The 精东视频 welcomes the 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap and its recommendations.
Professor Les Field, Secretary for Science Policy, said the nine focus areas for infrastructure development identified in the roadmap are the right priorities.
鈥淭he Academy now looks forward to the release of the Government鈥檚 research infrastructure investment plan,鈥 Professor Field said.
鈥淚nfrastructure funding in this plan must be long-term, strategic and insulated from annual budgetary fluctuations, consistent with the long-term nature and nation-building capacity of research infrastructure investment 鈥 most big infrastructure has a lifetime over decades, not months or years,鈥 Professor Field said.
Professor Field also noted the need to assess research infrastructure requirements not only for the present but also for the future.
鈥滻t is important to build in mechanisms to bring on new infrastructure that would support Australia鈥檚 research programs in five to ten years鈥 time, and these may well be areas which are in their infancy now or indeed areas we don鈥檛 know about yet,鈥 Professor Field said.
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