The FRDC developed a flexible approach to how it funds projects to align with the principles of ‘lead, collaborate and partner’ in its RD&E Plan 2015–20.

This means projects can sit under the categories of:

• national priorities or infrastructure, collaboration or partnerships (sector or jurisdiction), or
• FRDC’s five foundation programs (Environment, Industry, Communities, People, Adoption). See Figure 3 on the following page.

How to read the project reports

To show where each project or activity story in this section of the annual report sits within the FRDC’s investment framework, a code has been used as shown in the grid below. The grid shows the national priorities, infrastructure, collaboration or partnerships and FRDC’s foundation programs. The purpose is to show that a single project can cross a number of fields. The coding also allows the reader to see how a project fits within the investment framework.

For example, FRDC’s investment in the SAFS reports is funded under national priorities and collaboration but is also coded against FRDC programs — Environment, Communities and Adoption.