The National Sport Information Centre (NSIC), a program of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), provides a national focus to achieve sport information, research, and knowledge outcomes for Australian Sport. 

The NSIC provides high quality sport information, analysis and advice to primary clients operating with the national sport system.  The NSIC’s primary clients include Australian sport’s leading coaches, scientists, medical practitioners, researchers, administrators and policy makers. The NSIC also provides a range of expanded services to Australia’s national elite level athletes, including past and present Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holders.

The Centre is open to the public and makes available a comprehensive range of research resources to teachers, physical educators, students, media, and sport enthusiasts alike.

The focus of the AIS Applied Research Centre is to increase the capacity for relevant research across the diverse disciplines that comprise the Sports Science Sports Medicine departments of the AIS. In addition to ‘in-house’ research, the Centre is the vehicle for negotiation with potential collaborators and funding agencies, as well as for promotion of innovative achievements.

A key component of the Centre’s activity is the formation of collaborative arrangements that provide the AIS with increased access to expertise and other research resources. The Centre has enjoyed enormous success on this front, collaborating with Universities, Businesses, Sporting Organisations and other government research agencies. Most recently, the Centre has been involved with large scale research projects with the CSIRO and National ICT Australia (NICTA).

The SCORS Research Group (SRG) is a sub-committee of the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport, consisting of representatives from State and Territory Departments of Recreation and Sport, Australian Sports Commission, and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging Australian Government.

The SRG's role is to improve the range and quality of information about sport and recreation including data and research on physical activity trends, sport and recreation participation, economic impacts and social benefits.

The Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) is a joint initiative of the Australian Sports Commission and State and Territory Departments of Sport and Recreation.

ASC Research & Corporate Planning

The ASC Research & Corporate Planning (RCP) unit leads and manages the ASC's Social Research Framework and ensures the ASC meets its statutory requirements.