Status: Open
Find out information about the aims, funding, key dates, resources and contacts for the CRC-P Grants scheme.
Aim
The objectives of the CRC-P Grants scheme are to assist in:
- supporting science, research, and commercialisation; and
- enabling growth and productivity for globally competitive industries.
The scheme aims to:
- improve the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industries, especially where Australia has a competitive strength, and in line with Government Priorities.
- foster high quality research to solve industry-identified problems through industry-led and outcome-focused collaborative research partnerships between Industry Entities and Research Organisations.
- encourage and facilitate Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) participation in collaborative research.
Funding Stream
Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants support short-term industry-led research collaborations. CRC-Ps can be up to a maximum of three years in duration and request a maximum of $3M in funding.
Resources (cash and in-kind) must be contributed by the partners and at least match the amount of funding requested.
Projects must:
- develop a product, service or process that will solve problems for industry and deliver real outcomes
- benefit small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
The funding can be used to cover costs directly related to your project including:
- new research
- proof of concept activities
- pre-commercialisation of research outcomes
- industry-focused education and training activities
- conferences, workshops, symposia related to the joint research
- information sharing and communications related to the research.
This is not a complete list, and other costs may also be eligible.
A CRC-P must have at least:
- two Australian industry organisations including at least one small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) and
- one Australian research organisation
Lead Applicant: The application must be submitted by an SME, not by a university or research organisation.
Further information on CRC-P eligibility criteria is available in the CRC-P Grant Guidelines.
Major Initiatives Notification of Intent (NOI)
Applicants should notify the University of their intent to apply for major initiatives through the NOI form. The Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is a major initiative, and the NOI form applies to this scheme. The NOI form allows intending applicants to request support in the development of their bid.
Note: The NOI only allows for resource requests for application development. For resourcing support to be included as a Macquarie University contribution in the CRC grant application, please speak to the Major Research Initiatives team at mri@mq.edu.au
CRC-P Key Dates Round 18:
- Round open: 25 August 2025
- Internal Deadline: 23 September 2025
- Round closes: 7 October 2025 5:00PM AEDT
- Outcomes will be announced: Early 2026
- Funding will commence: Early 2026
Department of Industry, Science and Resources:
Detailed information about CRCs including timelines, eligibility criteria, guidelines and useful documents can all be found on the DISR webpage here.
Cooperative Research Australia (CRA)
Macquarie is a member of Cooperative Research Australia (CRA), a not-for-profit organisation that provides a range of services, advice and guidance for prospective and established CRCs.
Major Research Initiatives (MRI) Intranet
Further information on CRC-Ps can be found on the MRI intranet page here.
Contacts
Contact us for more information about the CRC-P grants scheme , research partnerships, research innovation and enterprise.
Jo Tuck
Senior Manager
Major Research Initiatives
E: jo.tuck@mq.edu.au
Irina Zakoshanski
Senior Manager
Major Research Initiatives
E: irina.zakoshanski@mq.edu.au