363.  Australia is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the communication Intellectual Property and Innovation: Research Collaboration Across Borders, document IP/C/W/699, and would like to thank the US for its efforts in coordinating this communication. 364.  We would like to provide some information on a specific cross-border research collaboration - the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund the "AISRF". Established in 2006, the Fund aims to support collaboration between Australian and Indian researchers in strategically focused, leadingedge scientific research and technology projects. Intellectual property is managed at the project level and agreed between project partners. 365.  The Fund has supported 368 collaborative activities in a wide range of mutual priority areas such as agriculture, biomedical devices and implants, renewable energy, nanotechnologies and vaccines. The Fund has provided a pathway for researchers to establish links with counterparts and helped facilitate many successful research projects, including several documented large-scale projects which are of significant importance to Australia, India, and globally. 366.  We consider the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund to be an example of the benefits of international research collaboration. We look forward to hearing other Members' experiences.