CSIRO is funded at about $787 million AUD/year. Australia's Defence Science and Technology Group, which does science and other research for the military, is fu

CSIRO is funded at about $787 million AUD/year. Australia's Defence Science and Technology Group, which does science and other research for the military, is funded at about $400 million AUD/year. It's Australia's 2nd largest research organization after CSIRO.