ABOUT QCIF
We are a not-for-profit (NFP) organisation dedicated to research excellence and catalysing innovation
MEMBERS & PARTNERS
What we do
We support researchers and clients across Australia by providing expert guidance and training in a wide range of data and digital capabilities, impacting hundreds of projects and benefiting thousands of end-users.
As a participant in the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) node, we play a key role in delivering national research infrastructure platforms in partnership with the Australian BioCommons and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Nectar Research Cloud.
QCIF is a project partner to researchers and clients in delivering outputs of excellence and with impact. Our flexible engagement models, ranging from embedded staff to tailored support packages, offer expertise in grant preparation, research design, data analysis, data architechtures, software engineering and beyond.
Purpose
To provide data and digital capabilities, services and products to academia, industry and governments.
Vision
To be the data and digital research partner of choice for our collaborators and clients in delivering societal impact.
Mission
Accelerate research excellence and innovation by provisioning cutting-edge data and digital capabilities, upskilling current and future researchers & innovators and catalysing collaboration and partnerships across Australia.
Excellence
We stand by the quality and integrity of our contributions to research.
Collaboration
We believe teams are best placed to tackle the grand challenges that confront society.
Entrepreneurial
We do not wait for opportunities to come to us; we make things happen.
Values
2000
Originally established under the name Queensland Parallel Supercomputing Foundation.
2006
QCIF changed its name.
2012
QCIF becomes Queensland’s ARDC Nectar Research Cloud Node.
2015
The Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics (QFAB) formed a strategic alliance with QCIF.
2016
The two organisations merged in with QFAB becoming a business unit within QCIF and renamed QCIF Bioinformatics.
2019
QCIF becomes a node of Australian BioCommons.
2025
QCIF expands its capabilities nationwide.
QCIF Strategy
The demand for cutting-edge digital infrastructure capabilities for research and innovation continues to grow and has been reaffirmed as a priority for investment in the latest National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Roadmap.
The QCIF Strategic Plan 2023–2025 reiterates its focus on Members. Together with our partners, we look to align QCIF’s efforts with Member research priorities and emerging industry sectors to maximise research excellence, translation, and societal impact.
Our Plan captures three core objectives to be enabled by specific strategies:
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Ensure operational sustainability with capacity for strategic investment
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Acquire, facilitate access to, develop, and manage world-class digital research infrastructure capabilities
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Enhance business operations to derive efficiencies and minimise company risks
Heading into 2026, QCIF will engage with stakeholders in developing a new Strategic Plan. The new Plan will reflect a reimagined approach aligned with broader changes in the external operating environment and emerging new opportunities.
