Grants reporting

Schoolzine Pty Ltd (Schoolzine) has developed, tested and proven an innovative solution in Australia that connects schools with their broader communities using a multidirectional, interactive, digital platform.

Entrepreneurs Programme commercialisation support will be used to launch into UK gaining first sales before a competitor emerges.

Wastewater is a potential source of fresh water however treatment is energy intensive. Graphene oxide based water treatment technologies have potential to significantly reduce energy requirements. Modified graphene oxide adsorbents and membranes will be used to clean water and recover valuable organics.

Agersens is developing an innovative solution for remote animal welfare and control. Entrepreneurs Programme commercialisation support will be used to design and trial the first release product, and prepare the system for manufacture and worldwide sales and distribution.

OMX Solutions has developed an innovative medical device to treat patients requiring a total replacement of their temporomandibular joint. Accelerating Commercialisation support will be used to help OMX Solutions externally validate and commercialise this medical device and achieve broader awareness of its solution with specialised surgeons globally.

Tieman Tankers has a commitment to invest in advanced state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies for its tanker business. The company is creating a world leading robotics welding and automated lean production line involving advanced hydro form technologies, to increase production efficiences by up to 12%. Investment will create a world leading and competitive semi automated and robotic tanker manufacturing facility.

MiniFAB (Aust) Pty Ltd will expand its manufacturing capacity at Scoresby, Victoria to provide commercial volumes of medical diagnostic consumables with built-in bio-assays and molecular reagents, and leverage research and product development capabilities.

InterfereX develops advanced software solutions to improve wireline and wireless connectivity. Entrepreneur's Programme commercialisation support will be used to help enable InterfereX in commercialising and achieving significant export sales.

TrimphDent, has been developed specifically for dental applications and aims to improve success rates and recovery periods while reducing infection risk of oral surgeries. Entrepreneurs Programme commercialisation support will be used to help Trimph Technologies through the regulatory processes for TrimphDent and position the company for initial sales and further capital raising.

This project builds on work carried out by Geoscience Australia’s (GA) regional assessment of the CO2 storage potential in the Petrel Sub-basin in Northern Territory. Adding to Evans Shoal Joint Venture studies the project aims to:
Perform a detailed subsurface assessment of an area of the Petrel Sub Basin to increase subsurface knowledge and de-risk locations within the basin.
Perform rock property testing
Obtain additional relevant data to conduct appropriate geomechanical, geochemical & geophysical modelling
Assess suitable transportation and sequestration technologies based on Shell Quest & Goldeneye experience
Assess facilities requirements, design surface and downhole equipment & determine well number to accommodate Evans Shoal CO2
Produce a CO2 sequestration location appraisal plan
There are several fields in Bonaparte Basin with high CO2 and this evaluation opens up the opportunity to unlock gas in the region through collaboration/investment with other LNG operators in Darwin to develop a CO2 store.

To maintain the Industry Capablility Network Gateway and associated services while the Commonwealth works with state and territory governments to determine a future model for the delivery of industry capability matching services.

Global Grain Handling Solutions (GGHS) has developed an innovative outdoor grain storage solution for the agricultural industry. Accelerating Commercialisation will be used to help commercialise the product with the dominant grain handling cooperative in WA and subsequently sell the product to national and international grain handlers, reducing grain loss, increasing efficiency and reducing supply chain costs.

SmartStent's Stentrode device will enable spinal cord injury and other paralysis patients to communicate with a large range of technology and platforms through thought alone, without requiring major surgery. Entrepreneurs' Programme commercialisation support will be used to help Smartstent achieve a First in Human clinical trial.

Pftizner Performance Gearbox Pty Ltd (PPG) is a global supplier of motorsport aftermarket gear systems and homologated variant option motorsports gear sets. Through the NGMIP, PPG intends to: invest in new, advanced and automated multi-functional machinery to increase production capacity through improved efficiencies; invest in upskilling existing staff / hiring new staff to be trained across multiple business centres; and, implement strategic marketing practices to drive market expansion and future product development.

IMR Technologies has developed SensaLink automated crash alert system for the global motor vehicle industry. This technology will significantly reduce response time to motor vehicle accidents, increasing survival rates, reducing severity of injury and hospitalisation, reduce long term disability and reduce cost of health to consumers, government and insurers. Accelerating Commercialisation support will be used to help IMR Technologies commercialise this product and achieve commercial validation and first European and Australian sales.

Australian Bio Fert has developed an organic waste management solution that produces cost competitive biological fertiliser products for mainstream agricultural markets. The outputs are carbon enriched slow release fertiliser in forms farmers want.

Inventia Life Science Pty Limited (ILS) has developed an advanced, easy to use and low cost 3D bioprinting platform for biomedical research and drug discovery. This platform will enable biological scientists, working in fields such as cancer research, to efficiently, accurately and consistently print living cells and biomaterials in 3D environments that more accurately mimic the human body. This will transform our understanding of human cell behaviour and accelerate drug development. Entrepreneurs Programme commercialisation support will be used to help ILS commercialise this platform and bring this game-changing technology to researchers globally.

To enable the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network Ltd (ACSGN) to design, implement and manage its version of the information technology platform known in the Industry Growth Centres Initiative as the Industry Growth Network, for use by the ACSGN and its stakeholders, clients and others.

This CRC Project, in collaboration with Thales Underwater Systems and UNSW, will enable the commercialisation of new classes of distributed array sonars of great economic value and of fundamental relevance to national security.

Entrepreneurs Programme commercialisation support will be used to help Interlate commercialise this suite of data analytics solutions and achieve an increase of 3%-5% increase in cash-flow for mining companies globally.

Textor Technologies Pty Ltd will invest in automated process control and material handling equipment at its plant in Tullamarine, Victoria, increasing its production capacity by 70% and enabling better trend monitoring of live production data and a faster response to quality issues, improving its efficiency and competitiveness.

The proposal is for a one-off grant to provide the second instalment of Australia;s agreed 2017 contribution to the Square Kilometer Array Organisation. The characteristics of the contribution meets the definition of a grant.

Liquid Instruments has developed a new electronic measurement device based on reconfigurable hardware, called Moku:Lab. Accelerating Commercialisation support will enable Liquid Instruments to commercialise this new product and access the multibillion dollar global market for test and measurement devices.

Entrepreneurs Programme commercialisation support will help accelerate the rate of development of the generic product, its scalability and availability to international retail and FMCG manufacturers in Australia and the USA.

The key activity of this proposal is the implementation and testing of MBDs bioremediation technology and its functional algal feed for the Vietnamese shrimp industry in partnership with Viet-UC, a leading Vietnamese shrimp producer.

This project will develop a proof of concept implementation of a national inter-agency data sharing system for searching and providing controlled disclosure of person, location, relationship and related information for child protection. The system will be built from the ground up to handle personal sensitive information, flexible data integration and to have an intuitive user interface. Our research-led approach to this problem will lead to a solution for inter-agency data search and sharing across a wide range of domains and uniquely meet the requirements for a large domestic and international market.