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Small and medium enterprise engagement centre
The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Engagement Centre helps Australian SMEs connect to research and development to grow their business. We help Australian SMEs define their technical issues and identify the best way to address them. There is no cost for discussing and evaluating how CSIRO can address an SME's technical issues.
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Australian Growth Partnerships (AGP) program key features

The Australian Growth Partnerships (AGP) program is a new, competitive, merit-based pilot funding program managed by CSIRO.

 

 AGP - the missing piece of the collaboration puzzle
Deal Pipeline: issue 3

A snapshot of CSIRO’s commercial opportunities and highlights of our portfolio companies. (35 pages)

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New Technologies
 

CSIRO has a long record in the development of breakthrough technologies - here's a snapshot of just some of the technologies currently being readied for commercial development.

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Partnerships & Collaboration
 

Explore solutions to key business and research challenges in a collaboration with CSIRO. Under a variety of partnership models, take advantage of our multi-disciplinary scientific capability.  

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Licensing & Equity
 

More than 160 existing companies are founded on CSIRO technology and countless others utilise our innovations in their business. Our technologies are available to industry through a variety of licensing and equity arrangements.

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Contract Research
 
CSIRO's contract research services can be tailored to suit specific projects and enable small and large organisations to access our multi-disciplinary science talent to address specific R&D issues.
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Consulting
 

Engaging with CSIRO on a consultancy basis provides the opportunity for small and large organisations to bring CSIRO’s multi-disciplinary science talent to bear on their research and business issues.

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Technical Services & Facilities
 

From fire testing to soil analysis CSIRO provides a wide range of testing, analytical and design services - we also provide access to our unique facilities and collections.

Prototype computerised geological core logger.
Tenders & Procurement
 

Every year CSIRO releases a procurement plan outlining the details of planned procurement as well as the initiatives from which further procurement needs are likely to arise.

CSIRO scientists fieldtesting geological strata assessment equipment.
Payments Online
 
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National Research Flagships

Find out about the Flagship Program