Tag: grants

NSW govt set to restore first innovation grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Six months after turning off the tap to the startup community, the New South Wales government is set to restore the innovation grants program known as MVP Ventures, but...

$3.6m awarded to defence industry SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The latest $3.6 million round of defence industry grants has been split between 10 local firms, with South Australia-based firms receiving the largest collective amount. The largest individual grant...

Popular NSW grant program gets reviewed a second time

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A second review of the popular MVP Ventures program is underway just weeks after the grant was saved from the scrap heap by the New South Wales government, leaving...

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...

ARC flags AI disclosure requirements across all projects

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The agency controlling university research grants has flagged potential future requirements for researchers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in post project reviews. Currently the Australian Research Council...

NSW govt cuts innovation grants, trims others

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A handful of industry and innovation grant programs put on hold by the New South Wales government earlier this year are set to restart with reduced funding in the...

$60m fund for plastics recycling technology opens

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has launched a $60 million grant program to support recycling technology innovation and advanced recycling techniques targeting hard-to-recycle plastics. The plastics technology stream of the Recycling...

Generative AI banned from research grant assessments

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Australian Research Council has banned grant assessors from using generative AI tools in their assessment activities just days after reports emerged that ChatGPT had been used in assessor...