A $20 million budget boost will create a new invasive species research centre based in Canberra, called the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions.

The new entity will build on the work of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) which has united scientists in an effort to minimise the impact of introduced and pest species on both the environment and industry.

ACT government ecologist Claire Wimpenny with kangaroos in a fertility trial in Weston Park. Credit:Rohan Thomson

The funding is part of a $1 billion Landcare package announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture and Water Resources minister, Barnaby Joyce.

Research dollars complement the government's investment in an ACT-based project to develop automated traps, dubbed Intelli-Traps, and broader national programs to develop thermal sensor and weed-spraying technologies for farmers and land managers.