Consortium
The Australian Microbiome Initiative is an Australian wide collaboration founded on two established Bioplatforms Australia framework data initiatives: Marine Microbes and Biomes of Australian Soil Environments (BASE). The consortium involves researchers from more than 40 institutions supported by four founding partners.
Core funding partners
The core partners funding the establishment of the Australian Microbiome initiative are Bioplatforms Australia and IMOS through the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), CSIRO, and Parks Australia through the Bush Blitz program funded by the Australian Government and BHP.
The consortium receives significant investment from the research community both as cash and in-kind investment. The consortium will seek to leverage further investment from other organisations to ensure the totality of the program is funded.
Consortium members
The consortium involves several organisations and researchers from more than 40 institutions
- Australian National University
- Australian Antarctic Division
- Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF)
- Bioplatforms Australia
- Bush Blitz
- Centre for Comparative Genomics Murdoch University
- CSIRO
- CSIRO, National Soils Archive
- Curtin University
- Deakin University
- Department of Energy and the Environment
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia)
- Derwent Estuary Program
- Edith Cowan University
- Sustainable Timber Australia (Forestry Tasmania)
- Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
- Geoscience Australia
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
- Iron Range Research Station (an initiative of Maxim Foundation)
- James Cook University
- Kings Park Botanical Gardens (Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority)
- La Trobe University
- Macquarie University
- Monash University
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
- Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics, UNSW
- Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria
- Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF)
- Sugarcane R&D Corporation
- Sydney Institute for Marine Science
- Tasmanian Land Conservancy
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)
- The Director of National Parks
- University of Adelaide
- University of Melbourne
- University of Newcastle
- University of New South Wales
- University of Queensland
- University of Sydney
- University of Tasmania
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Western Australia
- University of Western Sydney
- Victorian Department of Economic Development