Australian 5G Innovation Initiative

What is the Australian 5G Innovation Initiative?

The Australian 5G Innovation Initiative is a grant opportunity which aims to provide businesses with opportunities to trial and test 5G applications that demonstrate 5G’s capability and benefits across a range of industry sectors and locations.

Background

The $40 million Australian 5G Innovation Initiative supports the Australian Government’s commitment to demonstrating the value of 5G to businesses in Australia.

For the Round 2 grant opportunity there is a total of $20 million available. This round will direct up to $2 million to dedicated projects in the Western Parkland City.

The grant opportunity:

supports innovative and emerging 5G trials that undertake rigorous, commercial and replicable testing of 5G technology
offers businesses the opportunity to identify 5G applications that demonstrate 5G’s capability
supports various projects that demonstrate 5G’s capability and benefits across a range of industry sectors and locations.

Funding

Grants up to $2 million to demonstrate the value of 5G technology to businesses in Australia.

Eligible Projects

You must complete your project by 31 December 2024.

To be eligible your project must:

conduct trials that undertake rigorous, commercial and replicable testing of technologies that make use of 5G
identify solutions that demonstrate 5G’s capabilities
have at least $125,000 in eligible expenditure (we fund 80% of eligible expenditure, $125,000 in eligible expenditure is required in order to receive the minimum grant amount of $100,000).

Eligible activities must make use of at least one of the following core 5G capabilities:

enhanced mobile broadband
ultra-reliable, low latency communications
massive machine-to-machine communications.

The definitions of the core capabilities are in the glossary at section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

You can use this grant funding for:

the purchase and installation of equipment directly used in the project
set-up and administration costs connected with the project
limited research and development costs if 5G applications are pre-commercial and this expenditure can be directly linked to achieving commercial 5G applications during the life of the project
the cost of an independent audit of project expenditure (where we request one) up to a maximum of 1% of total eligible project expenditure.

Eligible Applicants

You can apply if you:

have an Australian business number (ABN)
are registered for the goods and services tax (GST)
can contribute 20% of project expenditure.

You must be one of the following:

an entity, incorporated in Australia
a company limited by guarantee
an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
an incorporated not for profit organisation
a Local Government or State/Territory Government agency or body, where an application involves a partnership with at least one other eligible entity.

Timing

Applications close 11 April 2022.

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