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STEM+ Business enables SMEs to build on existing successful collaborative projects by providing funding support for the placement of early career researchers from Australia’s research organisations into their business to develop and implement new ideas with commercial potential.

Australian Bay Lobster Producers

Aquaculture SME Australian Bay Lobster Producers Limited is developing a novel vision-system to support healthy lobster growth with SIEF STEM+ Business Fellow Dr Xun Yu at Griffith University.

Leasing Information Systems: Accurait®

Following the success of their CSIRO Kick-Start engagement, retail leasing specialists Leasing Information Systems (LIS) pursued a SIEF STEM+ Business project to deepen the capability of their Accurait® software leading to significant new business.

Mayne Pharma: US FDA approval for a drug capsule to be marketed in the USA

Mayne Pharma received support to gain US FDA approval for a drug capsule to be marketed in the USA, registration of a patent for a new formula, and multiple high impact research papers through a SIEF STEM+ Business project.

OptoTech: fast-tracking a surface defect detection system

Tackling a critical need in the hard disk drive industry, Melbourne-based laser products specialist OptoTech fast-tracked the development of its surface defect detection system with STEM+ Business.

Workforce Health Assessors: employing artificial intelligence to better understand potential and evolving risks in untapped employment sectors

Securing a SIEF STEM+ Business grant enabled Workforce Health Assessors to develop a new pre-employment risk screening system “Quescreen”, filling a current gap in the employment services sector.

Aquarius Technologies: Detecting corrosion-inhibitor content in water

Queensland-based Aquarius Technologies teamed up with Griffith University through the STEM+ Business program and fast tracked R&D into their Ultima water monitoring technology.

Infratech Industries: Researching novel energy storage materials

This Sydney-based start-up worked with the STEM+ Business team to tee up a partnership with University of Newcastle's Dr Hui Song and develop some innovative solutions in waste and water management.

MecRX: Identifying promising new molecular starting points for cancer therapeutics

Melbourne biotech start-up MecRx is working with CSIRO researcher Dr Rohan Volpe to fast track drug discovery.

Pharmaxis Ltd: Discovering drugs that treat the burden of long-term heart disease

This Sydney-based pharmaceutical research company teamed up with cardiovascular inflammation and fibrosis specialist, Dr Ben Rayner from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney, through a STEM+ Business project looking to fast track drug discovery.

Sementis: Helping develop a vaccine for cat allergy

This Emerging biotechnology company has teamed up with University of South Australia through a STEM+ Business project looking to fast track drug discovery.
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