We’re working to address the major questions of temperate marine and Antarctic science, with research focused on living marine resources management, systems ecology, oceanographic connectivity and process dynamics, and climate studies.
Our partners, projects and collaborations play a vital role in our capacity to provide world-leading scientific and policy-ready research outcomes.
Major research partnerships and collaborations
A partnership designed to help build effective solutions to the scientific and social challenges facing Antarctica, now and into the future.
HX* and the University of Tasmania (UTAS) have expertise in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and a shared commitment to building knowledge and inspiring stewardship of this remote and awe-inspiring place and the wildlife that calls it home.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes reduces Australia’s economic, social and environmental vulnerability to climate extremes. We are an international research consortium of five Australian universities and a network of outstanding national and international partner organisations supported by the Australian Research Council.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century research how Australia's weather is being reshaped by climate change. The Centre commenced operations in early 2024 and is a consortium of 24 partners, led by Monah University in strong collaboration with the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales, the Australian National University, and the University of Tasmania.
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century
The ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Onshore Lobster Aquaculture aims to build knowledge to establish the world’s first sustainable onshore lobster aquaculture industry focused on commercial, sustainable and socially acceptable lobster production from hatchery to market. The project will provide alternate solutions for lobster culture in bio-secure and cost effective onshore systems. The outcomes are targeted at positioning Australia at the forefront of onshore lobster aquaculture, with opportunity for technology transfer to other aquaculture sectors.
ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Onshore Lobster Aquaculture
The Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) is an Australian Government funded initiative through the Antarctic Science Collaboration Initiative program to better understand the role of the Antarctic region in the global climate system and the implications for marine ecosystems.
Core partners of the AAPP are the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), CSIRO, the University of Tasmania (UTAS), and the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Other partners include Geoscience Australia (GA), the Tasmanian State Government and Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).
The University of Tasmania (UTAS), in partnership with the Australian National University (ANU), the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and 40 other national and international research institutions and Universities have formed the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS).
ACEAS will conduct world-leading research into changes that are happening in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean and the impacts that the changes are having on the global climate system.
The research will provide the national-scale research capacity required to advance knowledge and hone predictions of Antarctica’s complex ice-Earth-ocean-atmosphere-ecosystem interactions that govern future changes and impacts. New data will improve predictions of the nature and rate of future change, enabling Australia to better safeguard against the worst impacts.
The Blue Economy CRC will, for the first time bring the aquaculture and renewable energy sectors together to address the challenges of offshore food and energy production, that leverages the benefits of colocation, vertical integration, infrastructure and shared services. Offshore engineering will be central to this emergence, leveraging decades of experience drawn from the shipping, defence, oil and gas industries.
The Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is one of the national research infrastructure capabilities currently supported under the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
"Marine Bioproducts is a not-for-profit Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) bringing together more than 70 partners from academia and industry.
We are driving Australia’s transition to the ‘third generation’ of marine production (first generation is fishing, second generation is aquaculture). We do this by funding research and the development of new products.
Thanks to a federal government grant of $59 million and co-funding from our partners, we have more than $270 million to invest over 10 years. These funds support collaborative work in four key spaces:
- Establishing pathways from biomarine discovery to markets in health, nutrition, agriculture, aquaculture and biomaterials
- Creating and expanding sustainable marine bioresource production facilities
- The integration of marine science and biotechnology with industries in Australia and overseas
- Creating industry-ready graduates focused on taking discoveries out of the lab and into the economy
Our aim is to make Australia a global player in marine biotech, an industry that is forecast to be worth more than US$700 billion by 2035."
An applied science partnership of Australia’s leading climate change research and decision-making agencies. Our research directly informs decisions, policies and climate adaptation responses and is advancing knowledge of our future climate. Together, we are helping to create a climate resilient Australia.
The Marine and Coastal Hub is funded by the Australian Government under the National Environmental Science Program. Research partnerships fostered by the hub deliver practical outcomes for Australia's marine and coastal environment and communities.
The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) is a joint international initiative of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), and facilitates the sustained collection and delivery of essential observations from the Southern Ocean.
The Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration Agreement (SMRCA) between the Tasmanian State Government and the University of Tasmania was established to support research on Tasmanian marine resources, including commercial and recreational fisheries, wild harvest and aquaculture.
Our strategic approach to the SMRCA attempts to balance the economic, social and environmental factors that contribute to ensuring a sustainable and productive future, and engaging with industry and other partners for the long-term prosperity of both Tasmania and the broader Australian community.
The Centre for Marine Socioecology makes use of the critical mass of nationally and internationally leading researchers present in Hobart.
The Centre brings together a wide variety of disciplines: oceanography, ecology, economics, policy, law and social science. These disciplines are in active collaboration to directly address the theory and applied sides of marine socio-ecological systems.
The Centre is a collaboration between the University of Tasmania (via IMAS), CSIRO and the Australian Antarctic Division and is hosted at our Waterfront building in Hobart.