Details on individual Centres can be found in the CRC Compendium which is available at this web site. Each centre is established by a Centre Agreement binding all the participants, and a Commonwealth Agreement between each participant and the Commonwealth. Agreements, including funding, generally run for seven years. Agreements require quarterly reporting of expenditure to drawdown Program funds. First year visits, generally timed at about six months into the first year, ensure that the management framework agreed in the contracts is in place.
Performance is monitored through annual reports and a process of second and fifth year reviews.
Second and fifth year reviews are very rigorous, and are carried out by independent expert panels. They assess the performance of the CRC separately in terms of the quality of the science, and other criteria. The outcomes of the reviews are in the hands of the CRC Committee, which can recommend actions based on those reviews. This independent assessment distinguishes the CRC Program from general research funding and operational programs. For more information on reviews, go to the Accountability section of this site.