Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects recipients

Program Period Project Location Sector Amount Round
Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects 2022 Accelerating Innovation in Place

Food & Agribusiness Network Limited

Collaborate with stakeholders from the food and agribusiness industry, research, education, government and community to drive collaboration, advance innovation and create a regional innovation ecosystem. Food & Agribusiness Network Limited is partnering with: Sunshine Coast Regional Council; Moreton Bay Regional Council; Noosa Shire Council
Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay (Moreton Bay, Noosa and Sunshine Coast and Gympie) $199,676 1
Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects 2022 Gladstone Connects Supplier Platform

Gladstone Engineering Alliance Incorporated

Regional Futures - Collaborative ProjectsA virtual platform connecting large enterprise procurement and Gladstone SME engineers and manufacturers to create local innovative solutions to supply chain issues. Gladstone Engineering Alliance Incorporated is partnering with: Rio Tinto Aluminium Limited; ConocoPhillips Australia Operations Pty Ltd; Central Queensland University; Gladstone Regional Council
Central Queensland (Gladstone) $100,000 1
Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects 2022 Strait approach to Business

Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander Corporation

Create a supportive network of small businesses and innovators to nurture great ideas, products and businesses in the Torres Strait region. Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander Corporation is partnering with: Meriba Ged Ngalpun Mab; Palmer Consultancy; Department of Employment, Small Business and Training; Strait Experience
Far North Queensland (Thursday Island, Badu Island and Mer Island) $152,840 1
Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects 2022 LuminaX Health Accelerator

Co Spaces Pty Ltd

Regional Futures - Collaborative ProjectsA program to refine and launch ten healthtech startups annually through fostering the emerging industries of healthtech, medtech and biotech Co Spaces Pty Ltd is partnering with: Bond University; Gold Coast City Council; 3M Australia Pty Ltd; Mater Misericordiae Ltd
Gold Coast $150,000 2
Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects 2022 Clinical Entrepreneurship Change Agents Program

Griffith University

Regional Futures - Collaborative ProjectsA tailored entrepreneurial training, coaching, and student placements program to accelerate translation pathways for new digital health and medical technologies. Griffith University is partnering with Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Gold Coast $200,000 2
Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects 2022 Image-Guided Surgical Technologies Centre

NeuTex Pty Ltd

Regional Futures - Collaborative ProjectsAn Asia-Pacific hub for training specialist physicians and developing minimally invasive surgical devices. NeuTex Pty Ltd is partnering with: Gold Coast Private Hospital Pty Ltd; Gold Coast Hospital Foundation
Gold Coast $200,000 2
Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects 2022 Canvas to Catwalk

Red Ridge (Interior Queensland) Ltd

Regional Futures - Collaborative ProjectsDeliver creative skills workshops to at least six remote Queensland communities, producing at least 20 new artworks for the purpose of fabric printing. Red Ridge (Interior Queensland) Ltd is partnering with: Central West Aboriginal Corporation; RAPAD Employment Services Pty Ltd
Outback Queensland (Blackall, Longreach, Barcaldine, Birdsville, Windorah) $60,000 2
Regional Futures – Collaborative Projects Adapting a spatial irrigation tool

Mackay Canegrowers Ltd

Adapt a spatial weather based irrigation scheduling and crop benchmarking tool that uses remote sensing to provide site specific crop management information across large scales and at low cost for tropical conditions, requiring minimal user input. Mackay Canegrowers is partnering with Mackay Area Productivity Services and Sugar Research Australia.
Mackay $200,000 3
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