Our vision is that our imaginative research drives Australia’s information and communications technology (ICT) future.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be an enduring world-class ICT research institute that generates national benefit.
Our PEOPLE objective
Bring together world-class researchers and professional staff, enhance their skills and build a culture of entrepreneurship and achievement in use-inspired basic research, enhancing Australia’s ICT capacity and capability.
Our strategies are to:
- Attract outstanding people and build world-class teams
- Develop staff to ensure strong future leadership across the organisation
- Develop a commercialisation capability, culture of entrepreneurship and culture of achievement
- Continually improve our work environment with processes that empower people to achieve NICTA’s objectives
- Effectively manage and report on finances and budgets across NICTA.
Our RESEARCH objective
Carry out research that advances knowledge, is recognised for its excellence and generates breakthrough, user-focused technologies.
- Review our research activities to the highest standards of international excellence
- Focus our research efforts to maximise impact
- Choose projects and partners that allow us to both advance knowledge and underpin the development of globally competitive products, processes and services
- Provide NICTA researchers with world-class facilities and equipment
- Raise funds and other contributions that ensure the longevity of NICTA’s operations so that it can achieve its mission.
Our EDUCATION objective
Work with universities to provide Australia with ICT researchers who have deep technical expertise, supported by strong professional and entrepreneurial skills.
Our strategies are to:
- Build an enhanced PhD program in partnership with universities as an integrated education network
- Maintain an environment that is attractive to students and their supervisors
- Attract outstanding students to NICTA and to ICT generally
- Provide students with practical research, industry and domain experience, locally and internationally
- Extend the benefits of NICTA’s integrated education portfolio beyond our partner universities.
Our LINKAGES objective
Increase our impact and results by working with targeted research, government, education, industry and domain partners.
Our strategies are to:
- Develop strong cooperative relationships and joint projects for national and international benefit with:
– national and international research institutions
– national and international tertiary education institutions
– the Australian ICT and related industries
– major ICT users and domain areas - Participate in and develop national clusters to grow international areas of competitive advantage in ICT
- Develop integrated plans per project for NICTA’s industry linkages with clear targets that embed the project in the relevant ecosystem, enhancing the likelihood of market adoption of research results
- Provide advanced research and professional courses, seminars and other events to widen the engagement with Australia’s ICT industry and public sector
- Promote NICTA’s people, achievements and role in the ICT innovation system
- Ensure that all linkages have an identifiable impact and are managed.
Our COMMERCIALISATION objective
Facilitate technology transfer and create channels to market for NICTA research.
Our strategies are to:
- Develop projects to create technology platforms and domain applications with global market potential in partnership with user industries
- Identify and fund the development of proofs of concept and working models to demonstrate market application
- Maintain an IP framework and commercialisation processes and guidelines that allow us to achieve impact with our IP
- Create licensing relationships and consulting engagements, seed spin-out companies and assist access to capital and business partnerships.