New Industries Fund: X-TEND WA Program grants

X-TEND Round 3 Programs

The successful recipients have been announced by the Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Innovation and ICT.

The funded projects are designed to support entrepreneurs, startups, and small to medium enterprises progress along their commercialisation journey as well as engender confidence in private investors to invest in the innovation sector.

For more details on how you or your startup or small to medium enterprise can participate in these projects, please follow the weblinks below.

Overview and objectives

The X-TEND WA Program is a competitive grants program, funded under the New Industries Fund, which is designed to build capability and capacity within our innovation community.

In order to create new local jobs and industries, there is a recognised need for improved and expanded educational programs for entrepreneurs to support their innovation journey.

Additionally, there is also a need to expand the educational opportunities of investors and corporates to deliver better access to investment capital for entrepreneurs and innovative business owners in WA.

What we are looking for

X-TEND WA will fund organisations that deliver innovator and/or investor educational programs that support the development of entrepreneurs and stimulate private investment in innovative projects in WA.

We are seeking applications which deliver activities in one or 2 of the following streams:

1. entrepreneurial education
2. investor education.

They may take the form of educational forums, workshops, mentoring, and incubator and accelerator programs.

Proposed programs must be delivered in WA over 12 months and contribute towards the growth of the innovation community. Applications that strengthen innovation ecosystem collaboration and improve access to, or participation in, the WA innovation community are encouraged.

The New Industries Fund will co-contribute up to $100,000 per successful application. 

Applications

Applications for X-TEND WA Round 3 are now closed.  For information on future rounds, interested applicants are encouraged to sign up to the New Industries WA newsletter. 

Up to $100,000 per successful application is available.  A 1:1 co-investment by the service provider is preferred in this process.   However, it is recognised that some vital programs may not be able to attract this level of co-investment.  As such, partial or non-matched co-funding applications will still be considered and evaluated on a case by case basis where a demonstrated market need is shown. 

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, you must meet the following criteria:

• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and/or Australian Company Number (ACN);
• Have your business/organisation’s (including not-for-profits) registered business address in the State of Western Australia; or
  • be an Australian business/organisation not located in the State of Western Australia, that agrees to  register a business address in the State of Western Australia; or
  • be an international business/organisation that agrees to set up a registered business whose registered business address is in the State of Western Australia.
• Be made by a valid legal entity that can enter into a funding agreement with the Western Australian Government;
• Be a solvent Western Australian based non-government organisation (business or not-for-profit);
• Put forward a program proposal that aligns with one or two of the streams within the Scope of Activities, as indicated at Item 6 of the Guidelines;
• Clearly explain how the proposal will contribute to job creation in Western Australian; and
• Includes a project plan that includes a timeline, deliverables, a clear and reasonable budget, resources, risks, IP management, stakeholder engagement and how impact/success will be measured.

More information

An online Information Session on X-TEND WA Round 3 was hosted on Tuesday 16 November 2021.  

A copy of the slides are available below. 

For all other queries, please email innovation@jtsi.wa.gov.au or call 08 6277 2815.   

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