Deadline: 15-Feb-21
The Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre (CEBIC) has announced a call for applications for the Recycling Victoria Innovation Fund.
The Recycling Victoria Innovation Fund (Innovation Fund) supports innovative circular economy opportunities for businesses in Victoria.
The objectives of the Fund is to enable innovative and commercial solutions that deliver the following for Victoria:
- increased access to circular economy products and services for businesses and consumers
- increased materials efficiency across sectors and supply chains
- increased duration of product and material lifecycles and maintenance of product and material value
- new circular business models and/or materials markets
- new local jobs and increased circular economy skills in the workforce
- reduced materials to landfill and other waste destinations
- reduced greenhouse gas emissions and pollution.
These opportunities are aligned to the principles of:
- designing out waste
- maintaining product and material value over a longer period of time.
There are two streams within the Innovation Fund:
- Stream 1: Food Innovation: For collaborative partnerships that identify opportunities and apply innovative circular economy business models and practices for food waste or for the food sector
- Stream 2: Collaborative Innovation: For collaborative partnerships that identify, develop and/or scale-up innovative circular economy business models and practices. The projects need to address systemic barriers with innovative thinking and practice.
Funding Information
- Stream 1: grants of between $75,000 and $150,000 each ($1:$1 co-contribution)
- Stream 2: grants of between $150,000 and $450,000 each ($1:$1 co-contribution)
Eligibility Criteria
- The application must include at least two organisations.
- In such a group application (known as ‘collaborative partnership’), the main organisation responsible for delivering the project is the lead applicant, and the others are the project partners.
- To be the lead applicant, you must be one of the following:
- business
- industry group
- research institution
- charity.
- To be a project partner, you can be from the above categories or one of these:
- other not-for-profit organisations
- government
- local government.
- You must also:
- co-contribute $1:$1 (as a minimum)
- have a current Australian Business Number (ABN)
- have operated for at least two years
- agree to share the project findings with the broader Victorian community
- provide evidence of a collaborative partnership
For more information, visit https://www.cebic.vic.gov.au/grants/recycling-victoria-innovation-fund