Tag: grants

$160m in export grants allocated within hours

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A new digital portal built for Austrade’s reformed ‘first-come, first-served’ export grants program processed hundreds of submissions for funding within hours of applications opening, frustrating some users. The speed...

$68m in ARC Linkage grants flow to researchers

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The Australian Research Council has awarded $68.1 million in the latest annual round of the Linkage Program to 92 new research projects. ARC acting chief executive Richard Johnson this...

ANU research and innovation staff caught in austerity plan

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The Australian National University’s research and innovation arm will lose more than 10 per cent of staff as part of a major cost-saving restructure designed to cut salary cost by...

$2 million funding boost for local game developers

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Screen Australia has announced support for the development of 39 video games through a fresh $2 million injection into independent projects, a funding package that includes support for games...

$93m in grants kickstart researchers’ early careers

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200 early career researchers have secured $93 million of federal grants for multi-year projects, including the deployment of 6G, membranes that capture CO2, and exploring how workers are training...

Export market grants get a modest bump for next round

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Grants awarded under the reformed Export Market Development Grant program will be worth at least $20,000 following the introduction of a minimum value and a shift to a first-come,...

FMiA plan risks industries ‘devoid of Australian invention’

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Australia’s budding hydrogen industry will bypass local innovation for its supply chains if content requirements aren’t part of the government’s Future Made in Australia policy, green hydrogen startup Hysata...

SMEs secure $1.9m from Victorian manufacturing grants

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Nine small to medium-sized manufacturers have secured $1.9 million in grants in the latest round of the Made in Victoria manufacturing growth program. The recipient businesses operate in a...

Human cell research tech gets NSW govt backing

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Human cell or tissue-based research technologies that reduce the need for animals in medical testing have landed a $4.5 million boost in New South Wales. The state government on...