Draft:Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future

The Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative for Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF) is a multi-university research centre whose mission is to understand the changes taking place across the Antarctic region – to its climate and its biodiversity – and develop innovative ways to forecast, mitigate and manage these changes. Its overarching goal is to collaborate with policymakers to identify conservation priorities and help make the right decisions for Antarctica’s future. The facility opened in 2020 and is funded for seven years. It is funded by a grant of A$38 million from the Australian Research Council.

Organisation
, the Director of SAEF is Antarctic ecologist Professor Steven Chown,, from Monash University, the Administering Organisation. Collaborators and partners are:
 * Monash University
 * University of Wollongong
 * Queensland University of Technology
 * James Cook University in North Queensland
 * University of Sydney
 * University of Adelaide
 * Australian Antarctic Division
 * University of Wollongong
 * Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
 * Bureau of Meteorology
 * Geoscience Australia
 * South Australian Museum
 * University of Colorado
 * University of Exeter
 * Universitat de les Illes Balears
 * University of Otago
 * University of Pretoria
 * Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
 * Universidad de Santiago de Chile
 * The University of Waikato
 * Victoria University of Wellington
 * British Antarctic Survey
 * Instituto Antártico Chileno
 * International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators
 * Norwegian Polar Institute
 * Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
 * NVIDIA
 * NCI Australia