The Australian Government is providing a $2.5 million grant for a new CSIRO research program to support critical minerals technology and strengthen international collaboration on critical minerals science.
The grant is financed through the Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development (R&D) Development Hub.
An international R&D collaboration scan, strategic R&D projects across critical minerals technologies, international science delegations, scholarship networks, and a critical minerals research summer school for domestic and international researchers are being funded through the grant.
Federal Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King says the grant will help strengthen international partnerships, alongside building stronger and more resilient supply chains for critical minerals.
“Critical minerals R&D is crucial to developing low-emissions technologies such as electric vehicles, storage batteries and solar panels that will help our international partners lower emissions and achieve their climate commitments,” she says.
“The valuable work by the R&D Hub will also support the government’s Future Made in Australia ambition, and ensure Australia works with international partners on environmental and social governance standards, commercialisation of research, and intellectual property rights on critical minerals.”
During October 2022, the Australian Critical Minerals R&D Hub was announced in the budget initiative to help unlock the country’s critical minerals potential.
The R&D hub is a government-funded partnership between CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, and ANSTO.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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