Europe

Europe is a key partner region for CSIRO, both in relation to basic scientific research and for commercialisation and applications of our industrial research.

CSIRO in France

CSIRO maintains a small laboratory for biosecurity research at the Agropolis International Campus at Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, on the outskirts of Montpellier in France.

Collaboration partners in Europe

Collaboration with European partners covers nearly all areas of CSIRO's research, but particularly:

• food processing
• solar energy technology
• materials science and engineering
• marine, agricultural and environmental sciences
• radio astronomy
• space science
• information and communications technology
• mining technology.

Key European partner organisations include:

• Bayer CropScience (Germany)
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS – France)
• Clextral (France)
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR - Italy)
• EU Joint Research Centre
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Germany)
• Groupe Limagrain (France)
• Helmholtz Association (Germany)
• Imperial College London
• Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA – France)
• Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (Germany)
• TNO (Netherlands)
• UK Met Office
• Vilmorin & Cie (France)
• VTT (Finland).

CSIRO also works with European partners in other parts of the world, including in the Pacific and Africa.

CSIRO hosts Masters and post-graduate students each year from a range of institutions across Europe.

Horizon 2020

CSIRO is part of many EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects, including:

• AENEAS – Advanced European Network of E-infrastructure Astronomy with the SKA (2017-2019)
• CIRCASA – Coordination of International Research Cooperation on soil Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture (2017-2020)
• EPPN2020 - European Plant Phenotyping Network 2020 (2017-2021)
• EVAg - European Virus Archive goes global (2015-2019)
• DEFEND – Addressing the dual emerging threats of African Swine Fever and Lumpy Skin Disease in Europe (2018-2023)
• HOMED – HOlistic Management of Emerging forest pests and Diseases (2018-2022)
• MESOPP – Mesopelagic Southern Ocean Prey and Predators (2016-2019)
• TEAM-Coast – Toward a new generation of Ecological Assessment tools for the Management Coastal environment (2018-2021)
• VetBioNet - Veterinary Biocontained facility Network for excellence in animal infectiology research and experimentation (2017-2022)
• FF-IPM - In-silico boosted, pest prevention and off-season focused IPM against new and emerging fruit flies (2019-2023)

In addition, CSIRO is a member of science panels or international advisory panel for the following projects:

• CERES  - Climate change and European aquatic RESources (2016-2020)
• RRI-Practice - Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice (2016-2019)