[clug] [OT-Budget] NICTA being wound down. 2yrs?

[steve jenkin]

Andrew,

Thanks for that very through rundown.


Andrew Donnellan wrote on 15/05/13 12:28 AM:
> DBCDE portfolio budget statement[0] at page 28 indicates the
> following funding for the ICT Centre of Excellence program (ie
> NICTA):
> 
> * 2013-14: $22,563,000 * 2014-15: $21,435,000 * 2015-16 onwards:
> nil
> 
> So they have until June 2015 - two years.
> 
> NICTA's funding doesn't come solely through DBCDE - it also has 
> something like $3m per year from the ACT Government, among other
> things. But losing $20m of core federal funding is a giant hit.
> 
> Their other main federal funding source is the Australian Research 
> Council, under the ARC Centres of Excellence scheme which is part
> of their Linkage Program. I note that [1] at page 252 indicates a
> drop of ~$25m to the Linkage Program in 2015-16 - not sure
> whether/how much of it is NICTA related.
> 
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> [0] 
> http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/163417/COMPLETE_BCDE_PBS.pdf
>
> 
[1]
> http://www.innovation.gov.au/AboutUs/Budget/Documents/PortfolioBudgetStatementsDIICCSRTE2013-14.pdf
>
> 
<http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/163417/COMPLETE_BCDE_PBS.pdf>


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