Those organisations which are important to research, though do not actually conduct research themselves, such as the learned academies.
- Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)
- Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS)
- Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN)
The Australian Technology Network (ATN) is an influential alliance of five distinctive and prominent Australian universities located in each mainland State. The ATN is focussed on research in partnership with industry and the professions which has an impact and makes a difference in the community, opening up new research fields and disciplines such as in the creative industries and bringing together diverse areas of academic research to work on practical problems. www.atn.edu.au - Council for the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CHASS)
- Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS)
- Group of Eight (Go8)
The Group of Eight Ltd is the representative body of eight leading Australian research-intensive universities. Between them Group of Eight (Go8) universities conduct 60% of all Australian university research and win over 70% of nationally competitive research grants. The Go8 has offices located in Canberra, Australia and Berlin, Germany. www.go8.edu.au - Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia)
- National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)
- Universities Australia (UA)