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Our track record
- #1 University in Australia for number of active licences, options and assignments.
- 650+ Active invention and copyright disclosures.
Collaborate with our researchers
Work with us to solve business problems and bring innovations to market
By combining our research expertise with your industry or business knowledge, we can work closely together to create innovative solutions and bring world-changing technologies to market.
Whether you’re a university, multinational business, startup or not-for-profit, it’s no longer enough to rely on traditional approaches to compete and thrive in today’s world.
By connecting our researchers with your business or organisation, we can create outcomes that are truly multidisciplinary, and are embedded in both evidence-based research and industry experience.
Partner on collaborative research projects
We have a range of ways industry and government can engage on collaborative projects to solve critical business, environmental, technology or health challenges.
This includes:
- Fee for service research
- Collaborative projects that leverage grants
- PhD sponsored research
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Funding
The Australian government has established several funding opportunities, designed to apply research expertise to industry and business challenges. We have access to these funding opportunities, so a collaboration with us can increase your research budget.
Linkage grants support research and development projects that involve collaboration between university researchers and external organisations (state government entities, commercial organisations and not-for-profits).
They are three to five-year programs, with ARC grant funding of $50,000 to $300,000 per year, with external organisations providing matching funding.
Staff can find information on how to apply for Linkage Projects here.
The Industrial Transformation Research Program is a scheme that engages Australia's best researchers in issues facing the new industrial economies and training the future workforce.
Hubs engage in cutting edge research on new technologies and economic and social transformation and support the development of research in these priority areas:
- manufacturing
- food and agriculture
- oil and gas, including petroleum
- mining and mining services
- medical devices and biotechnology.
Up to $5 million over five years is available through this program for universities and industrial partners to focus on significant collaborative projects.
The Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program funds major collaborative partnerships designed to tackle complex problems for end-users.
CRC programs last typically for seven years with possible extensions, with a total of $20 million to $40 million in research funding over the life of the program. They can involve multiple universities and industry partners.
The average grant is around $3 million per year and industry partners' cash and in-kind contributions must at least match the grant amount.
The Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme provides funding for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities to eligible organisations.
The scheme enables higher education researchers to participate in cooperative initiatives so that expensive infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared between higher education organisations and also with industry.
The scheme also fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of international or national research facilities.
Under the scheme, applicants may seek funding for:
- infrastructure, equipment and facility purchases, construction and installation
- major computing/data facilities, animal houses, herbaria and experimental farms
- salaries directly associated with creating and installing infrastructure, equipment or facilities
- consortium membership costs, in the case of Australia's participation in the use of significant international-scale or national research facilities
- library and research information infrastructure.
The NSW TechVouchers program encourages collaboration between NSW small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and public sector research organisations located in NSW.
The 2024 Boosting Business Innovation Program- TechVouchers is now open, as of Monday 23 September 2024. This Scheme is open for 5 weeks and will close on Friday 25 October 2024. View the BBIP guidelines here.
Applicants are encouraged to discuss with their designated BDM/s about their application strategy:
- Kailing Wang, Senior Business Development Manager, Health and Medical
- Andrew Kemp, Business Development Manager, Science
- Peter Lawson, Business Development Manager, Engineering
- Thorsten Wilhelm, Business Development Manager, FASS, Business, Law, ADP
- Vishal C Srivastava, Business Development Manager, Sydney Biomedical Accelerator (SBA)
For general enquiries about the BBIP program contact Wicky West.
Australian Postgraduate Research Intern (APR.Intern) is Australia’s only national PhD and Masters by Research internship program spanning all sectors and disciplines.
APR.Intern is the industry engagement arm of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), and connects postgraduate research students with industry through short-term placements, empowering students to thrive in a practical research environment.