Tag: commercialisation

Exclusive: IGP frozen as grant funds clawed back

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s flagship commercialisation program for startups and SMEs is on hold after almost $50 million in uncommitted grant funding was clawed back in this week’s budget to help pay...

‘We are nowhere near running out of opportunities’: NRF chief

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation chief executive David Gall says Australia’s scaleup pipeline is stronger than people think. “We’re not anywhere near running out of opportunities at the moment,” he...

Australia’s biotech success is hiding in plain sight

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
AusBiotech chief executive Rebekah Cassidy says the idea that Australia is incapable of commercialising biotechnology is outdated and misleading, pointing to a growing cohort of globally competitive companies whose...

Recycling innovator maps out quick, connected translation path

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia must tweak business incentives and fund more pilot lines to pull university research across the valley of death with industry, according to materials scientist and recycling pioneer Veena...

Beyond absorption: Building ecosystems that deliver impact

Posted on   |  by Professor Cori Stewart
Victor Pantano is right to point out that much of Australian industry struggles to engage with research. The problem is well rehearsed – businesses have too few R&D skilled...

Absorptive capacity: The key to R&D collaboration problem

Posted on   |  by Victor Pantano
For decades, Australian policy has been anchored on a familiar refrain: universities must do more to engage with the end-users of research. The underlying assumption has been that if...

Research translation: Turning collaboration into impact

Posted on   |  by Tennille Eyre
Australia is globally recognised for its world-class research, but when it comes to turning those big ideas into real-world impact, there’s still work to do.  At CSIRO’s ON Program,...