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  • Next beamtime round
    Applications for the 2010/3 round (Sep - Dec 2010) opened on 1 June and will close on 21 June. Click here for more information.

  • 4th Cheiron School, Japan, Oct 2010
    New Zealand has been offered the opportunity to send 7 people to the 2010 Cheiron School held each year at the Spring-8 Synchrotron in Japan. NZSG is calling for applications from interested students and early career researchers. Applications close at 5pm on 9 June. Click here for more information.

New Zealand's Investment in the Australian Synchrotron

New Zealand has joined other shareholders as foundation investors in the Australian Synchrotron, now nearing completion at Monash University in Melbourne. Each is contributing AUD$5 million as equity.

The New Zealand investor is the New Zealand Synchrotron Group Limited; a company formed by Auckland, Massey, Waikato, Victoria, Lincoln, Canterbury and Otago universities, Crop and Food Limited, AgResearch Limited GNS Science Limited, and Industrial Research Limited. The New Zealand Government is contributing grants totalling some AUD$5 million over five years to assist with the purchase of shares and meeting operating cost obligations. The Government will not be a shareholder in the company... read more >

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