Research Infrastructure Support Services (R.I.S.S)

RISS is an Australian not-for-profit company formed to promote investment in research infrastructure in the field of manufacture of human cell and cellular based products for transplantation. More information is available on RISS - Advancing Cellular Therapies in Australia.

The company is funded by the Australian Federal Government’s Department of Innovation Industry Science and Research (DIISR) under the National Collaborative for Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) over five years ending in June 2011.

RISS operates under the NCRIS Biotechnology section 5.5.

Our Purpose

RISS is formed with the objectives to:

• promote the philosophy of the NCRIS by fostering collaborative relationships in the Field (of manufacture of human cell and cellular based products for transplantation) and supporting growth in infrastructure of Australian research in the Field through the arranging of conferences, forums, workshops and meetings for parties operating in the Field;
• assist persons operating in the Field to obtain or enhance their accreditation for the holding of a TGA GMP licence in the Field;
• assist persons operating in the Field to establish, maintain or improve their quality systems for the purposes of obtaining or enhancing their ability to apply for a TGA GMP licence in the Field;
• manage the distribution of NCRIS and any co-funding in accordance with the conditions imposed by either the Commonwealth or the co-funder, with specific reference to enhancing or promoting research infrastructure in the Field or promoting access to the infrastructure by persons operating in the Field;
• subsidise those facilities or persons holding (or capable of managing) a TGA GMP licence in the Field such that researchers in the Field can have access to the Infrastructure on commercially more favourable terms than would otherwise normally be available to that party;
• to facilitate the entering into Infrastructure Access Agreements and other agreements as may be required to support such agreements.