National Science Week Public Event Grants - National Science Week 2027 funding round
Overview
What you need to judge this in 30 seconds
Category: 321001 - Science · Agency: Department of Industry, Science and Resources · Selection: Open Competitive
National Science Week is Australia’s major national annual celebration of science and technology, occurring in August ea...
- Category
- R&D
- Industry
- Needs verification
- Technology
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- Target stage
- Needs verification
- Project duration
- Needs verification
- Estimated preparation
- Needs verification
Funding
Award size and how it is paid
- Award range
- A$5K ~ A$20K
- Currency
- AUD
- Total programme budget
- A$500K
- Support type
- Needs verification
- Co-funding
- Needs verification
- Matching fund
- Needs verification
- Disbursement
- Needs verification
- Note
- Estimated Grant Value (AUD): From $5,000.00 to $20,000.00 / Total Amount Available (AUD): $500,000.00
Eligibility
Can we actually apply?
You can apply if you: are an individual 18 years of age or older or; have an Australian business number (ABN). You must complete your project four weeks following the end of the relevant National Science Week. Your project must: be located in Australia directed towards a science-related activity that will be available to and cater to the wider public be conducted in Australia during the relevant National Science Week, or where appropriate, in the week before or after the relevant National Science Week address one or more of the following purposes: draw the nation’s attention towards the sciences spark broad interest and engagement in the sciences provide an opportunity for all Australians, including those historically underrepresented in the sciences, to participate in science events and activities foster partnerships between the public, research organisations and industry trial new and innovative science communication activities. be delivered in at least one of the following formats: an in-person event involving physical attendance an online event involving two-way audience participation or involvement. National Science Week activities may involve school-aged participants, howeve…
- Company age
- Needs verification
- Employees
- Needs verification
- Revenue limits
- Needs verification
- Consortium
- Needs verification
- · 신청 방법: Applications open 10am, Tuesday, 1 September 2026. To apply, go to https://business.gov.au/NSW2027
Location Requirements
Geography and legal-entity conditions
- Primary country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Also eligible
- None
- Foreign companies
- Needs verification
- Local entity
- Needs verification
- Location condition
- 대상 지역: ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS, Administered Territories. 호주 내 적격 신청주체가 필요합니다(원문 확인 필요).
Required Documents
Required/optional · issuer · difficulty · validity · cautions
Document requirements were not captured (needs verification). Check the official announcement.
Application Process
How you apply
Application process not captured.
Evaluation
Review process and criteria
Evaluation process not captured.
Timeline
Announcement → intake → review → agreement → execution
Process steps were not captured.
Equity & Financial Terms
Equity, loans and contract conditions
- Equity required
- Needs verification
- Loan
- Non-dilutive grant
- Duplicate funding
- Needs verification
- IP ownership
- Needs verification
- Deliverable ownership
- Needs verification
- Exclusivity
- Needs verification
- Right of first refusal
- Needs verification
- Audit & settlement
- Needs verification
Risk Intelligence
Should we apply at all? — five dimensions plus an overall score (lower is safer)
Chance of failing eligibility, location or legal-entity rules
Co-funding, matching funds, reimbursement and loan exposure
Paperwork load, timeline pressure, reporting and audit duties
Exclusivity, right of first refusal, duplicate-funding limits
How much technical detail you must hand over, and who owns it
- 10Required documents not collected· evidence needs verification
The list of required documents was not collected.
- 9Deadline approaching
The deadline is not far away.
- 8Local-entity requirement not stated· evidence needs verification
The announcement does not say whether a local entity is required.
- 8Payment timing not stated· evidence needs verification
Advance versus reimbursement makes a large difference to cash flow.
- 7Overseas eligibility not stated· evidence needs verification
Whether an overseas company may take part has to be confirmed.
- 7Exclusivity not stated· evidence needs verification
Any exclusivity clause has to be checked.
- 6Right of first refusal not stated· evidence needs verification
Any right-of-first-refusal clause has to be checked.
- 6Duplicate-support rule not stated· evidence needs verification
Whether parallel support is allowed has to be confirmed.
- · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
- · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
- · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
- · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a local entity is required is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether an overseas company may apply is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a matching fund is required is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether payment is in advance or in arrears is not stated (needs verification).
- · The level of settlement and audit obligation is not stated (needs verification).
- · The duplicate-support rule is not stated (needs verification).
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IP / Idea Protection
How much of your technology and idea you must disclose
The announcement does not say what has to be submitted, so the disclosure exposure cannot be judged. the scope of the material requested is not stated. The awarding body is Department of Industry, Science and Resources. 8 fields could not be read and must be checked in the announcement and the grant agreement.
- NDA
- Needs verification
- IP ownership
- Needs verification
- Deliverable ownership
- Needs verification
- Data rights
- Needs verification
- Disclosure depth
- Needs verification
- File patent first?
- Not applicable
- Reuse of submissions
- Needs verification
- Publicity obligation
- Needs verification
- Exposure score
- Needs verification
- · The problem your product solves, and the market definition
- · Your value proposition and quantified results (improvement rates, throughput)
- · Anything already public: granted patents, papers, press coverage
- · Team composition, capabilities and a summary of past delivery
- · Architecture-level diagrams at module granularity, without internal implementation
- · Core algorithms: formulae, hyper-parameters and pre-processing rules
- · Raw training data and the details of your collection pipeline
- · Full source code and build or deployment scripts
- · Cost structure and unit-price formulae
- · Named customers, contract terms and pricing
- · How an unfiled invention is actually implemented
- MEDIUMRequest an NDA
Ask in writing for a mutual NDA before submitting detailed technical material; if it is refused, keep what you submit at summary level.
4 evidence item(s) from the source
- UNKNOWN
No document list was collected, so the exposure of technical material cannot be judged.
Source link - UNKNOWN
No NDA clause could be found.
Source link - UNKNOWN
IP ownership terms could not be found.
Source link - UNKNOWN
Ownership of the deliverables terms could not be found.
Source link
- · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
- · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
- · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
- · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).
This assessment is derived from the stored announcement, document and contract fields. Anything the source does not state is marked "needs verification" — it never asserts that your idea will be taken. Generated by local:rules-v1 · 10d ago
AI Analysis
Pros · cons · difficulty · competition · attractiveness
From paperwork and review stages
Heuristic from award size and type
Amount, terms and IP combined
Weighted average of five dimensions
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- ! 해외기업 지원 가능 여부가 공고에서 확인되지 않았습니다 (확인 필요).
- ! IP 귀속 조항이 확인되지 않았습니다 (확인 필요).
- ! 중복 수혜 제한 규정을 사전에 확인하십시오.
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