Funding for international collaboration

We’ll first assess your application against the eligibility criteria.

If your application is eligible, it will proceed to merit assessment by an independent committee. The committee will have experts in industries and technologies that are relevant to the specific application round. The committee will assess your application against the merit criteria and compare it to other eligible applications. They’ll then recommend which projects to fund.

The program delegate will make the final decision.

To be competitive you must score highly against all of the merit criteria.

• Merit criterion 1: The extent to which your project improves international linkages with global economies (30 points).
• Merit criterion 2: Your capacity, capability and resources to deliver the project (20 points).
• Merit criterion 3: The impact of grant funding on your project (20 points).
• Merit criterion 4: The broader national benefits of your project (30 points).

For more information on the merit criteria please refer to section 7 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

If your application is successful, we’ll send you a written offer. If it’s unsuccessful, we’ll notify you in writing and give you the chance to discuss the outcome with us.

Successful applicants must enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth.

The grant agreement will include the payment schedule, reporting requirements and milestones you need to meet to receive payments.