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Funding and Partners

Background

G-ADOPT was initiated and funded within the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) 2020 platforms program, which invested in platforms that would transform the way research is conducted in various disciplines. G-ADOPT is short for ‘Geoscientific ADjoint Optimization PlaTform’. At first, though, the ‘G’ stood for ‘Geodynamic’ when the platform had a tighter focus. G-ADOPT is now applied across many branches of geosciences, including groundwater simulation, optimisation for renewable energy generation, and Earth's response to melting polar ice sheets. In 2023, the platform received funding from AuScope to focus, in particular, on the latter challenge.

Specific Funding Awards and Grants

  1. 2020 — ARDC Platform Grant — Geodynamic ADjoint Optimization PlaTform (PL031) Funding: A$1,355,492. Purpose: To develop transformational new research software infrastructure for inverse geodynamical simulation. CIs: D. R. Davies (ANU), S. Ghelichkhan (ANU), K. Czarnota (GA), D. Müller (USyd), S. C. Kramer (Imperial College London), D. Ham (Imperial College London), S. Funke (Simula Research Laboratories), P. E. Farrell (Oxford University), M. Sambridge (ANU), M. Seton (USyd), S. D. B. Goes (Imperial College London), B. Evans (NCI), T. Rawling (AuScope).

  2. 2022 — Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) — Simulating Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in Firedrake Funding: ~A$600,000. Purpose: To develop G-ADOPT research software infrastructure for simulating Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) and solid Earth impacts on sea level. CIs: D. R. Davies (ANU), M. J. Hoggard (ANU), S. Ghelichkhan (ANU), A. Gibson (ANU), W. Scott (ANU).

  3. 2023 — AuScope 2023 NCRIS Research Infrastructure Investment Plan (RIIP) — Coastal Research Infrastructure (CoastRI) Funding: A$1,418,350. Purpose: To support development and maintenance of G-ADOPT’s research software infrastructure for simulating Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) and solid Earth impacts on sea level (for example, through dynamic topography). CIs: D. R. Davies (ANU), M. J. Hoggard (ANU), S. Ghelichkhan (ANU), S. C. Kramer (Imperial College London), A. Gibson (ANU), A. Hogg (ACCESS-NRI), T. Rawling (AuScope).

  4. 2024 — ANU Institute for Water Futures (IWF) Funding: ~A$500,000. Purpose: To develop G-ADOPT-based research software infrastructure for digital twins of groundwater systems. CIs: S. Ghelichkhan (ANU), D. R. Davies (ANU), A. Gibson (ANU).

Partners

ARDC logo The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is a transformational initiative that provides Australian research community and industry with access to nationally significant, leading-edge data-intensive infrastructure, platforms, skills, and collections of high-quality data. In partnerships with organisations, the ARDC leads facilitations that work towards a coherent research environment to enable researchers to find, access, contribute to, and effectively use services to maximise research quality and impact. The ARDC is funded by the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

AuScope Logo AuScope provides geoscientists with a world-class research ‘toolkit’ to help tackle Australia’s key geoscience challenges and improve Australian life and the environment. AuScope is funded by the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

NCI logo The National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) is Australia’s leading high-performance data, storage, and computing organisation, providing expert services to benefit all domains of science, government, and industry. NCI brings the Australian Government and the Australian research sector together through a broad collaboration involving the largest national science agencies, universities, industry and the Australian Research Council. NCI is supported by the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)

ACCESS-NRI logo The Australian Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS-NRI) is a national research Infrastructure created to support development and research with the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS) modelling system framework. ACCESS simulates past, present, and future climate, weather, and Earth-Systems.

Geosciences Australia logo Geoscience Australia is Australia's pre-eminent public sector geoscience organisation. They are the nation's trusted advisor on the geology and geography of Australia. They apply science and technology to describe and understand the Earth for the benefit of Australia.

Australian Research Council logo The Australian Research Council's purpose is to `grow knowledge and innovation for the benefit of the Australian community through funding the highest quality research, assessing the quality, engagement, and impact of research, and providing advice on research matters'.

ACEAS logo The consequences of changes in the Antarctic, including sea-level rise, extreme weather events, alterations to rainfall patterns, and fisheries impacts, will be profoundly costly to Australia. However, the speed and scale of future change remains poorly understood. The Australian Centre of Excellence in Antarctic Sciences (ACEAS) will combine new field data with innovative models to revolutionise predictions of the future of the East Antarctic and Southern Ocean.