Australian Government: Seeking Applications for Global Innovation Linkages Program

Deadline: 14 November 2018

The Australian Government is seeking applications for the 2^nd round of its Global Innovation Linkages Program to assist Australian businesses and researchers to collaborate with global partners on strategically focused, leading-edge research and development projects. The program will support projects focussed on developing high quality products, services or processes that will respond to industry challenges.

Objectives

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

build linkages with global 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 global economies in line with government priorities
foster high quality solutions to identified end user challenges through international collaborative research partnerships between industry entities, research organisations and global partners
encourage and facilitate SME participation in collaborative

Grant Information

The grant amount will be up to 50 per cent of eligible project costs (grant percentage).
The maximum grant funding amount per project is AU$1 million (exclusive of GST).

Project Duration

The maximum grant period is four years.

Priority Areas

Applicant’s project must be in at least one of the following priority areas. In application, applicants will need to select a primary priority area for their project.

Advanced Manufacturing
Food and Agribusiness
Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals
Mining Equipment, Technology and Services
Oil, Gas and Energy Resources
Cyber Security

Eligible Activities

Eligible activities must be directly related to the project and can include:

joint industry research projects with Australian partners and global partners
conferences, workshops, symposia related to the joint research
exchanges and secondments of personnel between Australia and global economies for purposes related to the joint research
new research–related information sharing and communication initiatives related to the joint research
clinical trials
proof of concept activities
pre-commercialisation of research outcomes
work with one or more Growth Centres to develop research outcomes that meet the strategic priorities identified by industry partners.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for grant funding applicants must apply as a lead organisation on behalf of partners who have agreed to collaborate to undertake eligible activities.
To be eligible lead organisation applicants must:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be registered for GST
- and be one of the following eligible entities:
  - an Australian incorporated entity
  - a Publicly Funded Research Organisation (PFRO)
  - a Cooperative Research Centre.
- The project partners must include at least:
  - one Australian industry entity and
  - one Australian research organisation and
  - one global
To be eligible for grant funding, application must:
- provide a project funding strategy for the Australian project activities, including evidence of the matched funding and/or in-kind contributions from partners
- provide an outline of the global partners’ project activities including their anticipated funding.
Only the lead organisation can submit the application form and enter into the grant agreement with the Commonwealth. Applicants can partner on multiple applications but they can only apply as the lead organisation for two applications in the grant round.