Key information
- Status: Open
- Grant amount: From $30,000 to $100,000
- Application opened: 1 November 2024
- Application closes: 17 February 2025, 5:00 pm
Program objective
The NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) Grand Challenge Fund promotes the development of innovative, collaborative research projects that bring together NSW/ACT university expertise with industry or government challenges in the five NSSN priority themes.
Grants of up to $100,000 per project support the development of projects that devise a smart sensing solution that has a defined pathway to genuine impact, either through commercialisation or operationalisation.
Applications must be led by an NSSN member university, working together with an industry or government partner.
This program is administered by Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineer.
Eligibility
Who can apply
The NSSN Grand Challenge Fund is open only to researchers at NSSN member universities.
Types of projects funded under this grant
Research and development projects focussed on smart sensing solutions to a defined industry or government need in one of the five NSSN priority themes.
To be eligible, projects must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Leadership: be led by an NSSN member university
- Collaboration: involve a minimum of two NSSN member universities (incl. the lead)
- Partnership: partner with at least one industry or government partner
- Co-investment: attract cash co-investment from industry/government partners at least equal to the requested amount
Example projects
To find examples of projects previously funded by the NSSN, please visit the Projects page of the NSSN website.
What your application needs to include
Prepare your application with this checklist
- Completed application form
- Budget
- Letter/s of support from industry/government partner/s (on official letterhead)
- Letter of endorsement from NSSN Coordinator at lead university
- Letter of endorsement from NSSN Coordinator at collaborating university
Address the eligibility criteria
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the department's discretion.
Start the application
Applications close at 5pm on 17 February 2025. Applications must be submitted via the SmartyGrants portal.
Note: If you are a new applicant to SmartyGrants, you will need to register and create a password. If you are already registered, you can log in with your existing username and password.
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After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: NSSN Co-Directors
Applications will be reviewed by the NSSN Board against the assessment criteria listed in the GCF Guidelines.
Support and contact
admin@nssn.org.au