Deadline: 20 October 2016
The Global Innovation Linkages Programme is seeking applications in order to provide funding to help Australian businesses and researchers to collaborate with global partners on strategically focused, leading-edge research and development projects.
The aim is to support the Australian Government’s commitment to:
- supporting innovation, science, and commercialisation
- increasing collaboration between industry, including small and medium enterprise (SME), and other end users and the research sector
- enabling growth and productivity for globally competitive industries
- working with priority economies to progress mutually beneficial innovation outcomes.
Priority Areas
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Food and Agribusiness
- Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals
- Mining Equipment, Technology and Services
- Oil, Gas and Energy Resources
Objectives
- build linkages with priority economies to enable Australia to improve research and business performance, and access international supply chains and global markets
- contribute to improving the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian and priority economies in line with government priorities
- foster high quality solutions to identified end user challenges through international collaborative research partnerships between industry, research organisations and global partners
- encourage and facilitate small and medium enterprise (SME) participation in collaborative research.
Funding Information
Funding of up to AU$1 million (this excludes GST) per project over a maximum of four years.
Outcomes
- quality collaborative partnerships with leading global partners and ongoing industry-research sector collaborations
- international collaborative innovation outcomes relevant to government priorities as measured by, for example, patents registered and applications for financing
- Australian SME participation in collaborative research
- increased research skills in industry and industry capability in research.
Eligibility criteria
- one Australian industry entity,
- one Australian research organisation, and
- one global partner from the eligible countries.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, India, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States and Vietnam.
For more information, please visit Global Innovation Linkages Programme.