The State's rapid lithium industry growth over the recent years has placed WA as a global leader in supporting the renewable energy transition, with WA currently supplying approximately 50% of the world's lithium. In the last financial year, WA's lithium industry generated more than $8 billion in sales and supported more than 11,000 local jobs.… Continue reading DEADLINE: Lithium Industry Loan Facility
WA Near-miss Awards Ideas Grants 2024-25 The Program is open to WA early- and mid-career researchers who were deemed ‘fundable’ but not funded in the 2024 NHMRC Ideas Grant funding round, with a score of 4.5 and above (equivalent to a category 5 score). Deadline: 7 Feb 2025
The Quad Clean Energy Supply Chain Diversification Program will provide grants to fund research and development projects and feasibility studies delivered as a joint project between Australian and eligible Indo-Pacific organisations. The program aims to: help develop and diversify solar photovoltaic (PV), hydrogen electrolyser and battery supply chains in the Indo-Pacific address vulnerabilities in solar… Continue reading DEADLINE: Quad Clean Energy Supply Chain Diversification Program – Round 1
This program provides consortia with funding to develop quantum technology solutions or a component(s) that contributes to a solution for market-led challenges of national significance. Solutions may also involve the use of other advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics.The challenges are: Challenge 1: Improve biosecurity outcomes by enhancing the detection of invasive pests or… Continue reading DEADLINE: Critical Technologies Challenge Program Round 2
Carbon Innovation Grants Program Funding for WA heavy industries participants to support the development of innovative technologies for carbon abatement and sequestration across two rounds; feasibility studies and pilot projects. Deadline: 28 Feb 2025
METS Innovation Program WAMatched funding of up to $250,000 for eligible METS companies, to activate innovation and research in: net zero emission mining, critical minerals, green steel, exploration amplification, alternative use of tailings and waste and/or precision and low impact mining. Deadline: 4 March 2025
The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Enabling Scheme aims to increase the scale and excellence of health and medical research and innovation in WA by supporting accessible local infrastructure. The FHRI Fund Enabling Scheme will provide support for capital costs associated with undertaking health and medical research and/or innovation in Western Australia. Up… Continue reading DEADLINE: FHRI Fund Enabling Scheme 2024-25
The Innovative Solutions – Precision Health program aims to support the development and advancement of precision health innovations of significance to the health and/or wellbeing of the WA community. Precision health (precision public health and precision medicine) aims to tailor preventative, management and therapeutic approaches to individuals or populations using knowledge of the interaction of multiple parameters. Funding… Continue reading DEADLINE: Innovative Solutions – Precision Health 2024
MRFF 2024 National Critical Research Infrastructure Grant Opportunity Description: The 2024 National Critical Research Infrastructure initiative invests in research infrastructure to ensure Australian researchers find innovative solutions to complex health problems in areas of unmet medical need. This grant opportunity has four streams. Stream 1 – Innovation enablers: Addresses an area of unmet medical need by… Continue reading DEADLINE: MRFF 2024 National Critical Research Infrastructure Grant Opportunity
MRFF 2024 Clinical Trials Activity Grant OpportunityUp to $5M funding for medical research and medical innovation projects that address one of the four specified streams/targeted call for research. Deadline: 5 March 2025
The Competition Guidelines summarize the high-level requirements and procedures of the competition. These guidelines are based upon extensive research and consultation with dozens of experts and researchers across a wide array of relevant fields. Open for public comment until June 1, 2024, we encourage those interested to submit feedback or questions regarding the guidelines by emailing waterscarcity@xprize.org. Submitted feedback will… Continue reading DEADLINE: X-PRIZE Water Scarcity Track A Qualifying Submission Deadline
Value Add Investment Grants – Feasibility Stream WAThis program provides agriculture, food and beverage businesses with funding of between $15,000 and $100,000 to help them implement capital investment projects to expand, diversify or relocate their value adding and processing operations in Western Australia. Deadline: 30 June 2025
Round 1B: Solar PV Manufacturing Studies: funding for feasibility studies and FEED. Deadline 12 Nov 2025
The Solar SunShot program aims to support innovative solar PV manufacturing facilities in Australia across the solar supply chain. The total funding allocated for the program is up to $1 billion (total funding allocation). The amount of funding allocated for a funding round will be specified in the relevant funding announcement. Two funding rounds have… Continue reading DEADLINE: Solar Sunshot Program (ARENA) Round 1B
