Welcome to the New Zealand Synchrotron Group (NZSG) home. NZSG coordinates access for New Zealand researchers to the Australian Synchrotron and provides supports the development of synchrotron science capability.
The Australian Synchrotron is one of the largest and most important items of science infrastructure in the Southern Hemisphere. It is operated by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and is located in Melbourne. New Zealand has formed a partnership arrangement with ANSTO and provides funding which enables New Zealand researchers to have access to the facility on an equal footing with their Australian counterparts. The New Zealand access arrangement is coordinated through New Zealand Synchrotron Group Limited (NZSG); a company owned by all the New Zealand universities, three CRIs and Callaghan Innovation. The Government is not a shareholder in NZSG, but through MBIE actively supports the access arrangement as a component of the Science, Research and Innovation Cooperation Agreement between Australia and New Zealand.
It is owned and operated by ANSTO. Click here to find out more about the facility, its beamlines and what it can do.
Using the Australian Synchrotron
Any researcher in New Zealand can apply to use the Synchrotron. NZSG can help arrange access. There is a cost for using the Synchrotron, but special arrangements for access are in place for researchers from organisations that have agreed to contribute to the annual funding for the access programme. Please click here to find information about applying to use the Synchrotron and financial support for users.
About NZSG
Please click here to find information about NZSG, the activities it undertakes to support the development of synchrotron science and past use of the Synchrotron.
All enquiries about access to the Australian Synchrotron should be directed to NZSG’s Executive Officer, Dr Don Smith (synchrotron@royalsociety.org.nz).