The FINANCIAL -- UTAS and the Australian Antarctic Division have a long and successful history of collaboration in the field of Antarctic and marine science and innovation.

The two institutions have recently signed a new Collaboration Deed which formalises their current and future scientific interactions, including joint appointments, the new AAD-UTAS PhD Program in Quantitative Antarctic Science and the inaugural international project office of the Southern Ocean Observing System.

The QAS PhD program will see students work on quantitative projects of direct relevance to the Australian Antarctic Science strategy.

AAD Chief Scientist, John Gunn and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research Professor Paddy Nixon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor signed the document recently.The Director of the Australian Antarctic Division, Dr Tony Fleming, has welcomed the partnership.UTAS led the six-month development of the document on behalf of the Australian university community.

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