It was built for nanoscience research and opened in 2015 on the University of Sydney's Camperdown/Darlington campus.
Sydney Nano was originally launched in April 2016,[1] as the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (AINST).
[4][5][6] In March 2018, the New South Wales Government provided a A$500,000 grant[7] to set up the Sydney Quantum Academy to strengthen postgraduate research and training in quantum computing.
Sydney Nano was jointly led by three interim directors, Thomas Maschmeyer, Simon Ringer, and Zdenka Kuncic, who oversaw the launch period of the institute from March 2016.
Susan Pond was appointed to the directorship in February 2017, for a period of 12 months.