C3 continually strives to use our expertise to meet the needs and demands of communities, governments, and industry. We develop mutually beneficial associations to deliver real results with quantifiable impact.
We can work with you on short-term projects to solve specific problems, or on a long-term basis to develop programs that meet a broader objective.
Industry
The Climate Change Cluster (C3) has a strong track record of working with a range of industry partners and is actively building new relationships with industry.
With broad biotechnology, engineering and informatics expertise, UTS C3 is committed to creating strong and mutually beneficial linkages to solve specific problems or develop programs that meet a broader corporate social responsibility objective.
Our industry engagement options
Grant-funded research
Partnering with universities, by jointly applying for research grants, is a cost effective way for organisations to leverage R&D, develop specific new projects or explore blue sky opportunities.
Research grants may be obtained from governments, industry associations, international agencies or from philanthropic sources. However, these types of research support are competitive and not guaranteed to be funded.
Often the timeframes between conceiving an idea, writing the grant, receiving a grant and commencing the project can be quite long (for example 12 to 18 months), and if successful only 50 to 70 per cent of the project costs will come from the grant itself. Grant funded research is typically conducted over a 3 to 5 year timeframe.
Directly-funded research
Research can be directly funded by an industry partner. It is generally applied research that directly addresses a need of the industry partner.
Directly-funded research can take the form of contract research or consulting projects.
In contrast to grant funded research, the time to conceive and commence a project may be less than one month and the funding non-competitive, and often not publicly announced.
Industry funded research is generally conducted over a shorter period of time, typically 6 to 24 months.
Student research projects
Student research projects are often the easiest mechanism to engage with a University to conduct research projects and encompass honours, masters and doctoral students.
The expense of running a student project is generally much less than for either an industry-funded research project or a grant-funded project, however, in-kind supervisory time is somewhat greater and the research outcomes are early stage.
Advisory boards
These are generally groups of specialists that are required to provide guidance and advice for very specific activities. These may include an advisory board on how to market and promote the activities of C3 or assistance on the best way to engage with the industry globally.
Organisations that have an interest in participating are welcome to join a range of advisory roles that arise from time to time and vary in duration from one-off workshops to ongoing advisory roles.
These will be advertised on the C3 website, are non-executive roles, and most often unremunerated.
For grant-funded, directly-funded or student research projects, an organisation may be eligible for an R&D Tax Incentive, which may result in up to 45 per cent of the eligible research expenditure being recovered from the Australian Taxation Office.
Industry partners
C3 works with leading corporates, government agencies, small-to-medium enterprises, not for profits and research organisations.
Contact us
P: +61 2 9514 4203
Building 4, Room CB04.06.337
745 Harris Street
Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
Directions
climatechangecluster@uts.edu.au
Industry/Research Engagement enquiries
Dr Alex Thomson +61 2 9514 8332
Alexandra.Thomson@uts.edu.au