Industry Growth Program — Commercialisation and Growth
Funds Australian small businesses scaling deep-tech products from prototypes toward broader national and global growth.
The Industry Growth Program — Commercialisation and Growth is the larger of the two grant streams run by Australia's Department of Industry, Science and Resources under the Industry Growth Program. It funds matched grants of A$100,000 to A$5,000,000 to eligible SMEs conducting prototyping-through-market-readiness activities at Technology Readiness Levels 4 to 9, including market-entry strategy dev…
Prototyping through market-readiness projects: market-entry strategies, growth acceleration, scale-up into national and international markets. Aligned to NRF priority areas.
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