Tag: Australia’s Economic Accelerator

Govt readies for full launch of Economic Accelerator

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government intends to fully launch Australia’s Economic Accelerator in the coming months after kicking off its recruitment of program managers more than two years after the commercialisation...

Alarm at $103m raid on university research programs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government on Wednesday revealed a $103 million cut to university research programs to help fund reforms across the wider sector, angering research groups already dealing with record-low...

Next batch of economic accelerators revealed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Another $5.5 million has been awarded to 24 university research projects in the pilot phase of Australia’s $1.6 billion research commercialisation scheme. Most of the work relates to value-adding...

First researchers revealed for $1.6bn commercialisation push

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
21 research projects from 11 universities will share in $4.9 million in the pilot phase of Australia’s newest research commercialisation push, which has struggled to get off the ground...

$1.6bn research commercialisation program’s false start

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s $1.6 billion research commercialisation program has stalled again, keeping universities and researchers on hold for the second time. But an administrative process has revealed the first...

Minister mulls $1.6bn research commercialisation leaders

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The leader of Australia’s $1.6 billion university research commercialisation tilt will be revealed within weeks, along with a board tasked with formulating a five-year strategy and investment plan. Education...

Australia’s Economic Accelerator stalls

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An ambitious research commercialisation program for universities has suffered an early delay after the pilot phase was inundated with 358 grant applications seeking ten times the available funding. Final...

Economic Accelerator bill returns to Parliament

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Education minister Jason Clare has re-introduced legislation drafted by the former government to advance Australia’s Economic Accelerator, which will bring about more grants for commercialisation and industry-led postgraduate research....