Some quick overview slides on the federal government Accelerating Commercialisation Grant Scheme in WA. Matching grants of up to $1M are available for the right type of projects...

1. GRANTS AWARDED (1/11/14 – 1/7/17)
Australia: Innovation  Commercialisation 
• “Accelerating Commercialisation”
• $484m federal program
• 280 grants ~ $170M (Nov ‘14 – Dec ‘17)

2. • Competitive matched grant funding (1:1) up to $1 million
• Moving from prototype/MVP to commercial sales
• Can be a brand new startup or a new pre-revenue project
• Typically, 5-month process

3. ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
Early
investigation
and basic
research
Early
Commercialisation
and later stage
Technical Work
Full-scale
production and
certain marketing
activities
X
 X

4. Accelerating Commercialisation
www.business.gov.au/assistance/accelerating-commercialisation
AusIndustry Tel: 13 28 46
Level 25, 44 St George’s Tce (St Martins Tower), Perth
Sheryl.Frame@ep.industry.gov.au 0402 213 409
Charlie.Gunningham@ep.industry.gov.au 0411 092 669