Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, released the draft 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap on 5 December2016.

The draft 2016 Roadmap highlights nine research infrastructure focus areas that will enable Australia to pursue transformational research while delivering returns for the community and industry partners.

The draft was developed through face-to-face consultations with more than 580 stakeholders across Australia, and the consideration of 325 submissions.

A copy of the draft 2016 Roadmap and information on how to make comments are available on the Department of Education and Training’s website.

The closing date for comments isMonday, 16 January 2017.