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Centres and Institutes for Research and Research Training

 

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The following Centres and Institutes for Research and Research Training have been established. 

Only the University of Melbourne participants are shown.  Where more than one Department, School, Graduate School or Faculty is involved in a centre or institute, an asterisk (*) denotes the responsible entity.

  1. INSTITUTIONAL CENTRES (INVOLVING ONLY UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE PARTICIPANTS)

FACULTY

ARTS (FACULTY OF ARTS)

Australian Centre (Next Review: 2010)
° School of Historical Studies

History
- Established 3 October 1988 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Classics and Archaeology (Next Review: 2009)
° School of Historical Studies

History
- Established 3 July 2000 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (Next Review: Mid 2009)
° School of Historical Studies

 History
- Established 14 July 2003 (Approved by Council)

 Centre for Islamic Law and Society (Next Review: 2010)
° Asia Institute*
° Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 13 December 2004 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 9 July 2007 (Approved by the Vice-Chancellor as noted by Council 10 September 2007)

Centre for Public Policy (Next Review: 2011)
° School of Social and Political Sciences

 History
- Established 4 July 1994 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 11 September 1995 (Approved by the Joint Committee on Policy)

 Contemporary Europe Research Centre – A Jean Monet Centre of Excellence (Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Social and Political Sciences

History
- Established 5 May 1997 (Approved by Council)

Language Testing Research Centre (Next Review: 2011)
° School of Languages and Linguistics

History
- Established 5 November 1990 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 13 December 1993 (Approved by the Joint Committee on Policy)

The University of Melbourne Centre for Jewish History and Culture (Next Review: 2010)
° School of Historical Studies

History
- Established 11 November 2002 (Approved by Council)

 ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE (FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE)

Asian Economics Centre (Next Review: 2012)
° Department of Economics

History
- Established 7 July 1997 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Accounting and Industry Partnerships (Next Review: January 2014)
° Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems

History
- Established 1 January 2009 (Approved by Council 8 December 2008)

Centre for Actuarial Studies (Next Review: Early 2009)
° Department of Economics

History
- Established 5 October 1992 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Human Resource Management (Next Review: 2009 (Semester 2)
° Department of Management and Marketing

History
- Established 7 September 1998 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 1 February 2002 (Approved retrospectively by Council 14 July 2008)

Centre for Macroeconomics (Next Review: 2009)
° Economics*
° Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

History
- Established 13 October 2003 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Microeconometrics (Next Review: 2009)
° Department of Economics*
° Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

History
- Established 10 November 2003 (Approved by Council)

Economic Theory Centre (Next Review: 2009)
° Department of Economics

History
- Established 2 July 2001 (Approved by Council)

Foundation for Sustainable Economic Development (Next Review: November 2009)
° Department of Management and Marketing

History
- Established 10 July 2000 (Execution date of the Grant Agreement)

Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (Next Review: Mid to Late 2009)
° Economics and Commerce (Faculty of Economics and Commerce)*
° Law (Melbourne Law School)
° Melbourne Business School

History
- Established 17 December 2001 (Approved by the University Executive Committee on behalf of Council)

Melbourne Centre for International Business (Next Review: August 2009)
° Department of Management and Marketing

History
- Established 1 December 1997 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed (and Change of Centre type) 10 September 2007 (Approved by Council)

EDUCATION (MELBOURNE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION)

Assessment Research Centre (Next Review: 2011)
° Melbourne Graduate School of Education

History
- Established 11 November 1996 (At the University of Melbourne when the Director moved to the University)

Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood (Next Review: December 2013)
° Melbourne Graduate School of Education

History
-Established 1 October 2001 (Approved by Council)
- Last review held in December 2008 (Continuation approved by the Vice-Chancellor and noted by Council 20 July 2009)

Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning (Next Review: 2009)
° Melbourne Graduate School of Education

