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ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space

ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space aims to create on-demand, zero-waste, high-efficiency plants and plant products to address grand challenges in sustainability for Space and on Earth. Significant advances in plant, food, and sensory science; process and systems engineering; law and policy; and psychology are expected to deliver transformative solutions for Space habitation – and create enhanced plant-derived food and bioresources to capitalise upon emergent and rapidly expanding domestic and global markets. Anticipated outcomes include industry uptake of innovative plant forms, foods, technologies, and commodities; and an ambitious education and international co-ordination agenda to position Australia as a global leader in research supporting Space habitation.

Funding: $35 million over 7 years

Centre Director: Prof Matthew Gilliham

Administering Organisation: The University of Adelaide

Participating Organisations:

  • Flinders University
  • The University of Melbourne
  • The University of Western Australia
  • La Trobe University
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Australian Space Agency
  • German Aerospace Center(DLR) R&D
  • Axiom Space
  • Yuri
  • Defence Science and Technology Group
  • South Australian Space Industry Centre
  • Space Lab Technologies, LLC
  • Vertical Future Limited
  • OnePointOne
  • GAIA PROJECT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • MINEARC SYSTEMS PTY LTD
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Rice University
  • University of Arizona, USA
  • University of Cambridge, UK
  • The University of Nottingham, UK
  • Forschungszentrum Julich
  • French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
  • ETH Zurich
  • THE ANDY THOMAS SPACE FOUNDATION LIMITED
  • Dr Joanna McMillan Pty Ltd
  • Victorian Space Science Education Centre
  • HAMILTON SECONDARY COLLEGE
  • ONE GIANT LEAP AUSTRALIA FOUNDATION LTD
  • BOARD OF THE BOTANIC GARDENS AND STATE HERBARIUM
  • Department of Primary Industries and Regions
  • Bioplatforms Australia Ltd
  • Twist Bioscience Corporation
  • AUSTRALIAN GENOME RESEARCH FACILITY LIMITED
  • The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility
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