Industry Minister, Australian Government
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Industry Minister | Australian Government | @AuManufacturing (Tue 7 Sep 2021), @AuManufacturing (Tue 13 Jul 2021), @AuManufacturing (Fri 18 Jun 2021), @AuManufacturing (Wed 21 Apr 2021) |
| Industry Minister | Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program | @AuManufacturing |
| Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | Federal Government | @AuManufacturing (Fri 27 Aug 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 27 Aug 2021), SmartCompany (Thu 8 Jul 2021), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Tue 8 Jun 2021), SmartCompany (Wed 5 May 2021) |
Stories naming Christian Porter. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Round three of a federal grant program distributes $8.5 million across ten projects; named recipients include RMIT, Deep Brain Stimulation Technologies and University of Sydney.
Eight Australian companies have received federal Accelerating Commercialisation Grants totalling $3.9 million, funding commercialisation of technologies from energy optimisation and biometric security to an artificial voice box and a tinnitus therapy app.
Two blockchain pilot projects, Everledger and convergence.tech, have received federal grants totalling just under $5.7 million to test distributed-ledger technology in supply chain tracking and data transfer.
Four Australian space manufacturers won federal grants nearing $14 million via the Modern Manufacturing Initiative, funding quantum sensing, rocket engines, titanium printing and fluid control products for domestic and export markets.
Five Australian spacetech firms won federal grants: EffusionTech, Romar Engineering, Titomic and Q-CTRL under the Modern Manufacturing Initiative, and Valiant Space for a Moon to Mars thruster feasibility study.
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Eight companies, including VitalTrace, 3DMorphic and Battery Graphene Corp (Vaulta), received Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling $3.2 million in June 2021, announced by industry minister Christian Porter.
Fleet Space Technologies has received a government grant to upgrade its nanosatellite network, with a second award going to electronics manufacturer Crystalaid, both tied to a national space supply chain program.
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Six manufacturers share $3.7 million in grants from the AMGC Commercialisation Fund; Alcolizer receives $742,363 for a rapid Covid-19 test, having earlier won a $150,000 IMCRC grant.
Canberra's cybersecurity grant program has named 14 recipients sharing $6.9 million, with individual awards listed for each organisation to run small-business security projects nationwide.
Twelve Australian companies received federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling $8.4 million, including Zip Diagnostics and Incisive Technologies, with industry minister Christian Porter praising the medical manufacturing projects.
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