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.

For those that have not already heard our efforts to continue the CRC for another six years has been successful.

It started with a 30 minute powerpoint (presented by John Lovett and myself) and was followed by 90 minutes of questions from a panel.

Yesterday the team completed the next stage of the bidding process by completing the 2 hour interview.

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

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 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.

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.