Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Available funds for this round of ITRP co-investment is $500,000. Applications will be reviewed by an Assessment Panel (Panel). The Panel’s assessment and funding recommendations will be guided by the criteria set out in the Program Guidelines.
- Application opened: 21 October 2024
- Application closed: 15 November 2024, 10:00 am
Program objective
Funding will be targeted at those ITRPs that contribute to economic, environmental, social or technological outcomes in NSW and demonstrate engagement and collaboration with NSW industry and research sector.
The Program will run over two months from October to November 2024, with the deliverables and milestones connected to the life of the ITRPs.
The objectives of the Program are to:
- leverage Commonwealth funding in research and training excellence
- enhance the impact of NSW ITRP hubs and centres
- grow and deepen NSW research, innovation and the talent ecosystem in line with NSW priorities
The intended outcomes of the Program are:
- increased research and training excellence in NSW
- attraction of research and training talent and investment into NSW
- increase translation of IP and development of future workforce needs
This program is administered by Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineer.
Eligibility
Who can apply
To be eligible for the Program applicants must:
- be a NSW led bid awarded funding from the Commonwealth’s 2023 Industrial Transformation Research Program (Research or Training streams)
- be headquartered in NSW. For the purposes of this grant, headquarters is defined as the main administrative office of the Hub or Centre, and location of the CEO. Headquarters must remain in NSW for the period of the RAAP Agreement
- have at least 40 per cent of operations spent in NSW to be eligible for co-investment
Who the grant is targeted towards
NSW led bid awarded funding from the Commonwealth’s 2023 Industrial Transformation Research Program (Research or Training streams).
Types of projects funded under this grant
The grant must only be used on activities undertaken within NSW, and on staff, students or equipment located in NSW. For example, grant funds might be used to:
- fund employment of technical and targeted engagement staff at the NSW nodes, technical staff referring to those roles with a specialised technical capability or targeted industry, business or application engagement/specialist roles in NSW
- support scholarships or fellowships of students or post-doctoral researchers to be located within NSW
- support ITRP Hub or Training Centre travel or exchanges of researchers who are based in NSW, or to support visits or exchanges of people to NSW for centre-related activities
- cover expenses related to rent or fit out of offices and laboratories located in NS
- purchase or lease instrumentation or plant equipment located in NSW.
Who can’t apply
You are not eligible to apply for the Program if you are:
- an unsuccessful applicant under the Commonwealth Industrial Transformation and Research Program (ITRP) ARCs 2023 ITRP Selection Round
The Department, at its sole discretion, may decide that an application is ineligible for funding. This may include any person or business activity that could cause reputational and/or other risks to the NSW Government.
Most recent recipients
What was approved
Approved for The University of Sydney
The quantum computing industry is expected to play a significant role in Australia’s future prosperity. Economic modelling by the CSIRO predicts that quantum computing will generate $3.6 billion in revenue in Australia and create 12,700 jobs nationally by 2045. This predicted size is comparable to Australia’s present-day wool or wheat industries. Australia has a special opportunity to develop a home-grown quantum computing industry given the strength of its university-based research in this area together with several firstmover start-ups and an enthusiastic engagement from a range of future end-users and stakeholders of quantum computers. The aim of this training centre is to identify and train the leaders of tomorrow’s quantum workforce, providing students with capabilities spanning the full quantum computing stack as well as agency over their high-tech careers.
$120,000 was approved by
NSW Chief Scientist & EngineerDate approved
April 2025Location of the project
SydneyLocation of the recipient
SydneyAbout the grant
Applications approved
5
Applications received
5
2024 NSW RAAP Co-Investment Round - ITRP
Program term
Invoices must be submitted within 12 months of agreement executionWhat was approved
Approved for University of New South Wales
Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels’ massive deployment plays a vital role in global and Australia’s Net Zero 2050 Targets, but the massive panels must be recycled at their endof-life (EoL), est. 60-78 million tonnes by 2050, to enable genuine lifecycle Net-Zero and to meet Australia’s Waste Action Plan. In Australia, we currently lack scalable & reliable recycling technology, a sustainable industrial chain, and a unified standard and policy for large-scale PV recycling. Thus, the PV recycling industries and the whole value chain urgently need innovative and interdisciplinary R&D efforts to transform into highly efficient & flexible, scalable, and eco-friendly PV recycling. ARC Research Hub for PVRS can meet the above urgent need to transform Australia’s PV solar panel recycling industry by developing advanced technologies of green PV recycling and materials reuse, redesigning PV panels for recycling and reliability and advancing policy informing by leveraging interdisciplinary expertise and collaborations across the value chain.
