How to get your business ready to grab a piece of the Government’s new commercialisation fund

SMEs are asking one big question following the announcement of the Government’s new $196 million Commercialisation Australia program: how do we apply? The short answer is: Wait – the program won’t be taking applications until at least January 2010. Tricia Berman, general manager of the innovation policy branch of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science […]

James Thomson 22 October, 2009

SMEs are asking one big question following the announcement of the Government’s new $196 million Commercialisation Australia program: how do we apply?

The short answer is: Wait – the program won’t be taking applications until at least January 2010.

Tricia Berman, general manager of the innovation policy branch of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science and Research’s innovation division, says her team is working hard to finalise the grant guidelines over the next month and a half, with the intention of releasing these before Christmas.

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James Thomson

James was the editor and publisher of SmartCompany and LeadingCompany for five years. He is now the Australian Financial Review‘s companies & markets editor, and a former BRW editor.