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General
The Australian Academy of Science’s National Committees for Science were asked to focus on issues relating to the personnel and infrastructure needs of
each discipline. The Committees considered:
• Whether a statement of the major facilities and personnel in Australia is available. If not, how can it be efficiently constructed?
• Whether the Committee could determine the likely infrastructure requirements of the discipline over the proposed strategic planning timeframe.
• Whether the Committee could determine the likely personnel requirements of the discipline over that same timeframe.
• How appropriate is would be to validate the plan with the scientific community of the discipline, and with others with key interests?
• The other disciplines on which the plan will impact, and how should the interaction with those disciplines be managed?
• How much of the work can be done with existing resources, and what additional resources are required to complete the task?
Responses of particular relevance to the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy appear in this summary document. Responses were received
from the National Committees for:
• Astronomy • Medicine
• Biomedical Sciences • Nutrition
• Chemistry • Physics
• Crystallography • Psychology
• Earth Sciences • Radio Science
• Geography • Space Science
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