CSIRO
Federal government agency for scientific research in Australia
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| March 2025 | Research by Pollster DemosAU identified CSIRO as Australia's second most trusted national institution. |
| 2023 | 'Innovation Catalyst' strategy creates $10,000,000,000 more value than any prior strategy, generating $400,000,000 per year greater investment in science. |
| 2023 | CSIRO reorganized its research areas into 'Impact science' and consolidated its Business Units, including the merger of Land and Water and Oceans & Atmosphere units into a new Environment Business Unit. |
| July 1 2023 | Doug Hilton, a molecular biologist, becomes the latest Chief Executive of CSIRO, and is currently serving in this role. |
| 2022 | CSIRO wins Roy Morgan Most Trusted Brand for first time. Achieves first emissions reduction in 100 years, reaching 83% of Net Zero target. |
| 2021 | Dr Cathy Foley becomes Australia's Chief Scientist. |
| October 15 2021 | Kathryn Fagg, a corporate executive, becomes Chair and is currently serving. |
| 2020 | In partnership with CSL, enables mass production of Australia's only COVID vaccine. Female leadership doubles, bringing CSIRO into Sage 'green' zone for gender equity for first time in 100 years. |
| 2019 | CSIRO formally catalogued and itemized its service areas, including materials and infrastructure, agricultural and environmental analysis, environmental services, biological, food and medical science services, and Australian Animal Health Laboratory services. |
| 2019 | CSIRO maintains a comprehensive list of National Facilities and Collections, including research infrastructure such as the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Australia Telescope National Facility, and various scientific collections supporting national and international biological research. |
| 2018 | CSIRO creates first Net Zero plan for Australia, demonstrating commitment by taking 55 sites 80% of the way to net zero and doubling the organization's value. |
| 2018 | Dr Cathy Foley becomes CSIRO's first Chief Scientist. CSIRO becomes first Australian entity to reach Thomson Reuters Global Top 25 Innovators, beating NASA. |
| 2017 | Main Sequence Ventures established as first Venture Capital fund inside government. |
| 2016 | 2,800 leading climate scientists from 60 countries sign an open letter expressing alarm about cuts to CSIRO's Oceans and Atmosphere research program. |
| 2016 | Funding cuts force 70 redundancies in climate science. CEO Marshall controversially states the climate change argument is settled and compares the debate's emotion to religion. |
| 2016 | Health Business Unit created. CSIRO wins additional $105,000,000 in WiFi patent lawsuit. |
| 2016 | CSIRO launched 'Innovation Catalyst' Strategy, generating $10 billion in value, training 3,500 researchers from 32 universities, and becoming the first Australian entity to reach Thomson Reuters Global Top 25 Innovators. |
| 2015 | Dr Larry Marshall becomes CEO and launches 'Innovation Catalyst Strategy', shifting CSIRO's purpose to solving national challenges with science. |
| October 15 2015 | David Thodey, a corporate executive, becomes Chair, serving until 14 October 2021. |
| August 2015 | CSIRO discontinues its annual July and August survey on climate change perceptions, ending a five-year polling effort tracking Australians' views on global warming. |
| 2014 | CEO Megan Clarke makes almost a quarter of CSIRO's scientists redundant, leading to significant workforce reduction. |
| 2014 | Minister Greg Hunt creates NESP, diverting $21,000,000 per year of CSIRO climate funding to competitive Universities. |
| 2013 | Abbott government cuts $25,000,000 from CSIRO's annual budget, significantly impacting the organization's financial resources. |
| June 28 2010 | Simon McKeon, a corporate executive, becomes Chair, serving until 14 October 2015. |
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