With everything that has occurred over the last two years you might be forgiven for thinking the Government stimulus spending has now finished. Not true! Here are some of the new grants recently announced but not widely publicised. Get in quick!
In a nutshell, the grants below are designed to assist businesses with the costs of hiring business advisors to assist with your projects.
Commercialisation Australia - Up to $250,000
CA are offering grants up to $250,000 to businesses that have developed or are developing new products, processes or services to assist with the costs of engaging researchers and business advisors assisting with "proof of concept" or early stage viability assessment .
Enterprise Connect - Up to $20,000
EC are offering grants of up to $20,000 for manufacturing businesses to assist with the costs of engaging business advisors to assist with improving the business and it's business processes.
Queensland Government - Up to $8,000
The Queensland Government is offering grants of up to $8,000 to each business, meeting certain criteria, with the intention of safe guarding or growing jobs within their business to engage business advisors to assist with this work.
Smart Futures Fund - Up to $2,000,000
The Smart Futures fund is offering grants of up to $2,000,000 to businesses, meeting certain criteria, across four broad stages of business maturity toward the cost of research and development for those businesses.
The above descriptions are very short and there are some detailed criteria to be addressed in the application process. All potential applicants should seek professional help with both considering and applying for these grants. Avegna work with specialist organisations in this area on behalf of clients to give them a better chance of success with their applications. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like further information on any of the above grants.
Kind Regards
Scott Lyall
CEO of Avegna