National Research Infrastructure forms the basis for much of Australia’s research capability, including research with international collaborators. These facilities can only run with the expertise of their highly skilled workforce.
National Research Infrastructure (NRI) forms the basis for much of Australia’s research capability, including research with international collaborators. These facilities can only run with the expertise of the highly skilled NRI workforce. The NRI Workforce survey presents an opportunity to draw out some of the challenges in maintaining this workforce and test solutions that safeguard the future of the NRI workforce and therefore the NRI itself.
ATSE has also provided a submission to the 2026 NRI Roadmap consultation, which also discussed the NRI workforce. ATSE’s submission to the Roadmap consultation urges delivery of the NRI Workforce Strategy – which had been identified as an outcome of the 2021 NRI Roadmap. In this survey response, ATSE adds the following ideas to strengthen the NRI workforce:
Recommendation 1: Plan for workforce needs as part of improving coordination and long-term planning for the NRI system.
Recommendation 2: Collect and publicly release annual NRI workforce data.
Recommendation 3: Leverage programs such as ATSE’s IMNIS and Elevate: Boosting Diversity in STEM to entice new talent to NRI careers.
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