History
- Established 1 January 2000 (Approved by Council 6 September 1999)
- Renamed 7 April 2003 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Program Evaluation (Next Review: 2009)
° Melbourne Graduate School of Education

History
- Established July 1975 (As noted under Item 5.2 of the Joint Committee on Policy Meeting 1/1995)

Centre for the Study of Higher Education (Next Review: December 2013)
° Melbourne Graduate School of Education

History
- Established 1 March 1968 (As indicated on page 8 of the University Gazette of April 1968)
- Last review held in December 2008 (Continuation approved by the Vice-Chancellor and noted by Council 20 July 2009)

International Centre for Classroom Research (Next Review: 2009)
° Melbourne Graduate School of Education

History
- Established 7 April 2003 (Approved by Council)

Youth Research Centre (Next Review: November 2009)
° Melbourne Graduate School of Education

History
- Established 16 November 1988 (As noted under Item 3.1(a) of the Joint Committee on Policy Meeting 3/1995)

ENGINEERING (MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING)

Australian Research Council Special Research Centre for Particulate Fluids Processing (Next Review: 2010)
° Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering*
° Department of Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
° School of Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

History
- Established 17 January 2000 (Acceptance of Offer)

Australian Research Council Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

History
- Established 12 February 2000 (Acceptance of Offer)

Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (Next Review: March 2014)
° Department of Geomatics

History
- Established 3 September 2001 (Approved by Council)
­ Last review held in March 2009 (Continuation approved by the Vice-Chancellor and noted by Council 20 July 2009)

Melbourne Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Next Review: 2009)
° Engineering (Melbourne School of Engineering)*
° Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Faculty of)
° Science (Faculty of)

History
- Established 12 May 2003 (Approved by Council)

LAND AND ENVIRONMENT (MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENT)

Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society (Next Review: October 2009)
° Land and Environment (Melbourne School of Land and Environment)*
° Architecture, Building and Planning (Faculty of)
° Engineering (Melbourne School of Engineering)
° Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Faculty of)
° Science (Faculty of)
° Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute

History
- Established 15 June 2005 (As noted under Item 5.1 of the Planning and Budget Committee Meeting 5/2005)

LAW (MELBOURNE LAW SCHOOL)

Asian Law Centre (Next Review: 2013 (Semester 1))
° Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 17 December 1984 (Approved by the University Executive Committee on behalf of Council)
- Renamed 4 November 1985 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies (Next Review: 2009 (Semester 2))
° Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 19 December 1988 (Approved by the University Executive Committee on behalf of Council)

Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation (Next Review: 2009 (Semester 2))
° Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 18 December 1995 (Approved by the University Executive Committee on behalf of Council)

Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law (Next Review:)
° Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 1 November 1993 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Media and Communications Law (Next Review: 2010 (Semester 2))
° Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 5 October 1992 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 1 November 1993 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 1 July 1996 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 17 December 2002 (Vice-Chancellor on behalf of Council and reported to Council 3 March 2003)

Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (Next Review: 2010 (Semester 1))
° Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 3 March 1986 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 2 September 1996 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 1 January 2008 (Approved retrospectively by Council 2 June 2008)

The Institute for International Law and the Humanities (Next Review: 2011 (Semester 1))
Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 1 December 1997 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 1 July 2005 (Approved retrospectively by Council 2 June 2008)

MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH SCIENCES (FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH SCIENCES)

Centre for Arthritis and Inflammation Research (Next Review: 2009)
° Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital/Western Hospital)

History
- Established 12 March 1997 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 1 May 2000 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Health and Society (Next Review: 2011)
° School of Population Health*
° Faculty of Arts

History
- Established 2 December 1996 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 9 May 2005 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (Next Review: February 2013)
° School of Physiotherapy

History
- Established 3 April 2000 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed September 2003 (Approved retrospectively by Council 15 December 2003)

Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics (Next Review: 2011)
° School of Population Health

History
- Established 13 November 2006 (Approved by Council)

Centre for International Mental Health (Next Review: November 2011)
° Department of Public Health

