Important statistics
8000+
Participants upskilled through ON programs since inception
870+
Jobs supported by new companies formed by ON alumni
$350+ million
Commercialisation grants attracted by ON alumni
$420+ million
Investment capital raised by new companies
Our ON programs
You will experience:
- Hands-on application and interactive learning - build up your skillsets through practice.
- Networking opportunities embedded into program events - meet investors, industry experts, government stakeholders and other research teams.
- Mentorship and coaching individualised to your team - from those that have had years of real industry experience in investing, research and the deep-tech sector.
Want to know more? Read for more reasons to join an ON program.
Our network of success
Australia’s community of deep-tech founders
With ON's network of researchers, founders, industry experts and investors, we help validate and de-risk tech innovation, accelerating the translation of cutting-edge research into real-world technologies that will shape the future.
However, every pathway to growth is different and the opportunities for impact will be unique.
Explore the stories of those who have completed the ON program and hear about the learnings they discovered on their journey.
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Narrator: The ON Program has become a world leading innovation catalyst because it inspires Australian scientists to take science from mind to market, creating real world solutions to some of our greatest challenges.
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Christine Carson: We have learned a lot during the ON Accelerate program.
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I think it’s really helped us think much more deeply about our value proposition, and we have just reached a whole new level of sophistication in how we present our ideas to people, particularly investors and potential partners.
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David Ireland: Some of the work that we do trying to help these teams is helping them get clarity and proof that this problem actually exists, working out who their first customers are, thinking about their business models that they are going to be able to use to take that product and get it out into the market, and have that impact that we want them all to have.
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Narrator: ON also recognises that innovation thrives on doing things differently.
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We give researchers the skills and the confidence to pivot away from the publish or perish mentality and consider new pathways to research translation.
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Jasmin Ward: If you are a team in a deep tech background looking to test your solutions, looking to accelerate, looking to learn from experienced mentors and coaches. It is amazing.
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Narrator: And that is the genesis of the ON Program.
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It captures the very essence of the change that we need for our future.
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If we don’t just stop at inventing but go all the way to innovation, there’s no problem we can’t solve.
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