identify and refine knowledge gaps. If your application is unsuccessful If you are not approved for an Innovation Connections Facilitation you will receive notification outlining why your application was not successful. Innovation Connections Innovation Connections Grants provide support for undertaking an Innovation Connections Project. An Innovation Connections Project is a project that incorporates recommendations from an Innovation Facilitation Report. Eligible activities Innovation Facilitation Report recommendations that can be funded through an Innovation Connections Grant are: Researcher Placement: the placement of a Researcher in the business to work collaboratively on a specific Innovation Connections project in order to develop and implement a new idea with commercial potential (up to a maximum of $50,000); Business Researcher Placement: the placement of a Participants’ own research employee into a Publicly Funded Research Organisation to work collaboratively on a specific Innovation Connections project and access to research infrastructure (up to a maximum of $50,000); Graduate Placement: the employment of a graduate or post graduate into the Participant’s business to undertake a specific Innovation Connections project collaboratively with a Publicly Funded Research Organisation (up to a maximum of $30,000). Researcher placements A researcher is a person employed as a researcher or enrolled as a Higher Degree by Research student at a Publicly Funded Research Organisation. Innovation Connections can assist to identify and match appropriate researchers through its national network of Facilitators. Where the grant supports the placement of a researcher in the business, the placement can involve either a full or part-time appointment for a period from 2 to 12 months. Projects involving part-time placements must have a minimum 30% full-time equivalent commitment from the researcher. Activities that require the skills of more than one researcher are eligible; however, the total grant funding from Innovation Connections for the project cannot exceed $50,000 (excluding GST). The grant may cover the following researcher placement expenditure: salary of the researcher(s) salary costs will be assessed against typical research organisation – pay scales for equivalent experience salary on-costs costs associated with superannuation, workers compensation insurance – student allowance costs will be assessed against typical allowance for equivalent experience – travel and accommodation where the research activity requires the researcher to undertake – significant domestic travel research organisation administrative costs up to 30% of total project costs can be used to – cover the administrative costs of the research organisation research infrastructure - comprises the assets, facilities and services from a Publicly Funded Research Organisation which support the researcher(s) to undertake the Innovation Connections project.
identify and refine knowledge gaps. If your application is unsuccessful If you are not approved for an Innovation Connections Facilitation you will receive notification outlining why your application was not successful. Innovation Connections Innovation Connections Grants provide support for undertaking an Innovation Connections Project. An Innovation Connections Project is a project that incorporates recommendations from an Innovation Facilitation Report. Eligible activities Innovation Facilitation Report recommendations that can be funded through an Innovation Connections Grant are: Researcher Placement: the placement of a Researcher in the business to work collaboratively on a specific Innovation Connections project in order to develop and implement a new idea with commercial potential (up to a maximum of $50,000); Business Researcher Placement: the placement of a Participants’ own research employee into a Publicly Funded Research Organisation to work collaboratively on a specific Innovation Connections project and access to research infrastructure (up to a maximum of $50,000); Graduate Placement: the employment of a graduate or post graduate into the Participant’s business to undertake a specific Innovation Connections project collaboratively with a Publicly Funded Research Organisation (up to a maximum of $30,000). Researcher placements A researcher is a person employed as a researcher or enrolled as a Higher Degree by Research student at a Publicly Funded Research Organisation. Innovation Connections can assist to identify and match appropriate researchers through its national network of Facilitators. Where the grant supports the placement of a researcher in the business, the placement can involve either a full or part-time appointment for a period from 2 to 12 months. Projects involving part-time placements must have a minimum 30% full-time equivalent commitment from the researcher. Activities that require the skills of more than one researcher are eligible; however, the total grant funding from Innovation Connections for the project cannot exceed $50,000 (excluding GST). The grant may cover the following researcher placement expenditure: salary of the researcher(s) – salary costs will be assessed against typical research organisation pay scales for equivalent experience salary on-costs – costs associated with superannuation, workers compensation insurance student allowance – costs will be assessed against typical allowance for equivalent experience travel and accommodation – where the research activity requires the researcher to undertake significant domestic travel research organisation administrative costs – up to 30% of total project costs can be used to cover the administrative costs of the research organisation research infrastructure - comprises the assets, facilities and services from a Publicly Funded Research Organisation which support the researcher(s) to undertake the Innovation Connections project.
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