CSIRO ON Accelerate

Accelerator, Incubator, FellowshipActive
Type: AcceleratorApplications: OpenDeadline: 2026-08-31Format: CohortUniversity: Requires an Australian university or publicly funded research agency researcher on the teamLocation: Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaWebsiteApply

Support: Commercialization training; mentoring; customer discovery

ON Accelerate is a free three-month deep tech commercialization accelerator run by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, for research teams spinning ventures out of universities and publicly funded research organisations. The programme is valued at over A$150,000 per team and provides $20,000 in non-dilutive funding per team, with up to $400,000 distributed among high-performing teams at a maximum of $80,000 each. CSIRO takes no equity and no interest in participant IP. Teams of three to six are eligible and must include at least one researcher from an Australian research institution.

Deep Tech (Generalist)Advanced ManufacturingAdvanced Materials and NanotechnologyClean Energy GenerationClimate Tech (Generalist)Biotech, Life Sciences, Synthetic Biology

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