History
- Established 6 May 1996 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 1 May 2000 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology (Next Review: 2010)
° School of Population Health

History
- Established 2 November 1998 (Approved by Council)
- Renamed 9 May 2005 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Neuroscience (Next Review: November 2009)
° Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

History
- Established 6 September 1999 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Youth Mental Health (Next Review: January 2014)
° Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

History
- Established 1 January 2009 (Approved by Council 8 December 2008)

Human Communication Research Centre (Next Review: 2009)
° Department of Otolaryngology

History
- Established 18 March 1988 (Acceptance of Offer by the Vice-Chancellor - established originally as a Commonwealth Special Research Centre)

Key Centre for Women's Health in Society – A World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Women’s Health (Next Review: 2010)
° Department of Public Health

History
- Established 23 June 1988 (The Vice-Chancellor’s Report to Council - established originally as a Commonwealth Key Centre of Teaching and Research)

Rehabilitation Sciences Research Centre (Next Review: 2009)
° School of Physiotherapy

History
- Established 12 July 2004 (Approved by Council)

MELBOURNE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Asia-Pacific Centre for Leadership for Social Impact (Next Review: 2013)
° Melbourne Business School

History
- Established 2 June 2008 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Ideas and the Economy (Next Review: July 2011)
° Melbourne Business School

History
- Established 2 June 2008 (Approved by Council)

Centre for the Practice in International Trade (Next Review: December 2009)
° Melbourne Business School

History
- Established 4 September 1995 (Approved by Council)

SCIENCE (FACULTY OF SCIENCE)

Micro-Analytical Research Centre (Next Review: 2009)
° School of Physics

History
- Established 1 July 1985 (Approved by Council)

Plant Cell Biology Research Centre (Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Botany

History
- Established 3 March 1982 (Acceptance of Offer)

Statistical Consulting Centre (Next Review: July 2010)
° Department of Mathematics and Statistics

History
- Established 16 October 1984 (Official Launch)

VETERINARY SCIENCE (FACULTY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE)

Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health (Next Review: September 2009)
° Faculty of Veterinary Science

History
- Established 4 January 1999 (Approved retrospectively by Council 2 June 2008)

Centre for Animal Biotechnology (Next Review: August 2010)
° Faculty of Veterinary Science

History
- Established 1 March 1990 (Approved by Council)

Centre for Equine Virology (Next Review: 2010)
° Faculty of Veterinary Science

History
- Established 1 March 1993 (Approved by Council)

NON FACULTY

DIVISION OF INFORMATION SERVICES

eScholarship Research Centre (Next Review: November 2009)
° Information Services

History
- Established 1 January 2007 (Approved by Senior Management)

OFFICE OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

Australia India Institute (Next Review: Mid 2010)
° Office of the Vice-Chancellor

History
- Established 20 October 2008 (Approved by Council)

  1. COLLABORATIVE CENTRES (FORMED IN ASSOCIATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS)

FACULTY

ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND PLANNING (FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND PLANNING)

Australian Research Centre for the Governance and Management of New Urban Transport (Also known as the Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport) (Next Review: April 2009)
° Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning*
° School of Social and Political Sciences (Faculty of Arts)

History
- Established 12 May 2006 (Head Agreement)
- The aforementioned centre names appear respectively in the Head Agreement and Collaboration Agreement and have both been given the acronym (GAMUT).

