International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
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Exterior of ICRAR Offices at UWA & Curtin University
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| Established | August 2009 |
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7 Fairway, 2nd Floor, 1 Turner Avenue, Technology Park, Bentley Western Australia 6102 |
| Type | Research Facility |
| Director | Peter Quinn |
| Website | www.icrar.org |
7 Fairway, 2nd Floor,
Ken and Julie Michael Building
The University of Western Australia
Crawley
Perth
6009
Western Australia
Australia
The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (or ICRAR) is an international centre of excellence in astronomical science and technology, launched in 2009 as a joint venture between Curtin University and the University of Western Australia. ICRAR attracts some of the world's leading researchers in radio astronomy, contributing to Australian and international scientific and technical programs for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, the world's biggest ground-based telescope array which is in its design phase and the two Australian SKA precursors, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), both located at Murchison, Western Australia. The headquarters of ICRAR are located in Crawley, Western Australia.
ICRAR was created to deliver world-class outcomes for science, engineering and high performance computing and to play a key role in the SKA. It seeks to:
ICRAR is an equal joint venture between Curtin University and The University of Western Australia, with funding support from the State Government of Western Australia. The Centre’s headquarters are located at UWA, with research nodes at both UWA and the Curtin Institute for Radio Astronomy (CIRA).
ICRAR is governed by a board, chaired by Dr. Bernard Bowen, (appointed in February 2009). The Executive Director is Professor Peter Quinn.
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