Monash University, with the support of the Australian government’s investment of AUD$30 million under Prime Minister Julia Gillard, will manage the Australian Synchrotron program. Australian universities will also invest around AUD$25 million. Announcing the funding, Science and Research Minister Senator Chris Evans said with the strong need to undertake research and development to transform industries and see them through challenges such as climate change, economic change, and skills shortages, there has never been a more vital time to invest in the facility.

“As the Australian Synchrotron can be used to study the most precise nature of any biological and industrial material, it can be used by almost any industry across a wide range of research fields,” said Evans.

The AUD$30 million government investment is being provided by the Australian Research Council (AUD$25 million) and National Health and Medical Research Council (AUD$5 million). □