Programs & opportunities

A program to inspire, educate and support women to start climate startups

‌The Social Impact Fellowship is a 3-month transformative program for aspiring change-makers seeking to explore their purpose and understand how they can drive greater social and environmental impact through their work and beyond.

LEVERAGE, a UNE SRI program in Tamworth

K-Grand Startup Challenge, one of APAC's top tech accelerator programs

The Social Enterprise Series is a 10-week in-depth learning program designed to educate future global changemakers about the practical components of establishing or growing a thriving social enterprise.

This $40 million grant initiative accelerates the commercialisation and scaling up of proven clean technology innovations for trade in Australian and international markets.

LEVERAGE, a UNE SRI program in Armidale

LEVERAGE, a UNE SRI program in Narrabri

The Tourism Grants for Indigenous Business funding round aims to increase the number of Indigenous-owned tourism products available in the market. This grant round will support Indigenous-owned tourism businesses and Indigenous-owned community organisations to plan for or grow their tourism businesses within the tourism sector.

Helping technology businesses in the scaleup phase of growth establish in Tech Central by providing a 40% rebate on eligible rental costs and 30% rebate on eligible fitout costs.

The Jobs Plus program offers support from the NSW Government to Australian and international companies who are wanting to start or expand their business operations in NSW.

Educate, collaborate, innovate. Apply now to join the next cohort of MQ Incubator residents.

Calling all startups: Asia’s most exciting deep tech pitching competition is back!

Building on the 2021 NSW e-commerce program, and acknowledging the fast-moving nature of online business, Investment NSW is now offering NSW businesses the opportunity to participate in advanced e-commerce program for companies serious about engaging in cross-border e-commerce.

The Landing Pads program provides market-ready startups and scaleups the opportunity to land and expand in global innovation hubs. You'll have access to:

The Startup Onramp Pre-Accelerator is an 8-week part-time training and mentoring program for startup founders who are early in their startup journey, including anyone working on an idea for a startup with global ambitions.

Growth services is a collection of services under the AusIndustry Entrepreneurs’ Programme that provide you with advice and funding to grow your business and become more competitive in global markets.

Fast start is a 6 month intense program tailored for each space venture so they can supercharge their commercialisation journey.

NSW Health is supporting the medical and health sector by investing in their people to build capacity, form stronger networks across the state and nurture innovative medical technologies through the NSW Health Commercialisation Training Program.

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub is built for founders at every stage! We accept teams that are as early as "ideation" all the way through to later stage post-MVP / product-market-fit. We highly encourage founders who have an idea to join us and work with Microsoft as you grow!

A self-paced and virtually delivered program designed to help small to medium sized businesses get involved with research and development.

Innovation Connections helps small to medium-sized businesses overcome some of the barriers commonly associated with research and development (R&D), such as a lack of technical expertise, funding or identifying the right R&D opportunity for your business.

During this program, you will gain valuable insight into what it’s like to be a software engineer in a startup environment. You will also get the opportunity to practice practical skills such as how to build and verify code, assess cloud infrastructure, and more!

The SBE Explore program is designed to support women who have an idea they want to bring to life. The program has been created by female founders, for female founders, with the aim to provide advice, skills, resources, and networks to get you started quickly, without the pain. The combined experience of those at SBE has equipped us to help you feel confident to examine, test, prototype and launch business ideas rapidly, resourcefully, and with eco-system support.

The Evolve program is designed to empower, evolve and escalate women-led businesses. We understand the challenges you face as women founders and leaders. Our experience has equipped us to help you grow a successful, sustainable and scalable business - our track record speaks for itself.

Designed for healthcare and life science industries, this program assists companies in seeking seed and growth funding, while establishing expert connections and resources.

Access our expert community and established resources to assist you in building a scalable and sustainable business within the tech industry.

WeWork’s commitment to help Australia’s entrepreneurial startup ecosystem bounce back from the pandemic. A space- and support program with an innovation agenda to foster productivity and collaboration.

Businesses face some common challenges in navigating a new international market, to identify and engage with customers, test products and services, access investment and overcome legal and regulatory hurdles. The NSW Going Global Export Program is a NSW Government economic development initiative designed to support the growth of NSW businesses through expansion to new export markets.

The Green Light accelerator program is dedicated to supporting the development of algae biotech solutions in NSW, across a broad range of industries.

EnergyLab has built a unique - and completely free - process for matching founders with investors who believe in the importance and potential of cleantech startups.

Energy provider Origin has launched a new program in partnership with innovation hub Stone & Chalk to connect the corporate with startups which can help it make energy “easier, smarter and cleaner” for millions of customers.

Women in Business is a NSW Government and TAFE NSW initiative that offers a fully subsidised* online program for women who are looking to establish a micro business, a small business, or who are already operating a business.

Have you ever wanted to know what it’s like to work in a startup? Get behind the scenes of three startups operating in the thriving space of Smart Cities!

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) grants are designed for pre-revenue technology startups to help them engage with a potential business customer, or channel to market, to achieve market validation and first sale.

CSIRO Kick-Start is an initiative for innovative Australian start-ups and small SMEs, providing funding support and access to CSIRO’s research expertise and capabilities to help grow and develop their business.

Accelerating Commercialisation provides small and medium businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers with access to expert advice and funding to help get a novel product, process or service to market.

The program is designed to attract skilled migrants at the top future-focused fields to Australia. The program brings the best talent from around the world.