Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, is extending an invite to all small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) developing solutions in digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to apply for Innovate to Grow: Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence, the latest offering under its Innovate to Grow programs.
SMEs that will be chosen to participate in this eight-week online program will have free access to research and development experts, industry mentors, and self-paced learning modules to help them turn their early-stage ideas into an actionable research plan and funding roadmap.
Michelle Armistead, program manager for Innovate to Grow, said since its launch in 2020, the program has supported more than 650 SMEs nationwide.
“Australian SMEs are at the frontier of our digital and AI opportunity,” Armistead said “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 research and development projects.”
Innovate to Grow: Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence is open to SMEs working in the following subsectors:
- Artificial intelligence, including:
- Computer vision
- Machine learning
- ChatGPT/large language models
- Natural language processing
- Digital manufacturing
- Quantum computing
- Cybersecurity
- Robotics and autonomous systems.
Applications close on June 1.
