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We received the much awaiting phone call yesterday morning and it was confirmed that we would receive funding for six more years and 93% of the total cash we sought would be provided.

The next stage of the bid process was completed at lunchtime today. We submitted the four exemplar projects.

After a tense two months we have finally been informed today that our bid has progressed to the next and final stage.

After a busy week we hit the submit button at 1:55pm today. The core team are very happy with the flavour of the final bid. We believe it has a more compelling case than in 2010.

The countdown to submission of the rebid is now in the final month. Our target is to submit on 30 June and we are confident this will be achieved.

The award is determined by a panel of innovation experts. With 42 CRCs currently funded it is feather in our cap to receive the award.

The Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity (CRCNPB) has been recognised for the groundbreaking research it has been undertaking, winning an Award for Excellence in Innovation fo

The first concern was that the government would decrease its contribution to industry R&D levies. It was positive to hear that this did not eventuate.

The committment of resources to the bid is stronger than Round 13 with new participants committed.

The last two weeks have been very focussed on developing our round 14 bid. Key to the development of the bid is addressing the feedback received after round 13.