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Collaboration drives innovation

Innovation cultivates new ways of thinking, promotes technology development, and helps us collectively solve the greatest challenges.

Our collaborative breadth, depth and interconnectivity underpinned by world-class scientific rigour is what sets us apart.

Businesses of any size can work with us to achieve real impact for their customers and the world. From strategic advisory and planning, to research and development, we offer a range of programs and funding to develop new innovation.

Learn how we partner with businesses to unlock new innovation below, or download our free Business Innovation Matrix to uncover the key business questions to address when exploring new innovation.

Download our free Business Innovation Matrix

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3900+

Partners in industry and government

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International partners

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Countries engaged

210+

Companies started using CSIRO technology

Developing Australia's science and technology capabilities

We partner with organisations in several ways, here's how.

  • As a TRUSTED ADVISOR: We offer thought leadership and strategy development, tailored economic analysis and technology solutions for government and industry.
  • MISSIONS: A program of large scale, major scientific and collaborative research initiatives, aimed at solving some of Australia's greatest challenges, with a focus on outcomes that lead to positive impact, new jobs and economic growth.
  • INNOVATION PROGRAMS: Market drivers continue to place pressure on organisations to develop break-through products to improve commercial outputs and deliver societal impact for Australia. Our teams work with organisations to to identify strategic opportunities, ideate, incubate and accelerate commercially deployable solutions.
  • INDUSTRY COLLABORATION PARTNER: We partner with organisations to deliver triple-bottom line impacts. Leveraging our expertise and connections we can bring together third-party collaborators and partners across the supply chain to develop solutions to challenges no one organisation can solve. We partner for purpose to solve industry wide challenges.
  • CAPABILITY PARTNER: Organisations wanting to boost innovation can hit roadblocks when trying to find the facilities, capability, funding and/or the skills required to progress. Your business can access our research expertise including staff exchanges, outsourced R&D, co-location with our research teams, STEM education, SME programs or access our world-class facilities. 
  • SME PROGRAMS: We have a range of funding and support programs to help start-ups and SME uncover research and development opportunities, connect with expert R&D capabilities and drive growth. 

Organisation can work with one model or across the full spectrum.

Interested in finding out how? Contact us to discuss how we can work together to solve Australia's greatest challenges.

CSIRO & Singular Health

Helping small businesses power ahead

We collaborated with Australian medical imaging company Singular Health to develop an AI-powered piece of medtech that segments spinal vertebrae. It could enable medical professionals to better plan their surgeries and design custom implants and save them hours of work. The technology will be integrated into Singular Health’s MedVR software, which is currently offered to hospitals, individual clinicians, schools and universities.

The project was made possible through CSIRO Kick–Start, an initiative that provides funding and support for innovative Australian start-ups and small businesses to access CSIRO’s research and development (R&D) expertise and capabilities.

CSIRO & Critterpedia

Turning ideas into innovations

Critterpedia is an instant creature identification app that uses machine learning to help users pinpoint snake and spider species from a photo taken on their phone. To do this, the platform required hundreds of thousands of images of snakes and spiders to be fed into the system to accurately establish Australia’s plethora of species, a sizeable and manual task uniquely suited to an artificially intelligent (AI) solution.

The company were introduced to our researchers through our CSIRO Kick–Start team, who assist start-ups find research and development (R&D) capabilities while providing dollar-matched funding for projects.

CSIRO & Google

Collaborating with industry for the benefit of Australia

We began a strategic and continuing partnership with Google focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to pursue collaborative projects. A key outcome of the partnership has been Google’s foundational membership in the National AI Centre and working as a partner to protect the Great Barrier Reef with AI. 

Learn more about our partnership with Google
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CSIRO & Boeing

Building capability with a strategic partner

Improving sustainability and using digital technologies to boost productivity are examples of recent joint research programs being developed with Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company.

Over the years the organisations have invested more than $AUD200 million on joint research projects.

The strong relationship with CSIRO was a key factor in Boeing choosing Australia as the location for its largest research and development operation outside the United States.

More about our 30 year partnership with Boeing

CSIRO & Native Secrets

Supporting start-ups with funding and expertise

Indigenous-owned start-up business Secret Harvest and its brand Native Secrets is owned by Bidjara/Kara Kara man Phil Thompson and Wailwan woman Cherie Thompson. The team were connected to CSIRO's research expertise through one of our SME programs, CSIRO Kick-Start, to explore new extraction methods for native plants that could take their businesses to the next phase.

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

Find out how we support SMEs
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Looking to grow your business?

Partner with us

Depending on your needs, your business can work with one model or across the full spectrum. Contact us for further information or set up a confidential meeting to discuss how these offerings may be relevant for your business