Commercialisation records smashed as govt cut programs


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Unpopular program cuts and policy changes have marred a bumper year for research translation, with new data showing a record levels of commercialisation revenue and spinout companies had emerged before Labor’s changes.

The figures released on Wednesday by tech transfer professional group Knowledge Commercialisation Australia cover 2025, when Australia’s flagship university research commercialisation and startup grant programs were in full swing.

The commercialisation program, Australia’s Economic Accelerator, was scrapped in …

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