Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO98

The Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) encourages SMEs to develop innovative solutions for government policy and service delivery challenges.

SMEs are invited to submit proposals to address specific challenges. The selected businesses will receive grants of up to $100,000 to complete a feasibility study of their proposed solution within three months. Businesses that successfully complete a feasibility study are then eligible to apply for a further grant of up to $1 million to develop a proof of concept within 18 months.

Businesses will keep the intellectual property (IP) rights to their solutions for future worldwide sales. Five challenges are currently open for applicants.

The five challenges are:

• On-the-spot technology for measuring pyrethroid surface residue
• Tracking the effect and value of information products
• Digitally enabled community engagement in policy and programme design
• Improve transparency and reliability of water market information
• Sharing of information nationally to ensure child safety.

We will provide grants of up to $100,000 for successful applicants to conduct feasibility studies on their proposed solution to a specific challenge.

If you complete your feasibility study, you can apply for a grant of up to $1 million to develop a proof of concept addressing the same challenge.

You can receive grant funding for more than one challenge.

The feasibility study stage of this programme has closed.

In March 2017 Minister Sinodinos issued a media release announcing the 20 successful feasibility study grant recipients for development of innovative solutions to public sector challenges.

For further information see Media Release issued by Minster Sinodinos.

To apply for a proof of concept grant, you must have successfully completed a feasibility study and:

• be either:
• a non-tax exempt company incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or
• an individual or partnership, as long as you agree to form a non-tax exempt company incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) with which a grant agreement could be entered into
• have an ABN
• have turnover of less than $20 million for each of the last three years. This includes the turnover of any related bodies corporate. If an Australian university or public sector research organisation controls your company, your turnover must be less than $20 million for each of the last three years. Newly established companies are welcome to apply.
• be able to show you can fund any project costs the grant doesn't cover.

Joint applications are acceptable, as long as you have an eligible lead applicant who is the primary project proponent.

You are not eligible to apply if you're:

• an income tax exempt corporation
• an individual or partnership unless you agree to form an eligible corporation that is non tax-exempt before signing a grant agreement
• a trust (however, a corporation that is a corporate trustee may apply on behalf of a trust)
• a Commonwealth, state or local government agency or body (including government business enterprises).

$10,000,000.00

From $1.00 to $1,000,000.00

To apply go to www.business.gov.au/brii.

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