AuScope Research Translation Strategy 2025 - 30

AuScope Limited (AuScope) is a non-profit organisation funded by the Department of Education (DE) through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). We build and operate national research infrastructure (NRI) for the Earth and geospatial sciences. Our university and government agency partners around Australia provide researchers with specialist tools, data, software, and expertise for subsurface studies. This work can benefit people across academia, government, industry, and communities through critical minerals discovery, natural hazards monitoring, fundamental Earth and planetary science discovery and outreach. Since 2007, AuScope has delivered national benefits, including precise positioning systems and resource discovery, with an estimated \$15 return for every \$1 invested.

In the AuScope 10-Year Strategy 2020 - 2030, AuScope outlines its Vision to enable a sustainable, resilient nation through predictive geoscience. It also states its Mission is to build an integrated, collaborative research platform. Finally, it states its Goals to enhance (1) NRI, including (2) data, (3) community, (4) culture, (5) Indigenous engagement, (6) Industry engagement and (7) international engagement.

Through the 2021 Roadmap and NCRIS 2025 Guidelines, the Australian Government (through the Department of Education) encourages AuScope to make system-wide enhancements, build on strong foundations, and plan for a step-change in its research translation through targeted investment in translation research infrastructure (TRI). This TRI includes facilities, instruments, data, technology and expertise (workforce). It aims to boost industry engagement, strengthen Australia’s sovereign research capability, and make NRI useful and used by industry, government and community end-users. A recent Department of Education (DE) survey highlights TRI priorities for NCRIS, including capability, end-user access, governance, data and security, and standards.

This AuScope Research Translation Strategy 2025 - 30 (Strategy) aims to help the AuScope team (including participants of AuScope funded Projects) collaboratively address DE needs.