ARTS (FACULTY OF ARTS)

Australian Research Council Special Research Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics(Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry

History
- Established 3 July 2000 (Approved by Council and subject to external Agreements)

National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies (Next Review: October 2012)
° Asia Institute

History
- Established 23 October 2007 (Approved retrospectively by Council 2 June 2008 and subject to external Agreements)

ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE (FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE)

International Centre for Research in Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change (Next Review: 2009 (Semester 1))

° Department of Management

History
- Established 4 December 2000 (Approved by Council)

Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (Next Review: 2012)

° Department of Finance

History
- Established 30 May 2005 (Execution date of the Grant Funding Agreement)

EDUCATION (MELBOURNE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION)

Problem Gambling Research and Treatment Centre (Next Review: 2012)
° Melbourne Graduate School of Education

History
- Established 1 July 2007 (As defined by the Agreement signed on 1 August 2007 and endorsed by Council 10 September 2007)

ENGINEERING (MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING)

Advanced Centre for Automotive Research and Testing (Next Review: Late 2009)
° Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering*
° Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
° School of Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
° School of Physics (Faculty of Science)

History
- Established 16 January 2006 (Consortium Agreement)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

History
- Established 13 December 2005 (Collaborative Framework Agreement)

National ICT Australia Limited (Next Review: To Be Advised)
° Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering*
° Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

History
- Established 11 June 2004 (Research Resource Agreement, Contribution Agreement and the Agreement with the State of Victoria)

Uniwater (Next Review: : October 2009)
° Engineering (Melbourne School of ) (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)*
° Economics and Commerce (Faculty of)
° Land and Environment (Melbourne School of Land and Environment)
° Law (Melbourne Law School)
° Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Faculty of)
° Science (Faculty of)
° Veterinary Science (Faculty of)

History
- Established 6 March 2007 (Memorandum of Understanding)

LAND AND ENVIRONMENT (MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENT)

Animal Welfare Science Centre (Next Review: August 2009)
° Department of Agriculture and Food Systems

History
- Established 23 December 1996 (Approved by the University Executive Committee on behalf of Council)
- Renamed 19 November 2005 (Centre Agreement)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Agriculture and Food Systems

History
- Established 1 January 2003 (As defined in the Collaborative Framework Agreement)

LAW (MELBOURNE LAW SCHOOL)

Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law (Next Review: early 2012)
° Melbourne Law School

History
- Established 17 May 2001 (Agreement)

MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH SCIENCES (FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH SCIENCES)

Arthritis Foundation of Victoria Centre for Rheumatic Diseases (Next Review: To Be Advised)
° Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital/Western Hospital)

History
- Established 1 May 1993 (Parties Agreement)
- Change of Centre Type 1 January 2000 (By virtue of the Parties Agreement signed on 28 June 2001)

Australian Cancer Research Foundation Centre for Therapeutic Target Discovery (Next Review: 2012)
° Department of Surgery (Royal Melbourne Hospital/Western Hospital)

History
- Established 21 March 2007 (As defined by the Agreement governing the Centre presented in the form of a letter dated 20 February 2007)

Australian Centre for Hepatitis and HIV Virology Research (Next Review: To Be Advised)
° Department of Microbiology and Immunology*
° Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital/Western Hospital)

History
- Established 1 January 1993 (The University involvement as the responsible party for the financial administration of the Centre - correspondence from the Dean of the Faculty dated 20 November 1992)
- Renamed 1 January 2004 (By virtue of the information contained in the Acceptance Form relating to the May 2004 Conditions of Award)

Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health Incorporated (Next Review: 2009)
° Department of Psychiatry

History
- Established 20 October 2000 (As defined by the Collaborative Agreement noting that Council adopted the establishment of a collaborative centre on 1 May 2000)

Australian Health Workforce Institute (Next Review: 2011)
° Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

History
- Established 1 January 2008 (Parties Agreement noting that Council approved the establishment on 10 December 2007)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology*
° Department of Paediatrics

History
- Established 21 May 2003 (ARC Funding Contract)

Australian Stem Cell Centre Limited (Next Review: To be Advised)
° Centre for Neuroscience*
° Department of Pharmacology
° Department of Zoology (Faculty of Science)

History
- Established 20 December 2006 (The date on which the University became a Participating Organisation via the Confirming Agreement noting that the other Parties had signed previously a Stakeholders’ Agreement dated 31 July 2003)

