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The Digital Master Plan will improve services for our students, researchers, academics, professional staff and the wider community. Developed following an extensive consultation process with staff and students, the Plan outlines our transformation journey through to 2030.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12"><a href="https://services.anu.edu.au/planning-governance/planning-review/digital-master-plan-dmp"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-digital-master-plan.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12 order-lg-2"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="/research/research-initiatives/anu-below-zero">ANU Below Zero</a></strong></h2><p>Transformational change is required to limit climate change to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to zero as soon as possible is essential, but this effort alone is no longer enough to limit temperature increases to globally agreed levels. In response, ANU is working to reduce its carbon emissions to below zero from its operations and value chain by 2040.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12 order-lg-1"><a href="/research/research-initiatives/anu-below-zero"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-anu-below-zero.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="/about/awards-achievements/research-achievements/translational-fellowship-scheme">Translational Fellowship Program</a></strong></h2><p>The Translational Fellowship Program aims to advance promising researchers and promote enhanced opportunities for diverse career pathways within and alongside government, civil society and industry and deliver against the goals of the ANU Strategic Plan.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12"><a href="/about/awards-achievements/research-achievements/translational-fellowship-scheme"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-translational-fellowship-program.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12 order-lg-2"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="/study/apply/new-admissions-for-2020">Admissions Scholarships & Accommodation</a></strong></h2><p>From 2020, the way domestic undergraduate students apply to ANU will change. One single application to study at ANU will cover admissions, accommodation and scholarships. The new system will provide more certainty with earlier offers and transparency over entrance requirements.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12 order-lg-1"><a href="/study/apply/new-admissions-for-2020"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-admissions-scholarships.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="https://services.anu.edu.au/planning-governance/project-management/anu-acton-campus-master-plan">Campus Master Plan</a></strong></h2><p>ANU is developing a refreshed Master Plan for the Acton campus. Aligning with the ANU Strategic Plan 2017-2021 while also looking further forward to 2030, the ANU Acton Master Plan will outline a plan to deliver excellence across the campus’ built environment.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12"><a href="https://services.anu.edu.au/planning-governance/project-management/anu-acton-campus-master-plan"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-campus-master-plan.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12 order-lg-2"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="https://giwl.anu.edu.au/">Global Institute for Women's Leadership</a></strong></h2><p>The Global Institute for Women’s Leadership seeks to understand and address the causes of women's underrepresentation in leadership positions and the way gender negatively impacts the evaluation of women leaders. ANU is the first international base for the institute founded by the Hon Julia Gillard, AC at King’s College, London.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12 order-lg-1"><a href="https://giwl.anu.edu.au/"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-global-institute-women-leadership.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="visually-hidden layout layout--onecol-12"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="layout__region layout__region--first"><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12 order-lg-2"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="https://kambri.com.au/">Kambri</a></strong></h2><p>Kambri has become the University’s new heart of the campus. The central precinct combines the living, learning, cultural, physical and social experience of the ANU campus into a village setting. Kambri brings together the ANU and Canberra communities by hosting major festivals and events.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12 order-lg-1"><a href="https://kambri.com.au/"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-kambri.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12 order-lg-2"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="/research/research-initiatives/wearoptimo">Innovation institute: WearOptimo project</a></strong></h2><p>The WearOptimo project was established to drive the future of personalised medicine and diagnostics via microscopic wearable technology. The aim of the project is to provide simple, wearable devices which can help monitor and manage human health conditions.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12 order-lg-1"><a href="/research/research-initiatives/wearoptimo"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-wear-optimo.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="/research/research-initiatives/our-health-in-our-hands">Our Health in Our Hands</a></strong></h2><p>Our Health in Our Hands, created in partnership with ACT Health, aims to transform healthcare by developing new personalised health technologies and solutions in collaboration with patients, clinicians and health care providers. The research is initially focused on two major chronic diseases; multiple sclerosis (MS) and diabetes.