Even more important is the community, local business and bipartisan political support for the concept. The virtual institute structure provides a flexibility that readily enables the HMR Institute to incorporate existing groups as well as to adapt to change and new opportunities. The Institute will facilitate the co-location of research groups with similar interests and infrastructure needs and foster collaboration. In fact, this process is already underway. The Life Sciences Building, currently being built at the Callaghan Campus, will provide a focus for most of the basic science groups.
Planning is underway to move all the public health groups to a single site.
We hope that the wealth of research talent in the region combined with the strength of community support for our vision and its economic potential will prove irresistable to government. We have every reason to be optimistic.