Up to $3 million grant funding for industry led research innovation collaborations
The Australian Government are offering successful applicants grant funding between $100,000 and $3 million on a 50:50 co-contribution basis to support collaborative projects developing a new technology, product or service.
The grant funding program is designed to support industry-led, collaborative research projects with a duration of up to three years.
Eligible lead applicants must:
Be an Australian industry SME.
Have an ABN.
Be an Australian incorporated trading corporation with trading activities being either:
Enough to be called a trading corporation.
A major, not minor, part of your overall activity.
Project partners must include a minimum of:
At least two Australian industry organisations (one of which will be the lead applicant).
At least one Australian research organisation.
All partners must make case and/or in-kind contributions to the CRC-P project.
Projects must:
Develop a product, service or process that will solve problems for industry and deliver tangible / real outcomes.
Benefit SMEs.
Include education and training activities.
Focus on addressing one or more of the critical research areas identified in the National Science and Research Priorities (Listed here).
Align with one or more of the Australian Government priorities (Refer Appendix A in the guidelines).
Eligible project costs may include:
New research
Proof of Concept
Pre-commercialisation of research outcomes
Industry-focused education and training activities
Conferences, workshops, symposia related to the joint research
Information sharing and communications related to the research
Other eligible activities / costs (Refer to Appendix C in the program guidelines)
Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm AEDT on Thursday 20th March 2025.
For more information on CRC-P Round 17, and to access the online application form click here.
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