructure and an innovative culture, to tackle state and national research priorities.
Environment Institute
The Environment Institute exists to deliver outstanding research across environmental sciences. To achieve this the Institute puts water and climate scientists together with biodiversity, marine, landscape and genetics work, and more.
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence is driving a fourth industrial revolution and our new Australian Institute for Machine Learning will ensure that South Australia benefits from this revolution.
Mineral & Energy Resources
The Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources (IMER)'s key fields of research are Earth Sciences, Energy Technology and Resource Engineering. This interdisciplinary research institute is addressing scientific, technological, environmental and social challenges.
Photonics & Advanced Sensing
The Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) brings together experimental physicists, chemists, material scientists, biologists, experimentally driven theoretical scientists and medical researchers to create new sensing and measurement technologies.
Robinson Research
The Robinson Research Institute is a collective of internationally renowned researchers in human reproduction, pregnancy and child health.
Waite Research
The Waite Research Institute (WRI) was established to support collaboration between the Waite Campus partners to drive research for the benefit of Australia's agriculture, food and wine industries.
University centres
The University is home for over 50 specialist research centres working on key challenges across many industry sectors.
We are also a proud host and partner of a number of National Centres of Excellence.
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Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Excellence
ARC Centres of Excellence are prestigious hubs of expertise which aim to contribute to the economic, social and cultural development of Australia in areas of national priority.
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
- ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Tera-Scale
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
- ARC Centre of Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH)
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ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs and Training Centres
The ARC Industrial Transformation Research Program (ITRP) fund research hubs and research training centres.
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Centres of Research Excellence
Centres of Research Excellence are funded by the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia's peak body for supporting health and medical research. They support collaboration and develop capacity in clinical, population health and health services research.
- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health
- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence Food for Future Australians
- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for the Protection of Pancreatic Beta Cells
- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Aboriginal Chronic Disease Knowledge Translation and Exchange
- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health Care
- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Frailty and Healthy Ageing
- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for the Protection of Pancreatic Beta Cells
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Cooperative Research Centres
Cooperative Research Centres bring together researchers from universities, the CSIRO and other government laboratories, and private industry or public sector agencies. These long-term collaborative arrangements support research & development and education activities that achieve outcomes of national economic and social significance.
The University is a core partner, supporting participant or associate in 11 Cooperative Research Centres.
Learn more about participating in CRCs at the University of Adelaide.- CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (essential participant)
- Pork CRC (essential participant)
- Deep Exploration Technologies CRC (essential participant)
- CRC for National Plant Biosecurity (supporting)
- Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC (essential participant)
- Data to Decisions CRC (essential participant)
- CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (supporting participant)
- Sheep CRC (supporting participant)
- Cell Therapy Manufacturing CRC (supporting participant)
- CRC Optimising Resource Extraction (essential participant)
- Innovative Manufacturing CRC (essential participant)
- CRC for Honey Bee Products (essential participant)
- Cyber Security CRC (essential participant)
- Future Fuels CRC (essential participant), announced in 2018
- Fight Food Waste CRC (essential participant), announced in 2018
- MinEx CRC (essential participant), announced in 2018