Empower – University of Queensland

Designed for women, this 10-week journey will help you build a strong, scalable startup. Get the tools, confidence, and community to land your first customer and beyond. Startups must be 50% women-owned and have a strong connection with UQ.

Validate – University of Queensland

This continuous program lets you test & refined your idea with real-world feedback, validate customer needs and market demand, develop a clear value proposition and potential business model, build confidence pitching, and connect with a supportive community of peers, mentors, and industry leaders.

LuminaX Healthtech Accelerator

Supports healthtech startups to build globally successful companies through investment, networks and commercialisation support.

First Nations Innovation Acceleration Program

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander innovative businesses in Queensland who are established and looking to scale

Sovereign Industry Development Fund

Focused on strategic partnership opportunities that will accelerate development in Queensland’s priority industries of Defence, Biomedical and Biofuels.

First Nations Business Acceleration Program

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander innovative businesses in Queensland who are established and looking to scale

Sustainability Loan

This program provides loans for primary producers and commercial fishers to help them invest in the latest infrastructure and improve sustainability.

Private Sector Pathways Program QLD

Funding to Queensland SMEs and scaleups to help them find solutions to corporate challenges.

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility

Supports projects that deliver public benefit to Northern Australia, through new jobs, regional income, business for local suppliers and Indigenous employment opportunities.

Regional University-Industry Collaboration Program (RUIC)

Offers facilitation and dollar-matched funding for collaborative research projects between regional universities and SMEs in Queensland.