Australian Tissue Engineering Centre Limited (Next Review: 2013)
° Department of Surgery (St Vincent’s Hospital)*
° Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Melbourne School of Engineering)

History
- Established 1 December 2005 (As defined by the Collaboration Agreement)

Centre for Eye Research Australia Limited – A World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Blindness (Next Review: December 2009)
° Department of Ophthalmology

History
- Established 21 November 1996 (Date on which the Company was registered)

Centre for Palliative Care Education and Research (Next Review: To be Advised)
° Department of Medicine (St Vincent’s Hospital)

History
- Established 27 April 2009 (Approved by the Vice-Chancellor and noted by Council 27 April 2009)

Centre for Psychiatric Nursing (Next Review: Late 2009)
° School of Nursing

History
- Established 3 May 1999 (Approved by Council)
- Change of Centre Type 5 May 2000 (By virtue of the Official Launch involving an external organisation in the centre)
- Renamed 22 November 2006 (Approved by the Vice-Chancellor)

Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Neurosciences: Cross-Discipline Enhancement of Clinical Research and Education (Next Review: 2011)
° Department of Medicine (Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre/Northern Health)

History
- Established 1 January 2003 (National Health and Medical Research Council Date)
- Renamed 1 January 2008 (By virtue of the Funding Conditions)

Joint Centre for Developmental Disability (Next Review: 2009)
° Department of General Practice

History
- To Be Completed

Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre (Next Review: To Be Advised)
° Department of Psychiatry

History
- Established 1 July 2004 (As defined by the Centre Agreement, noting the adoption by Council 15 December 2003)

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (Next Review: 2010)
° School of Population Health

History
- To Be Completed

National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Child and Adolescent Immunisation (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Paediatrics*
° School of Population Health

History
- Established 1 January 2005 (National Health and Medical Research Council Date)

National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Clinical Science in Diabetes (Next Review: 2010)
° Department of Medicine (St Vincent’s Hospital)*
° Department of General Practice
° Department of Ophthalmology

History
- Established 1 January 2007 (National Health and Medical Research Council Date)

National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Gait Analysis and Gait Rehabilitation (Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Physiotherapy

History
- Established 1 January 2005 (National Health and Medical Research Council Date)

National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital/Western Hospital)

History
- Established 2 May 2003 (National Health and Medical Research Council Date)

National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Preventive and Early Intervention Strategies in Emerging Mental Disorders in Young People (Next Review: October 2010)
° Department of Psychiatry*
° School of Behavioural Science

History
- Established 1 January 2005 (National Health and Medical Research Council Date)

ORYGEN Research Centre (Next Review: 2012)
° Department of Psychiatry

History
- Established 16 December 2004 (Members Agreement and the Contribution Agreement)

The McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing (Next Review: 2011)
° School of Population Health

History
- Established 1 June 2006 (Governed by the Agreement dated 18 October 2006 noting that Council approved the establishment on 12 July 2004)
- Renamed 9 August 2006 (Endorsed by the Planning and Budget Committee as noted by Council 11 September 2006)

SCIENCE (FACULTY OF SCIENCE)

Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (An Australian Research Council co-funded Centre of Excellence involving the Grains Research and Development Corporation) (Next Review: November 2009)
° School of Botany

History
- Established 1 January 2003 (Grains Research and Development Corporation Funding and Share Subscription Agreement)

Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis (Next Review: Mid 2010)
° School of Botany

History
- Established 1 March 2006 (Funding Agreement)

Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (Next Review: Late 2009)
° Department of Mathematics and Statistics

History
- Established 20 December 2002 (Joint Venture Agreement)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science (Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Physics

History
- Established 21 December 2005 (Australian Research Council Funding Agreement as required by the Centre Agreement)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology (Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Chemistry

History
- Established 21 December 2005 (Australian Research Council Funding Agreement as required by the Centre Agreement)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics (Next Review: 2010)
° Department of Zoology

