Government grants totalling $8.75 million will be shared by nine small- to medium-sized businesses to help them develop and test their innovative solutions to public sector challenges.
The grants are being distributed through the Coalition Government’s Business Research and Innovation Initiative, with each of the solutions from the businesses selected to address the five nominated government policy and service delivery challenges:
- On-the-spot technology for measuring pyrethroid surface residue;
- Tracking the effect and value of information products;
- Digitally enabled community engagement in policy and program design;
- Improve transparency and reliability of water market information; and
- Sharing information nationally to ensure child safety.
{loadposition peter}The businesses are among a group of 20 which received initial funding in March to complete feasibility studies on their innovative ideas under the first stage of BRII.
BRII is a National Innovation and Science Agenda initiative by the federal government that is designed to ensure that government procurement fosters innovation and provides opportunities for small and medium businesses to develop innovative products and services which have genuine commercial potential.
Government agencies will have the option to purchase the solutions at the end of the proof-of-concept stage, while the businesses will keep the intellectual property rights to their solutions for future worldwide sales.
To view a list of grant recipients click here.