About this grant
The International Clean Innovation Researcher Networks grant aims to bring together Australian and international researchers to collaborate in clean technology advances.
The program will support the development and implementation of international researcher networks focused on accelerating clean innovation. Research should support technologies needed to deliver the Australian Government’s emissions reduction policies, including renewable energy (solar, wind, storage, grid integration), green metals, and their supply chains.
The program will focus on researcher networks between academic organisations, research or technology institutes, or think tanks. A network can cover a spectrum of collaborations, such as a consortium, working group or a community of practice, with an aim to develop new joint-research projects or materially advance existing projects with international partners. This program will help develop or expand domestic networks between organisations, while building linkages with international partners.
The objectives of the program are to:
- increase collaboration in the Australian research community on clean innovation
- establish new, and enhance existing, international researcher and industry networks to support efforts on clean innovation pathways
- secure international support for Australian research and projects to produce new or enhanced research outcomes
- facilitate Australian researchers to participate in live events (including in-person or virtually) including conferences and workshops specific to their network, e.g. Mission Innovation programs, with demonstrated impact to advance technology development
- create sustainable research, development and deployment (RD&D) networks that have a viable funding model after the end of the grant period.
Eligibility:
You can apply if you:
- have an Australian business number (ABN)
- are an entity, incorporated in Australia
- are an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
- are a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO) as defined in section 14 on the grant guidelines
- can verify you have support from the board, CEO or equivalent, including that you can complete the project and meet the costs of the project not covered by grant funding
- agree that you will establish at least one international partnership or enhance an existing international partnership that will contribute towards project costs (which may include in-kind contributions), within six months of execution of the grant agreement.
You can’t apply if you are:
- an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
- an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
- income tax exempt
- an individual
- a partnership
- an unincorporated association
- a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust)
- a Commonwealth, state, territory or local government body (including government business enterprises unless you are CSIRO or a PFRO)
- a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.
Partner with other organisations
You can partner with one or more other organisations. But you must decide who the lead organisations is and that organisation must meet the eligibility criteria.
The lead organisation must fill out the application form.
