Eligibility Criteria Who can apply? Exclusions During the assessment process applicants may at the discretion of The South Australian Government Costs of routine business activities the assessment panel be asked for recognises that innovation can such as (but not limited to) routine further clarification or be come from many sources. Other marketing costs, accounting or requested to attend an interview than applications from State auditing costs, rent or facilities to present their proposal. Government entities, all costs, utilities and insurance. The assessment panel may also applications will be assessed on Assessment Process seek advice from industry experts their merits. to inform the assessment of Project proposals will be assessed Eligibility applications. by an assessment panel on a Project proposals must: competitive basis against the Additional Information Be consistent with the following merit criteria: On-road trial application for objectives of the Fund. Identification and articulation exemption approval can be found Focus on one or a mix of the of the benefit or the challenge at priority use cases that address to be addressed. autonomous technologies. Value for money Vehicle importation information Provide a clear description of A clearly defined use case and can be found at Importing Vehicles the use case and the benefit it how it will achieve the into Australia will provide or the challenge it intended benefit or address Application Process will address. the challenge. Clearly set out the scope of The scale and timing of the Completed application forms the project, and a delivery impact of the project relative together with supporting material plan for the project with to its cost. are to be emailed to: . timeframes and costings. The quality of a delivery plan Please ensure all documents are Provide a framework for key and the confidence that it can sent in as PDF and any video as performance indicators to be delivered. .mov or .mp4 measure the success of the The amount that Government project. investment in the project is Applications close: Provide a risk management leveraged by private sector Monday, 30 July 2018 strategy that is proportional to capital. the risk of the project. 5:00pm The contribution the project Funding only available till 30 will make to building an Decisions about Applications June 2019 however projects industry around connected may continue to run past this and autonomous vehicles and All applicants will be informed of date. other future mobility the outcome of their application. Be prepared to enter into a technologies. Deed Agreement within 30 Demonstration of how the use days of the letter of offer and case will attract commercial begin the project within two opportunities beyond the weeks of signing. existing SA market.
Eligibility Criteria Who can apply? The South Australian Government recognises that innovation can come from many sources. Other than applications from State Government entities, all applications will be assessed on their merits. Eligibility Project proposals must: Be consistent with the objectives of the Fund. Focus on one or a mix of the priority use cases that address autonomous technologies. Provide a clear description of the use case and the benefit it will provide or the challenge it will address. Clearly set out the scope of the project, and a delivery plan for the project with timeframes and costings. Provide a framework for key performance indicators to measure the success of the project. Provide a risk management strategy that is proportional to the risk of the project. Funding only available till 30 June 2019 however projects may continue to run past this date. Be prepared to enter into a Deed Agreement within 30 days of the letter of offer and begin the project within two weeks of signing. Exclusions Costs of routine business activities such as (but not limited to) routine marketing costs, accounting or auditing costs, rent or facilities costs, utilities and insurance. Assessment Process Project proposals will be assessed by an assessment panel on a competitive basis against the following merit criteria: Identification and articulation of the benefit or the challenge to be addressed. Value for money A clearly defined use case and how it will achieve the intended benefit or address the challenge. The scale and timing of the impact of the project relative to its cost. The quality of a delivery plan and the confidence that it can be delivered. The amount that Government investment in the project is leveraged by private sector capital. The contribution the project will make to building an industry around connected and autonomous vehicles and other future mobility technologies. Demonstration of how the use case will attract commercial opportunities beyond the existing SA market. During the assessment process applicants may at the discretion of the assessment panel be asked for further clarification or be requested to attend an interview to present their proposal. The assessment panel may also seek advice from industry experts to inform the assessment of applications. Additional Information On-road trial application for exemption approval can be found at Vehicle importation information can be found at Importing Vehicles into Australia Application Process Completed application forms together with supporting material are to be emailed to: . Please ensure all documents are sent in as PDF and any video as .mov or .mp4 Applications close: Monday, 30 July 2018 5:00pm Decisions about Applications All applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application.
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