Industry Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2023

Overview

The Industry Laureate Fellowships scheme creates a pathway to support academic researchers in establishing careers in industry, and industry-based researchers to work in university settings, with the aim of increased two-way mobility and skill-building in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation. The Industry Laureate Fellowships scheme objectives are to: develop a strong pipeline of researchers in Australia with capabilities in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation;  open up and maintain a diversity of career pathways traversing university and industry settings;  increase strategic engagement and alignment between universities and industry;   contribute to the solving of industry-identified challenges and opportunities; and  create commercial, economic and other benefits for Australia through enhanced translation and commercialisation, including the development of start-up companies.   The intended outcomes of the Industry Laureate Fellowships scheme are: provide leadership in the development of high quality and impactful collaborations between university and industry personnel;  fund significant programs of research that deliver step-changes across a variety of industry settings;  provide an excellent research training environment and exemplary mentorship to nurture the development of collaboration, commercialisation and translation skills among early career researchers and Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students; and  attract and retain, within Australia, outstanding researchers and research leaders of international reputation with demonstrated capacity for collaboration, commercialisation and/or translation.