Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2018

Overview

The Linkage Projects scheme promotes national, and international, collaboration and research partnerships between key stakeholders in research and innovation including higher education institutions, government, business, industry and endusers. Research and development is undertaken to apply advanced knowledge to problems, acquire new knowledge and as a basis for securing commercial and other benefits of research. To facilitate successful collaboration between higher education institutions and other parts of the innovation system, Linkage Projects proposals can be submitted at any time and funding outcomes are announced within six months of proposal submission. The Linkage Projects scheme provides funding to Eligible Organisations to support research and development (R&D) projects which: are collaborative between higher education researchers and other parts of the national innovation system are undertaken to acquire new knowledge, and involve risk or innovation. The objectives of the Linkage Projects scheme are to: support the initiation and/or development of longterm strategic research alliances between higher education organisations and other organisations, including industry and other research end-users, in order to apply advanced knowledge to problems and/or to provide opportunities to obtain national economic, commercial, social or cultural benefits provide opportunities for internationally competitive research projects to be conducted in collaboration with organisations outside the higher education sector, targeting those who have demonstrated a clear commitment to high-quality research  encourage growth of a national pool of world-class researchers to meet the needs of the broader Australian innovation system build the scale and focus of research in the national Science and Research Priorities.