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Research Projects

Our platform has a huge range of past and current research projects to get involved with.

Opportunities

Our platform is a global hub for all types of agrifood and agritech opportunities from commercial to trial.

Investment Supported

Our platform has supported a global cohort of startups seeking to raise over AU$150 million in capital and counting.

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Our platform has accelerated since launch having grown from Australia to a global audience, with 50% of our monthly users being international.

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Use the growᴬᴳ⋅ platform to discover partners, funding and grant opportunities to extend your research.

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Use growᴬᴳ⋅ to filter and search for past current and ongoing research projects across commercial, education, government and university organisations in Australia and worldwide.

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Use growᴬᴳ⋅ to list your organisation and research projects for free and leverage the visibility and engagement of the platform to drive enquiries about your projects.

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The growᴬᴳ⋅ engagement team are a dedicated team of ag industry veterans who work with organisations on our platform to create people to people connections and drive outcomes. 

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Logo for Fight Food Waste CRC: Significant co-investment for research projects still available – research partnership
Multiple industries

Fight Food Waste CRC: Significant co-investment for research projects still available – research partnership

Opportunity for

  • Australian businesses (in food production and manufacture, retail, wholesale or supply chain), startups and technology developers who are interested in co-designing and co-funding research projects that address one of three strategic focus areas: Reduce, Transform or Engage. 
  • Led by

    Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (Fight Food Waste CRC)

  • Opportunity type

    Research partner, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Any (TRL 1-9)
    For opportunities that are seeking solutions providers who are at any stage of readiness.
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Multiple industries

growAG Catalyst program: Empowering women in agrifood tech and innovation

Opportunity for

  • Australian and New Zealand female Researchers, Founders and Co-Founders who are leading an innovation or startup at any stage up to Series A.
  • Led by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Opportunity type

    Acceleration, Innovation challenge

  • Readiness
    Any (TRL 1-9)
    For opportunities that are seeking solutions providers who are at any stage of readiness.
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Multiple industries

Kansas State University: research and development collaboration opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Startups, companies, or researchers passionate about overcoming agricultural challenges through innovation who have interest in accessing our renowned experts, state-of-the-art facilities, and collaborative environment to drive the development or advancement of new technologies.
  • Led by

    Kansas State University

  • Opportunity type

    Research partner

  • Express interest by

    Friday, 1 January 2027 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • Readiness
    Any (TRL 1-9)
    For opportunities that are seeking solutions providers who are at any stage of readiness.

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Wine

Robotics-ready AI in Viticulture

The Yield, Yamaha, UTS, Food Agility and Treasury Wine Estates have partnered to explore the opportunities presented by combining robotics, micro-climate weather services and artificial intelligence (AI) for wine grape production. This project will test the ability for field robots to observe vine growth and vine health to feed into The Yield’s Digital Playbook and AI predictions of wine grape tonnage and other harvest features throughout each growing season.
  • Funded by

    Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

  • Project date

    1 Jul 2022 - 28 Jun 2024

  • Research organisation

    University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

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Logo for AgriFutures Australia
Industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Cereal grains Cross industry Essential oils Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Poultry Pulse grains

AgriFutures Australia

  • Location

    Australia

  • Organisation type

    Research funding body

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Industries
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Natural capital assets Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables

University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

  • Location

    Queensland

  • Organisation type

    Public research organisation