ICT Centre of Excellence—National ICT Australia (NICTA)
National ICT Australia (NICTA) is a world-class, world-scale ICT research, research training and commercialisation institute that is substantially funded by the Australian Government. NICTA is lifting Australia's ability to generate breakthrough technologies, grow ICT businesses and spur the development of the digital economy and Australian industries creating jobs and wealth.
NICTA collaborates with private sector research organisations, major companies, small-to-medium size enterprises and public sector agencies.
NICTA is one of Australia's largest ICT research organisations and employs over 250 research staff and research support staff and around 250 post-graduate students. Its headquarters is at the Australian Technology Park at Redfern, a suburb of Sydney. It has four other laboratories in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Additional funding of $185.5 million was announced in the 2009-10 Budget to extend NICTA's operation for a further four years to 2014-15. The funding deed for this additional funding was executed on 8 December 2010.
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National ICT Australia (NICTA).
