The science and art of winning a grant
I write grant applications that often win gemaker’s clients (research organisations and innovative companies) significant funding to develop and commercialise their innovative ideas and technologies. Recent successes include: $630K ARC grant for ANU’s InSpace $597K Accelerating Commercialisation grant for Farmbot $500K Accelerating Commercialisation grant for Chatty Kids $100K Manufacturing Modernisation Fund grant for Byron Aviation […]
A challenge-based innovation program could fund your R&D
A growing number of increasingly diverse, challenge-based innovation programs are creating win-win opportunities for business, research and government to work together to solve real-world problems.
The most overlooked source of funding
The Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive is an eligibility entitlement program administered jointly by the Department of Industry, Innovation & Science and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The department manages the registration of the company’s R&D activities while the ATO is responsible for managing the eligible activities’ costs. The words “eligibility entitlement” in the […]
The R&D Tax Incentive – Supporting Medical, Health and Life Sciences Research
Are you in the medical, health or life sciences sector? Is your company developing cutting-edge technology? If you answered yes, then you’re in good company! Registered expenditure for the R&D Tax Incentive scheme on Medical, Health and Life Sciences (MHLS) has grown by 50% from 2012 to $1.6b in 2015. Most research fields in the sector are […]
Reward for innovation: an update on the R&D Tax Incentive
For start-ups and other innovative companies, the R&D Tax Incentive is designed to reduce the cost and risk of undertaking research and development, by reducing their tax.
Strength from the storm: lessons learnt in winning a $450K grant
How would you feel if your start-up received A$450K in an Accelerating Commercialisation grant under the Australian Government’s Entrepreneurs’ Program?
Applying for a funding grant is like applying for a job
You may be the best applicant but it doesn’t guarantee success.
Is your technology market ready?
Responding to a tender is a good guide as to whether your product is ready for the market.
Welcome to the gemaker website and our first Insight.
Insights are designed to provide useful anecdotes, practical information and resources to innovative businesses seeking to grow their business by taking their new ideas to market and current ideas to new markets.