The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) is a collaborative centre that is international in scope, achieving research excellence in astronomical science and engineering. As a coherent and unified part of Australia’s national effort, ICRAR is making a fundamental contribution to the realisation and scientific success of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
ICRAR will provide opportunities to grow new skills in WA, to develop industrial capabilities and to provide motivation and excitement in the education of teachers, students and the community at large.
Our research focus will be on the scientific capabilities enabled by the Square Kilometre Array, the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP), the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and the technologies necessary to realise these scientific capabilities.
ICRAR is a joint venture between the University of Western Australia and Curtin University of Technology.
ICRAR will drive Australia's bid to be the site of a new radio telescope capable of seeing the early stages of the formation of galaxies, stars and planets.
