Programs for Industry

Workforce Upskilling & Talent Attraction

Our bespoke industry-led programs allow partners to empower existing personnel with advanced skills and knowledge, ensuring they stay ahead of emerging threats and technologies. The initiatives also look to attract top talent through targeted programs, cultivating a skilled workforce ready to address current and future defence challenges.

Build your workforce

Technology Development & Acceleration

Fast-track the translation of research and the commercialisation of cutting-edge technologies and solutions. Through the Advanced Innovation Fund, industry, academic and defence partners can collaborate on projects across the five key priority areas aligned with the 2023 Defence Strategic Review.

Develop a Research Project

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programs

Our portfolio of innovation programs build an innovation ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs, researchers, and students to accelerate their ideas into commercial application for the Australian Defence Force. Take your innovations and ideas from concept to market with our targeted range of activities – there’s a suitable option for all TRL levels of innovation.

Explore innovation programs

Industry-Academia Cultural Transformation

Pushing the boundaries of institutional reform, our cultural transformation initiatives explore the development of robust rewards, recognition and incentive evaluation scheme for academics to work with industry.

Engage in industry-academia collaboration

Get involved

Collaboration is the key to unlocking limitless possibilities. Explore our diverse range of industry-led programs that builds on innovation, growth, and technology for Australian sovereign capability.