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About the Incubator Support Initiative
The $23 million Incubator Support initiative supports the Australian Government’s commitment to: •assist Australian start-ups to develop the capabilities required to achieve commercial success in international markets and realise their economic potential faster than they otherwise would •develop Australia’s innovation ecosystem including in regional areas. The initiative provides grant funding through two components to deliver Incubator Support projects, both of which require a funding contribution from applicants. These are: •New and Existing Incubators •Expert in Residence In addition to these granting components, regional incubator facilitators are available to assist potential applicants, particularly in regional areas, to engage with the initiative. The initiative will also assist successful applicants to access public data, and will promote start-ups through case studies on the data.gov.au portal. The objective of the New and Existing Incubators component is to: a.help develop new incubators in regional areas and/or sectors with high potential for success in international trade b.boost the effectiveness of high performing incubators, including funding support to expand their services and/or develop the innovation ecosystem c.encourage incubators to work with more data-driven start-ups that use public data as part of their business. The initiative’s intended outcomes are to: •support new Australian incubators targeting innovative start-ups to assist them to trade internationally •expand the scale and operations of existing Australian incubators to increase innovative start-ups’ chances of success in international markets •develop new innovative Australian start-ups with a focus on international markets •create opportunities for Australian start-ups to develop sustainable businesses through access to open public data.
Completing this form
You must read the Incubator Support Program Guidelines before filling out this application.
Disclosure of information
The Commonwealth’s use and disclosure of your information (provided in this application or otherwise) is set out in the Incubator Support Initiative Program Guidelines. Ensure that you have read this document and understand the information contained therein. For further information regarding the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s (the department’s) obligations in accordance with the Privacy Act, refer to the department’s Privacy Policy
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Getting help
If you require assistance completing this application form please contact us on 13 28 46 or at business.gov.au. Our website and staff can help you with forms, finding business information and services and allow you to provide feedback, comments or suggestions. You should also read and understand the Program Guidelines and sample grant agreement(s) before completing an application. View these documents at business.gov.au.
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All attachments marked as required must be attached before your application can be submitted. Files with ".pdf, .rtf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx" extension types can be uploaded. Total file size of all attachments in the application should not exceed 20MB. Please note that there is a size limit of 2MB per attachment.
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You can apply for Incubator Support at any time over the life of the program. You will have the opportunity to submit your application as a draft or final version. You may submit one draft application and we will provide feedback and identify where you can strengthen your claims against the merit criteria. You should address this feedback before submitting your final application. The formal decision process does not commence until we receive your final application. If you require further guidance, have difficulties completing the form or are unable to use the online form you can contact us on 13 28 46 or at business.gov.au.

Eligibility

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Eligibility

This section will help you determine whether you are eligible to apply for the program.
Are you an existing incubator or establishing a new incubator that can foster and facilitate the development of innovative start-ups focused on international trade?
We define an incubator as a business support organisation that fosters innovative start-ups, focused on international trade, through the provision of services such as seed funding, colocation, mentoring, professional services and access to networks. It can include accelerators and germinators.
Is your organisation a new incubator that can foster and facilitate the development of innovative start-ups focused on international trade?
Does your organisation have an Australian Business Number (ABN)?
For trustees applying on behalf of a trust, this refers to the ABN of the trust.
Is your organisation an entity, incorporated in Australia?
Is your organisation an incorporated trustee applying on behalf of a trust?
You must be able to provide a copy of the trust documents showing the relationship of the incorporated trustee to the trust.
Is your organisation a publicly funded research organisation?
This includes all higher education providers listed at Table A and Table B of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth).
Is your organisation an incorporated not for profit organisation?
This includes community groups with voting and/ or financial membership of at least five individuals?
Is your organisation a local government agency or body?
A local government agency or body is a local governing body as defined in the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 (Cth).
Is your organisation a Commonwealth or state/territory government agency or body (including PFROs and government business enterprises)?
Is your organisation an Australian state/ territory government?
Are you able to provide evidence from your board (or chief executive officer or equivalent if there is no board) that the project is supported, and that you can complete the project and meet the costs of the project not covered by grant funding?
You will be required to provide a letter from your board or equivalent with your application.
Will your project include eligible activities and eligible expenditure?
Eligible activities include but are not limited to: a.expanding mentor networks to new mentors with national or international expertise; b.providing or facilitating access for innovative start-ups to new resources (such as purchase of technical equipment) to promote or facilitate international trade; c.providing or facilitating access for innovative start-ups to new knowledge (such as customer acquisition and/ or business development methods) to promote or facilitate international trade; and d.facilitating innovative start-ups’ access to new international networks (e.g. investors, customers peer firms).
Will your total eligible project value be •at least $52,000 where located in a major city? or •at least $40,000 where located in a regional area? *
You are not eligible to apply for this program. Please refer to the program guidelines.

Contact details

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Primary contact

Person authorised to act on behalf of the applicant.
You must provide either a phone or mobile number. *
Provide the postal address of the primary contact.
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Is the applicant the primary contact’s employer?
Provide a contact for the applicant organisation.
You must provide either a phone or mobile number. *
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How did the applicant hear about the Program? *
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Applicant information

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General information

If you have previously completed an application for another element of the Incubator Support Initiative, please enter the tracking number for that application here.
This will mean you will not have to enter information again that you have already entered for the other application.
Are you an existing or new incubator?

