AMIRA

Australian Mineral Industry Research Association

AMMRF

Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility

ANU

Australian National University

APA (I)

Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

ARC(-APD)

Australian Research Council - (Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship)

BSE

Backscattered Electrons

CAS

Chinese Academy of Sciences

CAGS

Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

CCFS

Core to Crust Fluid Systems

CET

Centre for Exploration Targeting

CMCA

Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (UWA)

CNRS

French National Research Foundation

CoE

Centre of Excellence

COO

Chief Operating Officer

CSC

China Scholarship Council

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation

CU(PS)

Curtin University (Postgraduate scholarship)

DECRA

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

DEST

Department of Education, Science and Training (from 2002)

DIATREEM

Consulting company within Access MQ Limited

DIISR

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

DP

Discovery Project

EAPE CoRE

Earth and Planetary Evolution Concentration of Research Excellence

EBSD

Electron Backscatter Diffraction

ECR

Early Career Researcher

ECSTAR

Early Career Start-up Awards for Research

EIS

Exploration Incentive Scheme

(D)EPS

(Department of) Earth and Planetary Sciences

EMP

Electron Microprobe

GA

Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO)

GAU

Geochemical Analysis Unit (DEPS, Macquarie University)

GEMOC

Geochemical Evolution of Metallogeny of Continents

GIS

Geographic Information System

GLAM

Global Lithospheric Architecture Mapping

GLITTER

GEMOC Laser ICPMS Total Trace Element Reduction software

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSWA

Geological Survey of Western Australia

ERA

Excellence in Research for Australia

FIM

Facility for Integrated Microanalysis

FTIR

Fourier Transfer Infrared Spectroscopy

ICPMS

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

iMURS

International Macquarie University Research Scheme

IPRS

International Postgraduate Research Scholarship

LAM-ICPMS

Laser Ablation Microprobe - ICPMS

LIEF

Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

MC-ICPMS

Multi-Collector - ICPMS

MERIWA

The Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia

MQNS

Macquarie University New Staff Research Grants Scheme

MQRDG

Macquarie University Research Development Grant

(i)MQRES

(International) Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships

MQRF

Macquarie University Research Fellowship (formerly MURF)

NCRIS

National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme

PGE

Platinum Group Element

PIRSA

Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia

RIBG

Research Infrastructure Block Grant

RSES

Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU

SAC

Science Advisory Committee

SEM

Scanning Electron Microscope

SIRF

Scholarship for International Research Fees

UWA

University of Western Australia