The CSIRO Kick Start grant offers eligible businesses access to dollar-matched funding of $10,000-$50,000 to undertake research activities with CSIRO.
What is the funding for?
Funding is available for:
- Research into a new idea with commercial potential.
- Development of a novel or improved product or process.
- Test a novel product or material developed by the company.
Eligibility – who can access CSIRO Kick-Start?
Australian businesses will need to provide evidence they meet the following criteria as part of the application process:
- Have an annual turnover and operating expenditure <$1.5million, in the current and each of the two previous financial years OR have been a registered company for less than three years,
- Have an ACN and be registered for GST, and
- Be able to demonstrate they can fully support their proportion of the project funding.
Eligible companies are able to apply for a second Kick-Start project, after completion of their first, providing the total funding provided by SME Connect under CSIRO Kick-Start does not exceed $50,000.
How do I apply?
Kick Start grants are open all year round. Fill out the expression of interest form.
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