Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite and Innovate grants - Learn about this funding opportunity!
Event description
Join Peter Milic from the Department of Education in a funding webinar at 12 pm Tuesday 2 July 2024 to learn about the Ignite and Innovate funding programs from Australia’s Economic Accelerator, with grants of up to $500k and $5 million on offer.
The Teams link to the webinar will be emailed to registered attendees.
About the funding
Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) is supported by the Government’s $1.6 billion investment into Australian university research commercialisation.
The AEA Ignite and Innovate funding rounds will open soon for applications that address at least one of the following priority areas - value-add in resources, agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors, transport, medical science, renewables and low emissions technology, defence capability and enabling capabilities such as data science, AI and robotics.
| AEA Ignite grants | AEA Innovate grants | |
| Funding Amount | Up to $500,000 | Up to $5 million |
| Technology Readiness Level (TRL) | 3-5 | 5-7 |
| Term | Over 12 months | Over 24 months |
| Applications opening date | TBA | TBA |
| Closing date | TBA | TBA |
| Requirement | Priority to projects with commercial investment partners | Projects have to involve collaboration with industry partners |
| Final submission | UTS Research Office will submit the project application to the Department of Education. | Research Office will submit the project application to the Department of Education. |
For information on TRL levels, please refer to this link.
For more information on the AEA funding scheme, please refer to this link.
Questions or comments?
Please direct your queries to patents@uts.edu.au or Jude Amalraj, Commercialisation Manager jude.amalraj@uts.edu.au
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