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12"><a href="/research/research-initiatives/our-health-in-our-hands"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-ohioh.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12 order-lg-2"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="https://inspace.anu.edu.au/">The ANU Institute for Space (InSpace)</a></strong></h2><p>InSpace consolidates, streamlines and coordinates all space-related activity across the ANU and supports the Australian Government’s objective to transform the Australian space industry and treble its workforce by 2030. InSpace bridges academia and industry and is driving industry and government co-investment in projects that support the growth of a globally-competitive and respected Australian space industry.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12 order-lg-1"><a href="https://inspace.anu.edu.au/"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-in-space.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="/research/research-initiatives/asd-anu-co-lab">CO-LAB: An ASD-ANU Collaboration</a></strong></h2><p>A centre of excellence for ground-breaking research, capacity building and nurturing the talent Australia needs to secure our national interests.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12"><a href="/research/research-initiatives/asd-anu-co-lab"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-colab.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12 order-lg-2"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="https://ceat.org.au/">Agrifood Innovation Institute</a></strong></h2><p>The Agrifood Innovation Institute (formerly known as the Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology) aims to accelerate transformative innovation to future-proof the Australian agrifood system. We provide a single point of access to the University’s significant research capability and infrastructure, allowing our world-class researchers to collaborate on projects which tackle complex long-term agrifood challenges, and translate research into real world impact. </p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12 order-lg-1"><a href="https://ceat.org.au/"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2024-01/Strategic%20Initiatives%20image.png" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div><div class="block-template-default"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="row equal g-0 box-bdr-gold p-0 noborder mt-5"><div class="col-lg-5 col-12 order-lg-2"><div class="mb-0 p-3"><h2><strong><a href="/research/research-initiatives/tech-policy-design-centre">Tech Policy Design Centre</a></strong></h2><p>The Tech Policy Design Centre will reimagine how governance shapes technology. We aim to develop a new generation of fit-for-purpose tech governance frameworks. We will draw on world-leading inter-disciplinary expertise across ANU and collaborate with industry, government and civil society.</p></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-12 order-lg-1"><a href="/research/research-initiatives/tech-policy-design-centre"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/files/2023-06/si-tech-policy-design-centre.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></main><div role="region" class="anu-wf-social-banner"></div><footer role="contentinfo" class="anu-wf-footer react-none" aria-label="Footer banner" data-tracker='anu' ></footer></div></div><script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; window.dataLayer.push({"drupalLanguage":"en","drupalCountry":"AU","siteName":"Australian National University","entityCreated":"1675124375","entityLangcode":"en","entityStatus":"1","entityUid":"0","entityUuid":"eeded659-ee92-4421-8c77-adf84acac3b5","entityVid":"124344","entityName":"Anonymous","entityType":"node","entityBundle":"panel","entityId":"707","entityTitle":"Strategic initiatives","userUid":0});</script> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","pathPrefix":"","currentPath":"node\/707","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"clientside_validation_jquery":{"validate_all_ajax_forms":2,"force_validate_on_blur":false,"messages":{"required":"This field is required.","remote":"Please fix this field.","email":"Please enter a valid email address.","url":"Please enter a valid URL.","date":"Please enter a valid date.","dateISO":"Please enter a valid date (ISO).","number":"Please enter a valid number.","digits":"Please enter only digits.","equalTo":"Please enter the same value again.","maxlength":"Please enter no more than {0} characters.","minlength":"Please enter at least {0} characters.","rangelength":"Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long.","range":"Please enter a value between {0} and {1}.","max":"Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}.","min":"Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.","step":"Please enter a multiple of {0}."}},"dataLayer":{"defaultLang":"en","languages":{"en":{"id":"en","name":"English","direction":"ltr","weight":0}}},"pois":[],"user":{"uid":0,"permissionsHash":"2fd3c9486c872b7b9abf522a9e630d4f50478cb8dcd265040b254b437c1ad8c0"}}</script> <script src="https://d1zkbwgd2iyy9p.cloudfront.net/sites/www.anu.edu.au/files/optimized/js/js_miBjV5ZwneOP7b-mqEnRiV2QMsk48M9DLVLYpyzv8WM.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=webstyle&include=eJxtjUGOwzAMAz_krJ9kyI6SaCtLhak0ze-b7mF76YUAB0OQAI4i9sstfOQGZGqNAamiEmdZ5MlI9EWzvdSwEptYqUrt9s3avPOdVi6DcbtEeBPSUsmMR5opSOnkkStv9BAfSDgR3HMlcDq4Ik7lvKpX0uldxNYPX9yCDsb18g_LXSkWHz3T3MWmXT4-HZia-j4v41qmh_CB_Jc_3edd-QWvs2vj"></script> <script src="https://d1blp3aor2iuhp.cloudfront.net/widgets/bundle.js"></script> <script src="https://d1blp3aor2iuhp.cloudfront.net/styles/js/dist/export.js"></script> <div class="ourBotFrame"><div class="iframeContainer"></div></div></body></html>