$50,000 was approved by
NSW Chief Scientist & EngineerDate approved
April 2025Location of the project
RandwickLocation of the recipient
RandwickAbout the grant
Applications approved
5
Applications received
5
2024 NSW RAAP Co-Investment Round - ITRP
Program term
Invoices must be submitted within 12 months of agreement executionWhat was approved
Approved for University of Technology Sydney
The ITRP Hub for Human-robot Teaming for Sustainable and Resilient Construction (HaRTCon) will transform the current ways of working in construction from predominantly manual operations onsite to Human-Robot Teaming (HRT), i.e. humans collaboratively partnering with intelligent robots, to address the significant challenges faced by the construction industry. This research Hub will support a PhD student’s research on the psychological effect on human workers in human-robot collaboration.
$110,000 was approved by
NSW Chief Scientist & EngineerDate approved
April 2025Location of the project
SydneyLocation of the recipient
SydneyAbout the grant
Applications approved
5
Applications received
5
2024 NSW RAAP Co-Investment Round - ITRP
Program term
Invoices must be submitted within 12 months of agreement executionWhat was approved
Approved for Western Sydney University
This Industrial Transformation Training Centre is essential to address the urgent need for a sustainable transformation in Australia’s building and construction sector, which is one of the largest contributors to national carbon emissions and resource consumption. Current construction practices are highly resource-intensive, producing significant waste and embodied carbon. With the sector responsible for approximately 39% of Australia’s annual emissions, a shift towards net-zero operations is crucial to meeting national climate targets—specifically, the goals of achieving net-zero emissions for new buildings by 2030 and for all buildings by 2050. This ITRP directly addresses these goals by fostering the integration of advanced digital and eco-friendly construction techniques. Our mission is to integrate net-zero project delivery approaches, efficient techniques and eco-friendly materials into building design and construction stages through platform-based methods for new buildings and major renovations. We will develop the advanced capability for the building construction sector to go net-zero
$110,000 was approved by
NSW Chief Scientist & EngineerDate approved
April 2025Location of the project
PenrithLocation of the recipient
PenrithAbout the grant
Applications approved
5
Applications received
5
2024 NSW RAAP Co-Investment Round - ITRP
Program term
Invoices must be submitted within 12 months of agreement executionWhat was approved
Approved for Western Sydney University
The objective of this training centre is to support education and training to address the growing need to train the next generation of protected cropping specialists. These aims will be achieved by: * Development of online materials for new crops to be grown in protected settings and to monitor their growth through the latest technologies * Development of masterclasses and workshops to permit hands on experience in crop growing * Masterclasses for imaging plant growth and the use of UAV for monitoring of diseases * Workshops for disease monitoring and data analysis * Workshops agri-technology to break down barriers for adoption
$110,000 was approved by
NSW Chief Scientist & EngineerDate approved
April 2025Location of the project
HawkesburyLocation of the recipient
HawkesburyAbout the grant
Applications approved
5
Applications received
5
2024 NSW RAAP Co-Investment Round - ITRP
Program term
Invoices must be submitted within 12 months of agreement executionWhat your application needs to include
Prepare your application with this checklist
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Address the eligibility criteria
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the department's discretion.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: NSW Chief Scientists & Engineer
The assessment of applications will be led by the Department. Your application will be considered based on a two-stage process, as outlined below. Only eligible applications will move to the next stage. We consider eligible applications through a targeted competitive grant process.
Applicants’ suitability for RAAP co-investment funding will be based on the proposed research to be undertaken, the benefits to NSW, and proportion of expenditure/activities to occur in NSW, as reflected in their application form.
Anticipated assessment outcome date is 20/12/2024
Anticipated date for funding deed execution with successful applicants is 31/01/2025