Working with Australia’s most progressive and responsive university will accelerate your ideas and ensure you’ve got the right people with the right skills to put your business at the forefront of Australia’s sustainable manufacturing revolution.

Through REACH we’ll create new opportunities and pathways for you to engage with us as a University, to enhance the job-ready skills of our graduates and develop new educational qualifications and pathways to meet industry needs now and into the future.

To do this, we need you as a partner in our REACH ecosystem to share your rich and complex ideas with us so we can enhance the impact of Deakin education and research to advance and accelerate clean energy and recycling industries here in Australia.

By working together, we can deliver the greatest impact.

‘REACH gives much needed support to young deep-tech businesses through the ‘valley of death’ that is substantially overlooked by other government programs. It’s helping us and others to bridge the gap from early-stage research to successful commercialisation of our technology.’

Tom Hussey
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Xefco, an Australian company specialising in creating innovative textile and coating technologies

As a Deakin REACH partner, you’ll get access to:

  • world-leading experts who will work with you to solve your challenges
  • commercialisation and business development support, including business strategy, plans and project management
  • multimillion-dollar research facilities, including advanced manufacturing equipment and technology
  • connections and networking opportunities with Deakin’s diverse community of researchers, students, businesses, funders, industry associations and peak bodies
  • training for industry – free and discounted online courses through Deakin’s FutureLearn Stackable Short Courses co-designed by industry and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses tailored to meet the needs of your business
  • a pool of work-ready students and graduates for internships, research scholarship projects and both short-term and ongoing positions to become an integral part of your business
  • tenancy opportunities at Geelong’s Future Economy Precinct.

REACH Trailblazer funding

Trailblazer funding is a co-contribution program available for projects with a value up to $50 million to advance technologies aligned with energy storage, hydrogen, carbon fibre and recycling, including scaling up technologies for manufacturing supply chains. If you’re interested in partnering on a research-led innovation project, we want to hear from you.

Apply now to become a REACH Trailblazer partner 

Are you ready?

If you want to become part of Australia’s clean, green advanced manufacturing ecosystem, or you have a question about REACH, get in touch with the team.

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