Innovate to Grow: Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence program

Venue:
Location: CSIRO
26 Jun - 21 Aug, 2025
Web: https://www.csiro.au/en/work-with-us/funding-programs/SME/Innovate-to-Grow/Digitech-and-AI

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, is calling on small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) developing solutions in digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to apply for its latest Innovate to Grow program.

The free eight-week program connects Aussie SMEs with the science, data and people they need to turn good ideas into investable R&D projects.

Expressions of interest are open for the eight-week online program, which gives selected businesses free access to R&D experts, industry mentors and self-paced learning modules to help them turn an early-stage idea into an actionable research plan and funding roadmap.

Innovate to Grow: Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence is open to SMEs working in the following subsectors:

Artificial intelligence, including:

Computer vision
Machine learning
ChatGPT/large language models
Natural language processing
- Digital manufacturing
- Quantum computing
- Cybersecurity
- Robotics & autonomous systems.

Applications close on 01 June 2025.

Organised by: CSIRO
Contact name: CSIRO
Email: InnovateToGrow@csiro.au

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