Tag: Australia’s Economic Accelerator

Complaint stalls govt’s Economic Accelerator tender

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A government tender for support running its flagship $1.6 billion research commercialisation initiative has stalled for more than two months after a complaint was made over the process. The...

Final AEA Seed round awards $11m to 36 research projects

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s Economic Accelerator has concluded its Seed pilot program by awarding $11 million in federal grants to 36 research projects that have demonstrated commercialisation and translation potential. The final...

Gig Guide: Experts join economic accelerator board

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The committee overseeing Australia’s Economic Accelerator, a $1.6 billion research commercialisation initiative, has been confirmed after half a year of interim arrangements. Two additional members were appointed to the...

$1.6bn research commercialisation program shifts into gear

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s biggest tilt at commercialising university research finally got underway on Wednesday with an initial $180 million unlocked for researchers working in priority areas like processing of critical minerals,...

Govt readies for full launch of Economic Accelerator

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government intends to fully launch Australia’s Economic Accelerator in the coming months after kicking off its recruitment of program managers more than two years after the commercialisation...

Alarm at $103m raid on university research programs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government on Wednesday revealed a $103 million cut to university research programs to help fund reforms across the wider sector, angering research groups already dealing with record-low...

Next batch of economic accelerators revealed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Another $5.5 million has been awarded to 24 university research projects in the pilot phase of Australia’s $1.6 billion research commercialisation scheme. Most of the work relates to value-adding...

First researchers revealed for $1.6bn commercialisation push

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
21 research projects from 11 universities will share in $4.9 million in the pilot phase of Australia’s newest research commercialisation push, which has struggled to get off the ground...

$1.6bn research commercialisation program’s false start

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s $1.6 billion research commercialisation program has stalled again, keeping universities and researchers on hold for the second time. But an administrative process has revealed the first...