Hort Innovation
Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australia's horticulture industry.
As one of the nation's 15 Rural Research and Development Corporations, we're tasked with investing horticulture levies and Australian Government contributions into initiatives to help the industry be as productive and profitable as possible.
In addition to the levy-focused investment activities that are our core work, Hort Innovation also forges partnerships with a broad range of co-investors to deliver investments through our Hort Frontiers arm. Hort Frontiers was established by Hort Innovation to address a range of long-term and complex issues that are critical to the future of Australian horticulture.
Opportunities
Hort Innovation: Australian-Grown Innovation Program
Acceleration / Innovation challenge / Seeking solutions
Opportunity for
Growers, producers, entrepreneurs, and businesses – large and small – across the horticulture supply chain who want to develop or refine problem solving ideas and turn them into real-world products or services.
Hort Innovation: Frontiers Venture Fund
Acceleration / Seeking interest / Seeking solutions
Opportunity for
- Early-stage startups from Australia and around the globe an unparalleled opportunity to secure funding, build credibility, and make a transformative impact on the fruit, vegetable, nut, turf and nursery sectors.
Opportunity description
Industry challenge:
Developed by Hort Innovation...
Hort Innovation: On‑farm Innovation Program for Rubus (Berries)
Research partner / Seeking partners
Opportunity for
- Research organisations, consultants and collaborative consortia to design and deliver a scalable on-farm innovation program framework that enables rapid, on-farm trials and demonstrations of AgTech solutions in the Rubus industry.
Opportunity description
Industry challenge
The Australian rubus industry...
Friday, 5 June 2026 15:00 Australia/Sydney
CRDC & Hort Innovation: Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) Detection and Treatment Technologies
Innovation challenge / Seeking solutions
Opportunity for
- Innovators, researchers, and solution providers to submit advanced technologies that support the early detection, monitoring, and treatment of Red Imported Fire Ants in horticultural production systems and the broader Australian landscape.
Opportunity description
Industry challenge
Red Imported Fire...
Wednesday, 10 June 2026 15:00 Australia/Sydney