For any new business with a winning idea, or an established one investing in innovative avenues for growth, you need to move fast, while taking into account all compliance and financial milestones and optimisation opportunities for long-term, sustainable success.

Our Innovation Incentives team works with clients at the very outset of an idea through to making it a commercial reality. Government incentive programs, such as the Research & Development (R&D) Tax Incentive, the Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) and other Federal and State run grant programs, are a key source of growth for a wide-range of businesses. We specialise in helping you tap into these funding mechanisms to facilitate greater investment in innovative projects and to assist you with commercialising your products and / or services domestically and overseas.

We are a national team of dedicated professionals with extensive experience navigating all aspects of the government funding and the current audit landscape. Using our unique IP-centric perspective and comprehensive approach, we unlock the most from your activities, while significantly reducing compliance risk associated with the process.

Open programs

  • R&D TaxOpen
  • EMDG – Closed. Enquire now for details about Round 4 (FY25).
  • Grants – Open*

*Please contact us for further information about which grants are currently open.

Our Innovation incentives services

Government grants

Our team works with clients to identify the best government and industry-focused programs to leverage their position, the preparation of formal funding applications and conduct the compliance reporting and monitoring required under many government programs.

Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive

The R&D Tax Incentive is the Federal Government’s flagship program for incentivising innovation. We help business navigate and prepare robust R&D Tax Incentive claims with a focus on governance and leveraging intellectual assets.

Export Market Development Grant (EMDG)

The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) program is the Federal Government’s cornerstone offshore marketing funding program that encourages Australian businesses to seek export opportunities for their goods, services and intellectual property.

Sandie Boswell
National Managing Partner – Tax
Sandie Boswell
Sukvinder Heyer
Partner
Sukvinder Heyer

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