QCIF’s members are currently seven Queensland universities: The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University, James Cook University, CQUniversity, the University of Southern Queensland, and USC. Bond University became an associate member on 1 September 2021. The addition of Bond means QCIF now has all the Queensland universities as members.
QCIF is funded through its members, grants from the Queensland Government, project-based funding from the Federal Government and other organisations, and via subscriptions to QCIF’s data management tool ReDBox.
QCIF is an active participant in the high-performance research infrastructure initiatives funded by the Federal Government via its National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) program.
Together with its members, QCIF co-funds a nationwide network of high-performance infrastructure, and a team of member employees providing support and development services, for the benefit of researchers and businesses throughout Australia.
QCIF provides and promotes eResearch services by:
- Stimulating the application of the high-performance infrastructure
- Co-developing software tools with users to facilitate computation, modelling, analysis and data management
- Providing support, training, and expertise in the use of infrastructure and services
- Facilitating funding from the Commonwealth eResearch organisations for research infrastructure development projects located in Queensland
- Engaging industry with research communities to foster industry-oriented research and development projects (for both small-to-medium enterprises and large strategic industry opportunities) through an Industry Innovation program.
QCIF is strategically positioned in a fast-moving, rapidly evolving field that will have major impacts on the excellence of future research and on the strength of the economy of Queensland.
