Deadline: 2-Mar-23
The Australian Government is seeking applications for Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants Program to provide funding for short-term research collaborations.
The program is a proven model for linking researchers with industry to focus on research and development towards use and commercialisation
Objectives
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The objectives of the program are to:
- Improve the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industries, especially where Australia has a competitive strength, and in line with government priorities
- Foster high quality research to solve industry-identified problems through industry-led and outcome-focused collaborative research partnerships between industry entities and research organisations
- Encourage and facilitate small and medium enterprise (SME) participation in collaborative research.
Funding Information
- The minimum grant amount is $100,000.
- The maximum grant amount is $3 million.
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Project Period
- The maximum project period is 3 years.
- They may approve an extension to complete your project in exceptional circumstances.
Eligible Activities
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To be eligible your project must:
- Have at least $200,000 in total eligible project value
- Be a short term, industry-identified and industry-led collaborative research project to develop a product, service or process that will solve problems for industry and deliver tangible outcomes
- Benefit SMEs and increase their capacity to grow and adapt in changing markets
- Include eligible activities.
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Eligible activities must include at least one of the following:
- New research
- Proof of concept activities
- Pre-commercialisation of research outcomes
- Industry-focused education and training activities, such as internships and secondments between industry entities and research organisations
- Conferences, workshops, symposia related to the joint research
- Information sharing and communication initiatives related to the joint research. they may also approve other activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Each CRC-P must be an industry-led collaboration with a lead applicant who is the main driver of the project. Only an eligible lead applicant can apply for grant funding and submit an application on behalf of project partners. If your application is successful, the lead applicant is responsible for managing the project on behalf of the collaboration.
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To be eligible as the lead applicant you must:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and be one of the following entities:
- An entity incorporated in Australia and a trading corporation, where your trading activities
- Form a sufficiently significant proportion of the corporation’s overall activities as to merit it being described as a trading corporation; or
- Are a substantial and not merely peripheral activity of the corporation
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An incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust where your trading activities:
- Form a sufficiently significant proportion of the corporation’s overall activities as to merit it being described as a trading corporation; or
- Are a substantial and not merely peripheral activity of the corporation.
- Each CRC-P must include and maintain for the duration of the project, amongst its project partners at least:
- Two Australian industry entities including at least one SME; and
- One Australian research organisation.
- Partners do not need to commit resources for the entire project period. All partners must make cash and/or in-kind contributions to the CRC-P. They treat partners’ proposed cash and in-kind contributions equally for the purposes of calculating the maximum grant amount.
For more information, visit CRC-P.