Our Client's Success

$60 million Groundwater Research Centre

VenturePro client Flinders University and partners were awarded $30 million by the Australian Government to establish the Centre for Groundwater Research and Training. See press releases by Flinders University and by the Climate Change Minister Penny Wong.

Since VenturePro was established in 2005 our clients have been awarded over $260 million in government and private funding for R&D projects. Our overall success rate is 77%. Examples of funding awarded to our clients are listed below:

• $20 million to James Cook University and partners to establish the Queensland Tropical Health Alliance (Oct 2008)
• $30 million from the Australian Government and $18.75 million from partners to establish the Defence Materials Technology Centre (Dec 2007; Client: UQ)
  
• Out of the 2007/2008 round for the Queensland Smart State Innovation Building Fund and the Innovation Project Funds VenturePro clients were awarded $38.6 million or 67% of the entire amount announced ($58 million).
• $15 million from the Queensland Government to establish the Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing at UQ (Nov 2007)
  
• $986,000 to St Andrews Medical Research Institute to develop and trial a clinical governance system (Nov 2007)
  
• $808,000 to the Queensland Brain Institute for research in Alzheimer's disease (Nov 2007)
  
• $2 million to QUT to establish the Syngenta Centre for Biofuels and $3.1 million to build the Mackay Biorefinery Pilot Plant (2007)
• $40 million from the Queensland Government and Atlantic Philanthropies to establish the Centre for Clinical Research at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (2005)
• $5.5 million from the Queensland Government to establish the Queensland Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Network (2005)
• $6.1 million to JK Tech to establish the Minerals Characterisation Research Facility (2005)
• $2 million to QUT and CSIRO to establish the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (2006)
  
• $6.5 million from the Queensland Government to establish the AIBN bionanoproduct development facility (2006)
• $10 million from CSIRO and the Queensland Government for the eHealth Research Centre (2006)
• $11 million from the Queensland Government for the Griffith University Institute for Glycomics (2006)
  

About VenturePro

We are specialists in developing and assessing business plans and grant applications for public and private organisations. We have expertise in co-ordinating the development of research project plans, writing business cases for major R&D funding and preparing business plans. From 2005 to end 2008 VenturePro clients were awarded over $260 million in government and private funding for R&D projects. This includes $128 million from 21 successful Queensland Smart State submissions (72% success rate) and $110 million from Australian Government programs (85% success rate).

We contributed to science and innovation policy through the development of major life sciences industry analyses. In 2008 we completed both the Queensland Biotechnology Industry Report and the Queensland Pharmaceutical, Complementary Medicines and Medical Devices Industry Report for the Queensland Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry.

VenturePro offers services to public and private sector clients including:

• Capital Raising Services
• Business Planning and Strategy Services
• Government Grants and Funding
• Public Policy Research and Analysis
• Major Research Funding Submissions e.g. Cooperative Research Centres (CRC)

Current and Recent Projects

1. CRC Application in the 2009 Round
2. Program development for Early Years education research (current)
3. Business plan for a children's health service (current) 
4. Queensland Health and Medical Fund application (current) 
5. Business case for medical imaging initiative (Jan 2009) 
6. Analysis of the medical devices sector in Queensland
7. Development of a business case for a forensic science initiative (Dec 2008) 
8. Renewal bid for a Cooperative Research Centre (current)
9. Feasibility study for the relocation of a technology business (Dec 2008)
10. Development of a business case for a tropical health science research initiative (September 2008) 
11. Review of government funded clinical research organisation (October 2008)
12. Government funded cost-benefit analysis for a complementary medicines initiative (August 2008)
13. Strategic planning for the University of Tasmania (August 2008)
14. Economic benefits analysis for a new $130 million research precinct to support an application for infrastructure funding (July 2008)
15. Business case for a multi-university bid led by Flinders University for $30 million to establish the Australian Research Council and National Water Commission Co-funded Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (May 2008)
16. Review of grant submission for a consortium of three cooperative research centres in Victoria and Queensland (April 2008)
17. Information memorandum for a renewable energy technology development company (May 2008)
18. Information memorandum for a biotechnology company (May 2008)
19. The Queensland Biotechnology Industry Report 2007
20. The Queensland Pharmaceutical Industry Report 2007 
21. Expert Review of an application to the Queensland Government's Business and Industry Transformation Initiatives (March 2008)
22. Study into the level of agribusiness venture capital activity in Queensland for the Queensland Food Fibre and Agribusiness Council (March 2008)