Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsProfessional organisationsHistoryInspired by Sir Ian Clunies Ross (C.S.I.R.O. Chairman 1949- 1959), the Foundation was established in his death in 1959. The Foundation funds industry-related scientific research. Its headquarters is the National Science Centre (Clunies Ross House), a central co- ordinating body for Australia's scientific and technological communities, many of whom have their offices here.