The Australian Avian Genomics Initiative aims to build a foundation of genomic data, including phylogenomics, reference genomes, population genetics, to advance our understanding and conservation of Australia’s unique native birds.

The fungal kingdom sits taxonomically separated from plants and animals. They have unique characteristics including structure, metabolites, nutritional properties and ecological functions.<br\> Globally, currently 148,000 species of fungi are recognised, the majority in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. The vast majority of the total estimated 2.2-3.8 million fungal species, over 90%, are currently unknown to science. The majority of the knowledge on the species in Australia stems from alignment of species commonly thought to have originated, or be analogues to northern hemisphere fungal species. Australian mycologists have attempted to study native fungi relying primarily on classical morphology, which has often led to the incorrect identification of taxa or identification by alignment to northern hemisphere taxa. <br /> <br />The generation of omics data will enable the discovery of native fungal functions that may provide new avenues for emerging industries, in particular for native foods or to demonstrate provenance of foods, biologically active discoveries, biomaterial engineering, land restoration, waste management and circular economies. Additionally, characterising organisms, substrates and growth environments could accelerate the development of fungal based products or processors while, simultaneously, benefitting basic microbiological science and the engineering of biological systems.

The Plant Pathogen ‘Omics Initiative is a national collaborative project, which aims to generate high quality molecular reference data for plant pathogens in Australia to support fundamental research and development in plant protection and contribute to an effective national biosecurity surveillance system.

The Threatened Species Initiative (TSI) will create a national library of genomic data to support decision-making for biodiversity conservation.

The Australian Amphibian and Reptile Genomics Initiative is a national collaborative project that that will facilitate research using genomics approaches towards a more thorough understanding of evolution and conservation of Australia’s unique native Amphibians and Reptiles.

The Oz Mammals Genomics Initiative is an Australia-wide collaboration involving researchers from more than 30 institutions, which aims to develop genomic resources for Australia's mammals.

The Australian Microbiome Database is a collaborative project to create a public resource containing microbial genome and associated site specific metadata information from a range of Australian environments including soils, marine and freshwater.

The Antibiotic Resistant Sepsis Pathogens Framework Initiative aims to develop a framework dataset that will enable identification of core targets common to antibiotic-resistant sepsis pathogens.