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Australian Research Council R&D labs

Australian Research Council runs 20 R&D labs in the 311 Institute directory, across 1 country (Australia), focused on genetics, astronomy and astrophysics, atomic and molecular physics, and optics and artificial intelligence.

Part of the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory. Compiled by Matthew Griffin. Last updated .

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Lab and organisationLocationType and sectorFocusFounded
National Centre for Groundwater Research and TrainingAustralian Research CouncilAdelaide, AustraliaGovernment
Environment and climate
Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, Water Science and Technology2009
ARC Centre for Forest ValueAustralian Research CouncilHobart, AustraliaResearch institute
Environment and climate
Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Building and Construction
ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky AstrophysicsAustralian Research CouncilSydney, AustraliaResearch institute
Space
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation2011
ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life CourseAustralian Research CouncilBrisbane, AustraliaResearch institute
Social sciences and humanities
Demography, Gender Studies, Economics and Econometrics2014
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray ScienceAustralian Research CouncilMelbourne, AustraliaResearch institute
Basic science
Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2005
ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid SystemsAustralian Research CouncilNorth Ryde, AustraliaResearch institute
Environment and climate
Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Economics and Econometrics2009
ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle PhysicsAustralian Research CouncilMelbourne, AustraliaResearch institute
Nuclear
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics2020
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials ScienceAustralian Research CouncilWollongong, AustraliaResearch institute
Industrials and manufacturing
Polymers and Plastics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering1975
ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of MineralsAustralian Research CouncilNewcastle, AustraliaResearch institute
Environment and climate
Water Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics
ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum SystemsAustralian Research CouncilBrisbane, AustraliaResearch institute
Basic science
Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2011
ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental DecisionsAustralian Research CouncilBrisbane, AustraliaResearch institute
Environment and climate
Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology2011
ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein ScienceAustralian Research CouncilBrisbane, AustraliaResearch institute
Healthcare and life sciences
Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Microbiology
ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain FunctionAustralian Research CouncilClayton, AustraliaResearch institute
Healthcare and life sciences
Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical FrontiersAustralian Research CouncilParkville, AustraliaResearch institute
Basic science
Statistics and Probability, Artificial Intelligence, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2014
ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the TerascaleAustralian Research CouncilMelbourne, AustraliaResearch institute
Nuclear
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2011
ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and AgricultureAustralian Research CouncilBrisbane, AustraliaResearch institute
Agriculture and food
Genetics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology
ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular ImagingAustralian Research CouncilClayton, AustraliaResearch institute
Healthcare and life sciences
Radiation, Immunology, Materials Chemistry
ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its DisordersAustralian Research CouncilSydney, AustraliaResearch institute
Healthcare and life sciences
Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology2011
ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic BiologyAustralian Research CouncilSydney, AustraliaResearch institute
Healthcare and life sciences
Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular Medicine1991
Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication TechnologyAustralian Research CouncilSydney, AustraliaResearch institute
Basic science
Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry

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Questions and answers

How many R&D labs does Australian Research Council have?

The 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory lists 20 Australian Research Council R&D labs as of October 2026.

Where are Australian Research Council's R&D labs?

In Australia (20).

What does Australian Research Council research?

Its labs focus on genetics, astronomy and astrophysics, atomic and molecular physics, and optics and artificial intelligence.

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