Made in Queensland Program Round 5

The Made in Queensland Program provides grant funding to support QLD small to medium enterprises (SME) to increase manufacturers’ international competitiveness, productivity and innovation.

Program Objectives

The objectives of the Made in Queensland Program include:

increasing the productivity and international competitiveness of QLD based manufacturing SMEs.
encouraging QLD based manufacturing SMEs to adopt innovative processes and technologies.
encouraging more QLD based manufacturing SMEs to become Advanced Manufacturers.
supporting traditional manufacturing jobs and creating the new high-skilled manufacturing jobs of the future.

Funds available under the Made in Queensland Program

Grants of between $50,000 to $2.5 million (excluding GST) will be made available as matched funding for eligible project costs incurred on eligible projects on a dollar-for-dollar cash basis.

Note funding under the program is limited to a maximum of $2.5m over all rounds of the program. So you could apply for several programs as long as the total funding requested is under $2.5m.

Eligibility for the Made in Queensland Program

To be eligible you must:

be a QLD-based business whose principal activity and majority annual turnover is derived from manufacturing.
be an SME with between five and 200 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. A minimum of 5 FTE employees must be located in QLD.
have a proposed Eligible Project based in QLD.
have the financial capacity and standing necessary to conduct the proposed Eligible Project.
not be insolvent or have owners or directors that are an undischarged bankrupt; and
not be a federal, state or local government entity, statutory authority or special purpose vehicle or not-for-profit organisation.

Eligible Projects

To be an Eligible Project, the project must:

be consistent with the Program Objectives,
involve the introduction of equipment, a process or technology not currently used by the applicant that is industry-leading (best practice).
be designed so that it is aimed at achieving the desired business transformation.
have a project site address in Queensland.
not have commenced, and not be scheduled to commence, until after a Funding Agreement has been executed.
not be subject to funding under any other Local, State or Federal Government grant or scheme.

The project can be focused on

Process improvement
Advanced robotics
New technologies
Advanced systems
Decarbonisation
Waste reduction planning

Eligible project costs

Eligible project costs mean those costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the Eligible Project but excluding any ineligible project costs of which there is a long list.

The Application process

To apply for the Made in Queensland Program it is a 2 step process.

In stage 1 you submit a Stage 1 application which is assessed against a set of predetermined criteria. Shortlisted Stage 1 applicants (i.e. those with the highest score) with be invited to submit a Stage 2 application.

Stage 2 applicants will be assessed and scored against the Value for Money assessment criteria. Applications will then be ranked and, grants will be awarded to those Shortlisted Applicants with the highest ranked applications, where funding remains available to be allocated.

Learn More

To learn more and submit a Stage 1 Application click here.

Note Stage 1 applications close at 9.00am on Monday 12 December 2022.

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