Creating international researcher networks to accelerate clean innovation

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• are an entity, incorporated in Australia
• are an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
• are a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO) as defined in section 14 on the grant guidelines
• can verify you have support from the board, CEO or equivalent, including that you can complete the project and meet the costs of the project not covered by grant funding
• agree that you will establish at least one international partnership or enhance an existing international partnership that will contribute towards project costs (which may include in-kind contributions), within six months of execution of the grant agreement.

You can’t apply if you are:

• an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
• an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
• income tax exempt
• an individual
• a partnership
• an unincorporated association
• a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust)
• a Commonwealth, state, territory or local government body (including government business enterprises unless you are CSIRO or a PFRO)
• a non-corporate Commonwealth entity.

Partner with other organisations

You can partner with one or more other organisations. But you must decide who the lead organisations is and that organisation must meet the eligibility criteria.

The lead organisation must fill out the application form.

If we give your group the grant, the lead organisation:

• signs the grant agreement
• is responsible for making sure your group follows the rules in the grant agreement.

Your project must:

• establish a new, or enhance an existing, international researcher network, or system of networks, or expand an existing domestic network to include international partners
• be aligned with supporting Australian action through international partnerships or multilateral fora, including: CEM, MI, BA, and/or the Renewable energy, Transport, Electricity, Industry or Buildings TCPs of the IEA, and/or the G-PSTC
• focus on one of the technologies needed to deliver the government’s emissions reduction policies, including renewable energy (solar, wind, storage, grid integration), green metals and their supply chains. A network that specifically targets a subset of one of these focus areas is also eligible
• collaborate internationally to develop new research projects or progress joint research, with outputs to include publications, experiments, analysis or pilot studies.
• have dedicated resources allocated to administer the network
• present and promote research and collaboration internationally
• demonstrate industry support.

You can use this grant funding for:

• travel and overseas expenditure
• labour and contractor costs
• registration and attendance at seminars and conference
• research related expenses.