Introduction

Astronomy Australia Ltd manages projects funded by its $10 million Education Investment Fund (EIF) grant awarded in May 2009. The EIF project period is July 2011 to June 2013.

AAL is also involved in a number of projects that are part of the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) for Radio and Optical Astronomy. NCRIS was announced in November 2006, and the programme officially ended in June 2011. Several of the projects funded under AAL's $45 million share of NCRIS continue to be funded by EIF.

AAL also manages funding for Australian access to the Gemini (from the ARC and AAO) and Magellan telescopes.

The contracts between AAL and DIISRTE for both NCRIS and EIF can be found on the publications page.

AAL's advisory committees assist the AAL Board in monitoring the progress of projects.

Some of AAL's projects - from left to right: Magellan; GMT; ATCA upgrade; PLATO-F; MWA.