Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Grants

Overview

Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) grants support medium to long term industry-led collaborations to solve industry problems and deliver tangible outcomes. To support the overall aims of the CRC Program, CRCs undertake the following essential activities: medium to long term industry-led high quality collaborative research to solve industry-identified problems and deliver outcomes consistent with Government Priorities, improving the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industries an industry-focused education and training program. This must include, but is not limited to, a PhD program that complements the research program and that increases engagement, technology development, skilled employees and R&D capacity within industry entities implementation of strategies that build the R&D capacity within SMEs deployment of research outputs and encouragement of take-up by industry. CRC grants provide CRCs with up to 50% of the resources with no specified limit to funding available for each CRC. The CRC collaboration must at least match the amount of grant funding sought through cash and/or in-kind contributions. In-kind contributions are non-cash resources provided by participants in the CRC to conduct the activities of the CRC. They may be staff or non-staff resources. You can use the funding to support the costs of: research; salaries; student placements; commercialisation; capital items, such as equipment. You cannot use CRC Program Funding for the same activities or project previously or currently financed through any other funding scheme. CRCs will receive funding for a single, specified term to undertake the Activities in the Funding Agreement.