The Defence Innovation Partnership’s Collaborative Research Fund provides up to $150,000 to support genuine collaboration across government, universities and industry, as a catalyst for defence-relevant research, development and innovation.

To date, the Collaborative Research Fund has supported 35 South Australian-based projects, providing more than $3.4 million in financial support from state government, leveraging $10.8 million from Commonwealth, industry, and university contributions.

Round 8 of the Collaborative Research Fund closed on Friday 6 September.