DEADLINE: ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator

The ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator Program aims to support early-stage product or technology innovation ideas to be developed. The Program has access to a diverse set of expertise from universities and other partners, including specialist research centres, business advisors, government agencies and local manufacturing companies.

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About ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator Program
The ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator Program aims to support early-stage product or
technology innovation ideas to be developed. The Program has access to a diverse set of expertise from universities and other partners, including specialist research centres, business advisors, government agencies and local manufacturing companies.
Successful applicants will be provided with up to 250 hours of professional technical
expertise by Flinders University engineers, which may include proof of concept research, prototyping, or product technical validation. Further, successful applicants will be provided with a market opportunity report as a result of an additional 30 hours (maximum) of professional expertise, as well as connections to aged care providers, end-users, potential manufacturers, and commercial partners (where appropriate).
At the end of the project, all results, data, prototypes, and intellectual property rights are released unencumbered from Flinders University/ARIIA to the project owner, together with suggestions for future R&D and funding opportunities.
The applicant will be required to provide an ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator Program
completion report. This will be a non-public report detailing what was proposed, undertaken, and achieved in the Project, including Project processes, learnings, trainings, outcomes, development of any intellectual property rights and any planned benefits and dissemination, due within 4 weeks of Program completion.
Once developed, projects may be eligible to go into ARIIA’s Aged Care Partnering Program
(ACPP) for the next stage of development (if suitable), ready for implementation into an aged care setting and formation of a competitive application for further grant funding (where applicable).

Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible you must:
• Be incorporated in Australia with an active ABN
• Be registered for GST
• Be able to fund a co-contribution cash amount of $5,000 (ex GST) and an in-kind
contribution to the value of $5,000 to participate in the Program, if selected
• Have a project aimed at the development and commercialisation of an innovative product or technology idea intended for use in solving a problem experienced in the aged care
sector, which satisfies the following criteria:
o The proposed product / technology must be innovative and be able to demonstrate a level of commercial and technical viability
o The ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator Program must be able to add value to the
proposed idea
o The proposed project must have a technical research component and be able to be completed with the assistance of professional technical expertise within 250 hours (maximum)
o The proposed project must not have already received support through the MDPP
(however new innovations from previous applicants are eligible)
o The project must have the intention to further develop the innovation to ultimately take a product to market in the aged care sector
• Demonstrate that you own, or are licensed/authorised to have access to or beneficial use of, any existing intellectual property rights needed to carry out the project and commercialise the product or technology
• Complete the ARIIA x MDPP Ideas Incubator Program Application Form via the
SmartyGrants online grants portal, in its entirety including:
o Any relevant attachments.