The Photonics and Optical Communication Group does research within various collaborations, and is supported by several funding agencies:

Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)

The Photonics Group is supported by DEST through two International Science Linkages grants. This programme supports Australian scientists, from both the public and private sectors, to collaborate with international partners on leading edge science and technology in order to contribute to Australia’s economic, social and environmental wellbeing.

Australian Research Council (ARC)

The ARC's mission is is to advance Australia's research excellence to be globally competitive and deliver benefits to the community. The ARC supports a number of projects within the Photonics Group through the both ARC Discovery and Linkage programmes.

Business Victoria

The Victorian government has committed funding of $310 million over five years towards the development of science and technology infrastructure and the commercialisation of innovation in Victoria. The Photonics Group benefits from this support through its collaboration with University of Melbourne.

University of Melbourne

Prof Steven Prower
Dr Shane Huntington
The project "Critical Components for Secure Data Transfer Systems (CG070010)" is partly supported by the DEST ISL programme and partly through the the Victorian Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) initiative.

University of Sydney

Dr Martijn van Eijkelenborg
Dr Alex Argyros
A/Prof Geoff Barton
The Photonics Group collaborates with the the Optical Fibre Technology Centre at the University of Sydney on two projects both related to new classes of organic materials for the development of novel optical fibres.

City University of Hong-Kong

Prof K.S. Chiang
This project tackles the development of a new breed of optical fibres referred to as "segmented cladding fibre" due to their internal structures. Related to the better known microstructured fibres, segmented cladding fibres offer light guidance properties impossible to achieve under normal circumstances and of interest from both scientific and commercial standpoints.

Cambridge University

Prof Henning Sirringhaus
Prof Sirringhaus is involved in the project "Nano-material self-assembly for inexpensive flexible colour display" and is one of the world's leaders in polymer electronics.

Silanna Pty Ltd

Silanna Pty Ltd is a newly formed start-up company based in Queensland. It's interests revolves around polymer optoelectonics and data storage.

Plastic Logic

Plastic Logic is one of the leaders in plastic electronics manufacturing, which it will first apply to flexible active-matrix displays following a $100m cash raising exercise. Plastic Logic is the industry partner for the DEST funded project "Nano-material self-assembly for inexpensive flexible colour display".