Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4691

The Manufacturing Integration Stream will support projects that integrate Australian businesses into domestic and international value chains, propelling their goods and services into new markets and fostering Australia’s reputation as a modern manufacturing leader. It will encourage and facilitate linkages between local businesses and domestic and international firms, increasing scale, supply capacity, and the ability to innovate. It will also facilitate the adoption of product standards and greater sharing and transfer of knowledge.

Australia has an international reputation for producing premium, safe and high-quality food and beverage products. Close proximity to Asian markets and a reputation as a trusted supplier of premium goods has led to the food and beverage sector becoming a major manufacturing sector for the Australian economy. There are opportunities to bring food and beverage manufacturers together to:

• manage the development of new products for emerging markets
• translate research into commercial applications
• manufacture locally and export more high value products to overseas markets.

For the Modern Manufacturing Initiative’s Translation and Integration Stream grant opportunities, an initial combined total of approximately $140 million is available from 2020-21 to 2023-24 across all the National Manufacturing Priorities.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be non-tax-exempt
• be registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST)

and be:

• an entity incorporated in Australia, including start-ups and a trading corporation, where your trading activities:
• form a sufficiently significant proportion of the corporation’s overall activities as to merit it being described as a trading corporation; or
• are a substantial and not merely peripheral activity of the corporation.

You must also:

• have a project that aligns with the Food and Beverage National Manufacturing Priority area
• have a minimum of $2 million in eligible project expenditure
• be able to provide evidence that your project is supported by your board (or Chief Executive Officer or equivalent if there is no board)
• be able to provide evidence that you can meet the costs of the project not covered by the grant funding.

The Grant opportunity guidelines provide further detail on eligibility.

All projects must be completed by 31 March 2024.

$140,000,000.00

From $1,000,000.00 to $20,000,000.00

To apply, go to: www.business.gov.au/mmii

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