DEADLINE: AEA Innovate Grant Applications

Innovate grants support mid-stage research commercialisation through competitive grants of up to $5 million for a maximum period of 24 months.

These grants are available for researchers at Australian universities to collaborate with industry to advance projects that already have laboratory proof-of-concept.

Grant recipients are expected to be able to increase the technology and commercial readiness of their innovation to reach proof-of-scale. This includes developing and testing prototypes or pilots for new products, processes or software in an industry-relevant environment.

Grants are awarded through a competitive process that focusses on projects with research translation and commercial potential that is aligned with Australian Government identified priority areas of the economy, outlined in the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (Priority Areas) Declaration 2023.

Within these priorities, the first round of grants will prioritise projects that align with one or more of the following focus areas:

• critical and strategic minerals processing
• sustainable fuels
• digital agriculture
• quantum
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• advanced manufacturing.