Research Funding
Powerful collaborations for South Australia
The Defence Innovation Partnership offers the Collaborative Research Fund and Activator Fund to support defence-relevant innovation and collaboration across government, industry and academia.
These funds are available for projects that best meet the Defence Innovation Partnership criteria for desirability, viability and feasibility.
The Defence Innovation Partnership also works in partnership with the South Australian Space Industry Centre to administer the South Australian Space Collaboration and Research Fund, designed to acceleration the transition of space technology to operational use.
The Defence Innovation Partnership also provides advice on grants and other funding opportunities that may be relevant to your business, invention or research project.
The Defence Innovation Partnership offers Collaborative Research Funds of up to $150,000 to support genuine collaboration across Government, Universities and Industry as a catalyst for defence-relevant innovation and invention.
The Activator Fund will build on South Australia’s research and development strengths and aligns with the undersea warfare and trusted autonomy priorities of the Defence Innovation, Science and Technology program. It aims to enable more rapid transition of technology developments into operational Defence capabilities.
The SA Space Collaboration and Innovation Fund, administered by the Defence Innovation Partnership, is a program which is designed to accelerate the transition of space technology to operational use while growing the South Australian space ecosystem through international collaboration.
Funding opportunities from sources other than the Defence Innovation Partnership will be listed here as they become available.
