CSIRO opens applications for Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence round of Innovate to Grow program

CSIRO is inviting SMEs and startups developing solutions in digital technologies and artificial intelligence to apply for its latest Innovate to Grow program, a free eight-week, online course assisting companies with R&D.

According to a statement on Thursday from the national science agency, expressions of interest have opened for the round, which will provide successful applicants with free access to R&D experts, industry mentors and self-paced learning modules “to help them turn an early-stage idea into an actionable research plan and funding roadmap.”

CSIRO says that Innovate to Grow has supported over 650 companies since launching in 2020.

Program Manager Michelle Armistead said, “Australian SMEs are at the frontier of our digital and AI opportunity,.

“Whether you’re training large-language models, deploying robotics on a factory floor or hardening cyber-defences, the pace of innovation is relentless.

“Our role is to connect founders with the science, data and people they need to turn good ideas into investable R&D projects.”

The current Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence round is open for the rest of May to companies working in artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and robotics and autonomous systems.

More information is available here.

Picture: credit John Marmaras/CSIRO