Evaluation of the Access to World Leading Astronomy Infrastructure (AWLAI) program

The introduction of AWLAI also saw the transfer of the management of Australia’s existing research and commercial capabilities in the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) from the Government to the research sector. [...] The introduction of AWLAI also saw the transfer of the management of Australia’s existing research and commercial capabilities in the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) from the Government to the research sector. [...] The evaluation also examines the impact of the changes in the management of the AAT and assesses to what extent the ESO-SP has provided for new opportunities for Australian businesses to develop and sell their technology to overseas buyers. [...] These included Australian government and research sector priorities, the end of Australia’s access to the 8-metre Evaluation of the Access to World Leading Astronomy Infrastructure (AWLAI) program Final report 11 telescope under the Gemini program, and the end of the United Kingdom’s funding of AAT. [...] The establishment of the AAT Consortium and Astralis Consortium provided the necessary mechanisms to enable Australia to benefit from the ESO-SP and contribute to the development of the instrumentation used by the ESO-SP, and was in line with good practice internationally (discussed further in section 3.1.3).38 While some interviewees acknowledged that there were initial challenges with the establ.