Innovation 

Contact list for managers in the Innovation Division

Information on the project to advance innovation within and by the public sector

Describes the work of the National Nanotechnology Strategy Taskforce in developing options for a coordinated national nanotechnology strategy.

Information n the Commercialisation Australia initiative

Commonwealth State and Territory Advisory Council on Innovation (CSTACI)

Corodination Committee on Innovation

Framework of Principles for Innovation Initiatives

Information on the Innovation Investment Fund

Links to websites within the Department and to other federal and state and territory government agencies involved in innovation policy.

The Innovation Measurement Framework provides government officers with consistent guidelines for innovation measurement, programme data collection and analysis that are relevant to Australia’s needs and that reflect current best practice.

This page provides information about the MAC Project's use of Twitter.

The Research & Development Tax Concession (R&D Tax Concession) is the Australian Government's main incentive to increase industry research and development (R&D). It is an ongoing program that is broad based, market-driven and non industry specific.

One area of great interest is biotechnology. Already biotechnology is having a marked impact on how we live, in producing new medicines, helping solve environmental problems and providing fuel and food for the future.

The Australian Government's innovation ten year innovation agenda

Part of a series of occasional papers to encourage debate on issues relating to emerging industries and technologies.

A survey of business angel investors and networks in Australia

A study of R&D expenditure variation based on longitudinal data from R&D Tax Concession firms that performed R&D continuously for more than ten years.

The most recent data available on a range of Australian innovation performance indicators

Report on the 2006-2008 Intermediary Access Program pilot

A summary of the 2005 report on the impact that the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program has on participating firms in terms of developing knowledge-based skills and innovation capability.

The National Survey of Research Commercialisation is a survey of Australian publicly funded research organisations designed to record activity levels against a range of direct and indirect indicators of commercialisation undertakings and outcomes.

An evaluation of the two new elements of the R&D Tax Concession after three years of operation.

Report on the factors contributing to changes in Australia's R&D effort. Report released in 2005

A report of a study undertaken to assess the role of and benefits created by intermediaries in the Australian innovation system.

A study of the impact of the Australian Government's R&D tax Concession on 116 firms that are current or past participants in the program.

This 2007 study investigates the concept of Absorptive Capacity and assesses its importance to the National Innovation System.

This paper, released in April 2006, builds on previous innovation analysis by the Department and the ABS. It presents the results of an econometric investigation into innovation novelty, collaboration and related characteristics in Australian business.

The aim of this project was to fill gaps in our knowledge of how Australian firms innovate in ways that are not generally related to R&D, and what barriers might exist that hinder these forms of innovation.

the 2008 evaluation of the COMET program

A survey investigating behavioural additionality effects of the R&D Tax Concession program.

This 2008 paper reviews a major research project conducted within the European Union's PILOT (Policy and Innovation in Low Tech) framework. It gives an overview of the structure, content, and results of the PILOT project, and its implications for Australia.

A comparison of Intellectual Property protection activity in Australia, the USA, and the EU

The research study provides an overview of the main patterns of innovation in Australian businesses, the general characteristics of innovators and an analysis of expenditure on innovation.

A study, released in February 2005, of a small number of selected participants in the R&D Start and Biotechnology Innovation Fund programs.