History
- Established 1 January 2003 (As stated in the Centre Agreement signed on 19 February 2004)
- Renamed 8 March 2007 (Correspondence from the Australian Research Council)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (Next Review: April 2010)
° Department of Mathematics and Statistics

History
- Established 23 June 2003 (Australian Research Council Funding Agreement as required by the Collaborating Parties Agreement)
- Renamed 22 March 2005 (Collaborating Parties Agreement)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology (Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Physics

History
- Established 1 January 2003 (The Inter-Institutional Agreement)

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits (Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Earth Sciences

History
- Established 1 July 2005 (Advice from the School of Earth Sciences)

Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research (Next Review: August 2011)
° Department of Genetics*
° Department of Zoology

History
- Established 1 January 2000 (As defined in the Parties Agreement signed on 2 November 2000)
­ Renamed 22 June 2009 (Approved by the Australian Research Council and the Vice-Chancellor and noted by Council 22 June 2009)

International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics (Next Review: Late 2009)
° Department of Mathematics and Statistics

History
- Established 16 June 2004 (Collaboration and Funding Agreements)

  1. Cooperative Research Centres
FACULTY

ENGINEERING (MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING)

Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

History
- Established 1 July 2003 (Commonwealth and Centre Agreements - As defined in the Centre Agreement)

Cooperative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

History
- Established 8 September 2003 (Commonwealth and Centre Agreements - As defined in the Centre Agreement)

Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

History
- Established 14 October 2005 (Commonwealth Agreement - As defined in the Participants Agreement)

Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Geomatics

History
- Established 21 January 2004 (Commonwealth Agreement - As defined in the Centre Agreement)

eWater Cooperative Research Centre (Next Review: March 2009)
° Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering*
° Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
° Department of Resource Management and Geography (Melbourne School of Land and Environment)

History
- Established 16 September 2005 (Commonwealth Agreement - As defined in the Participants Agreement)

LAND AND ENVIRONMENT (MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENT)

Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (Next Review: To be Advised)
° Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science

History
- Established 1 July 2003 (Commonwealth and Centre Agreements - As defined in the Centre Agreement)
­ Last review held in October 2008 (noted by Council 20 July 2009)

Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry (Next Review: Not Required)
° Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science*
° Department of Resource Management and Geography

History
- Established 26 October 2005 (Commonwealth Agreement - As defined in the Centre Agreement)
­ Last review held in November 2008 (noted by Senior Executive 23 September 2009)

Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre (Next Review: July 2010)
° Department of Agriculture and Food Systems

History
- Established 20 August 2007 (Commonwealth and Centre Agreements - As defined in the Commonwealth Agreement as the overriding Agreement)

MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH SCIENCES (FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH SCIENCES)

Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (Next Review: June 2009)
° Department of Public Health

History
- Established 24 July 2003 (Commonwealth Agreement - As defined in the Centre Agreement)

Cooperative Research Centre for Oral Health Science (Next Review: Not Required)
° School of Dental Science

History
- Established 1 July 2003 (As defined in the Commonwealth and Centre Agreements)

The HEARing Cooperative Research Centre (Next Review: 2010)
° Department of Otolaryngology

History
- Established 1 July 2007 (Commonwealth Agreement - As defined in the Members Agreement)

VETERINARY SCIENCE (FACULTY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE)

Australian Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (Next Review: Not Required)
° Faculty of Veterinary Science

History
- Established 28 July 2003 (Commonwealth and Joint Venture Agreements - As defined in the Joint Venture Agreement)

[Amended 7/5/07; June 2007 to February 2008 amendments added 29 February 2008; March 2008 to June 2008 amendments added 1 July 2008; July 2008 amendments added 23 July 2008; November 2008 amendments added 6 November 2008; December 2008 amendments added 4 and 11 December 2008; March 2009 amendments added 9 March 2009; May 2009 amendments added 20 May 2009; June 2009 amendments added 17 June 2009, September 2009 amendments added 2 September 2009, October 2009 amendments added 6 October 2009 .]
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