Joint application

Joint applications are acceptable, provided you have a lead applicant who is the main driver of the project and is eligible to apply.
Is this a joint application?
The lead applicant must complete this form. If you are unsure of whether your application should be a joint application contact us on 13 28 46 or at business.gov.au.
You are required to list all the joint project partner organisations, starting with the lead applicant. If the lead applicant is a trustee of a trust, enter the trust ABN.
Please enter the ABN of all Australian partners in the joint application and click the Validate button to retrieve your registration details.

You will be required to provide a copy of the trust documents showing the relationship of the incorporated trustee to the trust.
This is the ABN registered for the trustee as an entity in its own right.
The entity name refers to the name that appears on all official documents or legal papers. The entity name may be different from the business name.
Your business may have registered one or more business names. If you operate under a business or trading name you can enter alternate name(s) here. If your business or trading name is not listed here select ‘Other’.
If you have not registered your business name but trade under another name enter it here.
Upload a copy of the trust documents showing the relationship of the incorporated trustee to the trust
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You must attach a letter of support from each of the other organisations involved in the proposal. * Refer to section 11.2 of the program guidelines for what is required in the letter of support.
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Are there international project partners?

International project partners

Please enter details of all international project partners

International project partner

Type of applicant

In this section you must indicate what type of entity you operate under. All entities must have an ABN.
Select which type of entity your organisation is: *
To be eligible the company must be incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001, have an ABN and an ACN and be non-tax-exempt.
For trustees applying on behalf of a trust, you must enter the details of the trustee acting in its capacity as a trustee on behalf of a trust.

Applicant details

These details have been populated from the first collaboration partner entered above.
You will be required to provide a copy of the trust documents showing the relationship of the incorporated trustee to the trust.
This is the ABN registered for the trustee as an entity in its own right.
The entity name refers to the name that appears on all official documents or legal papers. The entity name may be different from the business name.
Your business may have registered one or more business names. If you operate under a business or trading name you can enter alternate name(s) here. If your business or trading name is not listed here select ‘Other’.
If you have not registered your business name but trade under another name enter it here.
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Trust and trustee details

These details have been populated from the first collaboration partner entered above.
You will be required to provide a copy of the trust documents showing the relationship of the incorporated trustee to the trust.
This is the ABN registered for the trustee as an entity in its own right.
The entity name refers to the name that appears on all official documents or legal papers. The entity name may be different from the business name.
Your business may have registered one or more business names. If you operate under a business or trading name you can enter alternate name(s) here. If your business or trading name is not listed here select ‘Other’.
If you have not registered your business name but trade under another name enter it here.
You must provide a copy of the trust documents showing the relationship of the incorporated trustee to the trust.
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You will be required to provide a copy of the trust documents showing the relationship of the incorporated trustee to the trust.
This is the ABN registered for the trustee as an entity in its own right.
The entity name refers to the name that appears on all official documents or legal papers. The entity name may be different from the business name.
Your business may have registered one or more business names. If you operate under a business or trading name you can enter alternate name(s) here. If your business or trading name is not listed here select ‘Other’.
If you have not registered your business name but trade under another name enter it here.
You must provide a copy of the trust documents showing the relationship of the incorporated trustee to the trust.
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ANZSIC details

What is the applicant’s main revenue earning activity under the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC)?
The ANZSIC codes and titles are available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website. Phone 13 28 46 if you require assistance.

Address details

Provide your Organisation Street Address
Is your business located in Australia?
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Is your postal address the same as your organisation street address?
Provide your Postal Address
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Website address

Project site address

Will the project’s activities occur solely at the above listed head office address?
You will need to enter your head office address into the regional locator tool to confirm the regional status. You will be required use this information for the next question.For the purposes of the Incubator Support Initiative the following classifications are considered regional: •Inner regional •Outer regional •Remote •Very remote.
Provide the site addresses for the location of your project and allocate a percentage of project activities to each site address.
Your project activities percentage should be based on eligible project value of those activities. We consider your project is located in a regional area if you can attribute at least 80 per cent of your eligible project value to activities in a regional area. The form will automatically detect the regional status of the project address. You can check the regional status by entering the site address into the regional locator tool. For the purposes of the Incubator Support initiative the following classifications are considered regional: •Inner regional •Outer regional •Remote •Very remote. A project site address must be a street address, not a postal address

Site address

Is this site address located in Australia?
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Indicate if this is the primary, secondary or additional project site address.
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Is this site address located in a regional area?

Regional status

Where at least 80% of your project activities are located in a regional area, your project is considered to be a regional project and you are eligible to apply for a higher grant percentage.
Is your project located in a regional area?
If successful you will be required to provide evidence of the regional nature of your project activities in your progress reports.

Latest financial year figures

We collect the following data from all applicants across all grant programs. We use this data to better understand your business and to help us develop better policies and programs.
Has your organisation existed for a complete financial year? *
All amounts in the table below must show a whole dollar value e.g. $1 million should be presented as $1,000,000. The turnover value must be that of the incorporated entity that is making the grant application (the ‘applicant’), regardless of whether the entity belongs to a consolidated group for tax purposes. These fields are mandatory and entering $0 is acceptable if applicable for your organisation. If they clearly do not apply to your organisation you may select not applicable.
FY
Sales revenue (turnover) *
Total revenue from the sale of goods and services, as reported in the applicant’s Business Activity Statement (BAS).
Export revenue *
Total revenue from export sales, as reported in the applicant's Business Activity Statement (BAS).
R&D expenditure *
Expenditure on research and development, i.e. creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.
Taxable income *