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{{Short description|Federal government agency for scientific research in Australia}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
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| logo            = CSIRO Logo.svg
| logo_width      = 100px
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| image           = File:RS16868 IMG 9315-scr-Black-Mountain-site-signage-panel.jpg
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| motto           = ''We imagine. We collaborate. We innovate.''{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
| headquarters    = [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]], [[Australia]]
| formed          = 1916
| preceding1      = Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916–1920)
| preceding2      = Institute of Science and Industry (1920–1926)
| preceding3      = Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1926–1949)
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| jurisdiction    = Australia
| employees       = 6,618 (2024)<ref name="AR">{{cite report|title=CSIRO Australia's National Science Agency Annual Report 2023–24|url=https://www.csiro.au/-/media/About/AnnualReport/Images/2023-2024/24-00215_CA_REPORT_AnnualReport2023-24_WEB.pdf|website=CSIRO|access-date=2 March 2025|date=11 September 2024 |page=49}}</ref>
| budget          = $1.008 billion (2024)<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|num_act|aa120242025203/sch1.html|Appropriation (No. 1) 2024 - 2025}} Schedule 1{{cbignore}}</ref>
| minister1_name  = [[Tim Ayres]]
| minister1_pfo   = [[Minister for Industry and Innovation]]
| chief1_name     = Ming Long AM
| chief1_position = [[Chairman|Chair]]<ref name="Board">{{cite web|url=https://www.csiro.au/en/about/people/Board-Members|access-date=2 March 2025|title=Board members|website=CSIRO}}</ref>
| chief2_name     = [[Doug Hilton]]
| chief2_position = [[Chief executive]]<ref name="Board">{{cite web|url=https://www.csiro.au/en/about/people/Board-Members|access-date=2 March 2025|title=Board members|website=CSIRO}}</ref>
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| parent_agency   = [[Department of Industry, Science and Resources]]
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| website         = {{official URL}}
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The '''Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation''' ('''CSIRO''') is an [[Australian Government]] agency that is responsible for scientific research and its commercial and industrial applications.

CSIRO works with leading organisations around the world. From its headquarters in Canberra, CSIRO maintains more than 50 sites across Australia as well as in France and the United States, employing over 6,500 people.

Federally funded scientific research in Australia began in 1916 with the creation of the Advisory Council of Science and Industry. However, the council struggled due to insufficient funding. In 1926, research efforts were revitalised with the establishment of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which strengthened national science leadership and increased research funding. CSIR grew rapidly, achieving significant early successes. In 1949, legislative changes led to the renaming of the organisation as Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/cth/consol_act/saira1949279/|title=SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH ACT 1949}}</ref>

Notable developments by CSIRO have included the invention of [[atomic absorption spectroscopy]], essential components of the early [[Wi-Fi]] technology, development of the first commercially successful [[polymer banknote]], the invention of the insect repellent [[Aerogard]] and the introduction of a series of biological controls into Australia, such as the introduction of [[myxomatosis]] and [[rabbit calicivirus]] for the control of [[European rabbit|rabbit]] populations.