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National ICT Australia
Establishment of the ICT Centre of Excellence has been an important step in building an environment where ICT innovation and excellence thrive in Australia.
NICTA has developed as a world-class and world-scale ICT research institute raising the standard of ICT research and post-graduate training in Australia. In the process, it has become a magnet to attract world class researchers to Australia including many of Australia's best and brightest researchers who are currently working overseas.
NICTA will help transform Australia's ICT sector and strengthen the competitiveness of our traditionally strong sectors such as financial services, primary industries, resources, education, entertainment and health.
NICTA is funded jointly by the Australian Research Council and the Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy.
A consortium of six leading organisations and two key sponsors from universities, the private sector and state governments developed the NICTA proposal. The National ICT partners have contributed some $96 million in cash and in-kind to the Centre over its first five years. The NSW and ACT Governments each contributed $20 million. The Australian National University, the Universities of New South Wales and Sydney, the venture capital firm Allen & Buckeridge, Redfern Photonics and Bovis Lend Lease have also contributed. The Centre has received an extension of funding for a further five years until 2011.
NICTA has established major research and training nodes in Sydney and Canberra. The Sydney node is comprised of a headquarters at the Australian Technology Park plus a facility adjacent to the University of New South Wales. The Canberra node is located adjacent to the Australian National University with additional research laboratories located in Melbourne and Brisbane.
