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Australian research facilities face funding threat

MAR 04, 2015
Physics Today

Sydney Morning Herald : A budget fight in Australia’s federal government threatens the funding for a number of the nation’s research institutes. According to a letter written by the National Research Alliance to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, many of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy’s 27 agencies will be forced to shut down if their funding is delayed. The facilities require just $150 million in annual operating costs, but that money supports more than $2 billion worth of infrastructure and equipment.

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