CRC for Plant Biosecurity - re-bid

Our re-bid

KNOBELM — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:43:36 +0000

The CRCNPB has a lifespan of seven years, with a finishing date of 30 June 2012. Through the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research's (DIISR) CRC Program, we are eligible to rebid for another term of up to eight years.

The Board and Participants of the CRC for National Plant Biosecurity agreed to support the development of a rebid proposal based on a plant biosecurity cooperative research centre. This rebid was submitted to DIISR's CRC Program before 1 July 2011.

On 22 November 2011 the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre (PBCRC) received the positive news that the rebid was successful. PBCRC received 93% of the funding sought, for six years starting from 1 July 2012.

The PBCRC will have four research programs, Early Warning, Effective Detection and Response, Safeguarding Trade and Secure Future. More information is available in the excerpt from the rebid submission.

Alternatively, further information is available about the Plant Biosecurity CRC here.

PBCRC Program Workshops
The agendas and some of the presentations from the PBCRC Program Workshops are available below:

Re-bid project structure

K.Scott — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:55:45 +0000

The Board have established a Participants Taskforce which consists or representatives from the grains industry, national agencies, state agencies, regulatory agencies, higher education sectors and the CRCNPB. In addition, we have a Program Taskforce which is responsible for developing the framework for the science program and projects, as well as a Core Team which is responsible for the overall project management and delivery of the re-bid.

Core Team

The Core Team is responsible for:

managing the re-bid project
providing strategic and policy advice
developing the re-bid application, and
submitting the re-bid application.


Core Team Member	Role
John Lovett	Chair
Simon McKirdy	Strategy and Policy
Nick Langley	Business Management
Max Knobel	Re-bid Coordinator
Phillip McCorkell	Project Management
Kate Scott	Communication

Participant Taskforce

The Participant Taskforce is nominated by the CRC NPB Ltd Board and is responsible for:

developing the Participants framework
engaging with and identifying end-users
liaising with potential Participants, and
obtaining commitment from potential Participants.


Participant Taskforce Member	Role
John Lovett	Taskforce Leader Board representative CABI liaison
Simon McKirdy	Defence liaison
Andy Sheppard Mike Cole	Federal Government representatives
Jody Higgins	Grain industry representative
David Moore	Horticulture industry representative
Martin Barlass Shashi Sharma	State Government representatives
Tony Clarke	Universities representative
Max Knobel	Re-bid Coordinator

Program Taskforce

The Program Taskforce is responsible for:

developing the science program framework, and
developing science program and projects.


Program Taskforce Member	Role
Bill Roberts	Taskforce Leader
James Ridsdill-Smith	All programs
Jane Moran	Innovation
Cain Roberts	Innovation
Deborah Hailstones	Area Freedom
Kirsty Bayliss	Community engagement (all programs)
Pat Collins	Product Integrity
Paul De Barro	Preparedness
Max Knobel	Re-bid Coordinator
Nick Langley	Business Manager

Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre

K.Scott — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:02:30 +0000

In the proposed ‘Plant Biosecurity CRC’, we will work closely with industry, regulators and the community throughout the project life cycle to ensure research outcomes address stakeholder requirements and expectations. Projects will also deliver into Australia’s national biosecurity strategy, and address the national research priority of protecting Australia from invasive pests and diseases.

As part of this new CRC, we will work collaboratively to provide Australia’s plant industries with tools for better surveillance and diagnostics; a systems approach to securing product integrity, and enhanced biosecurity preparedness through effective risk mitigation strategies. The new CRC will also conduct research to help improve current practices of plant biosecurity awareness, community/industry engagement and knowledge transfer, as well as providing education and training to enhance current and future capability.

The new projected CRC will bring together Australia’s leading biosecurity researchers and educators from the traditional plant science disciplines such as entomology and pathology, as well as social scientists, economists, engineers, statisticians and mathematicians.

As biosecurity risks continue to escalate across the globe, collaboration and engagement with international agencies and institutions will also play a pivotal role in this CRC.

Challenge

Protecting productivity, trade and market access for Australian plant industries in an environment of increasing biosecurity risk.

Vision

Australian plant production systems, markets and environment are protected from invasive pests and diseases through an effective plant biosecurity system.

Mission

To deliver novel technologies, protocols, tools and knowledge that protect Australia, its plant industries and regional communities by:

undertaking world class collaborative research
building biosecurity capacity through education and training
enhancing awareness through national and international community engagement, and
promoting community and enterprise development.