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Advisors to universities, research institutes, hospitals, government departments and companies on establishing and developing new ventures or centres, undertaking industry analyses, conducting strategic organisational reviews and securing funding.

VenturePro consultants combine technical expertise with industry know-how to provide hands-on advisory services across most industry sectors. We work closely with senior executives, administrative staff and research staff in academia, industry and government to help plan for new initiatives and to prepare the necessary funding submissions, business cases, economic impact assessments or budgets.

Since our establishment in 2005, VenturePro clients have had a success rate of just under 80% with over $370 million in government and private funding awarded for 60 research and infrastructure projects. This includes $148 million in funding from Queensland Government programs and $222 million from other sources, including private equity and various Australian Government programs, such as the ARC, NHMRC, NCRIS and CRC program.

We also contribute to science and innovation policy through the development of major industry reports. Patrick is the author of a range of industry reports for the Queensland Government including the Life Sciences Queensland business plan (2011), the Queensland Life Sciences Industry Report (2010) and the Queensland Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Complementary Medicine and Medical Devices Industry Reports (2005 to 2008).

Since 2005 we have provided, on average, over 280 hours in pro bono services annually to non-profit groups and charitable organizations.

Some examples of our clients successes include:

  • UQ awarded $40.2 m in 2010 for the Centre for Advanced Imaging, and $2 m for the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiative.
  • The Wound Management Innovation CRC awarded $28 m in 2009.
  • The Australian Future Forensics Innovation Network (AFFIN) awarded $2 m in 2009.
  • The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training awarded $30 m in 2009.
  • The Queensland Tropical Health Alliance (QTHA) awarded $20 m in 2008.
  • The Queensland Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing awarded $15 m in 2008.
  • The Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) awarded $30 m by the Australian Defence Force in 2007.
  • The Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University awarded $11 m in 2007.
  • The Australian Institute for Biotechnology and Nanotechnology awarded $6.5 m in 2006.
  • The Hear & Say Centre for Deaf Children awarded $487,000 in 2007.
  • St Andrews Medical Research Institute awarded $986,000 in 2007.
  • The Gallipoli Research Foundation awarded $5 m for clinical research infrastructure in 2006.
  • The Queensland Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Network awarded $5 m in 2005.
  • The Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation awarded $2 m in 2007.
  • The Syngenta Centre for Sugarcane Biofuel Development and the QUT Mackay biorefinery together awarded over $5 m in 2006/07.
  • The ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials awarded $1.1 m in 2006.
  • JK Tech Pty Ltd awarded $6.5 m in 2006 to establish the Mineral Characterisation Research Facility.
  • The Centre for Clinical Research at the Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital awarded $40 m in 2005.

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VenturePro offers services to public and private sector clients. Our services include:

Success Stories

2011-2012

VenturePro client The Australian Centre for Ecogenomics awarded an ARC Discovery & Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (Prof Phil Hugenholtz: Toward a complete view of life on earth via single cell genomics) and a Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grant for a high-throughput screening and sequencing facility for single cell genomics.

VenturePro client [Confidential] was awarded two Queensland Smart Futures Fund grants (January 2012).

VenturePro client [Confidential] submitted more than a dozen submissions to the DoHA National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program and the Health and Hospitals Fund. Outcomes pending.

VenturePro acts as Secretary to the Review Panel for the 7-year review of the, Queensland Brain Institute with the process finalised several weeks ahead of schedule.

VenturePro assists client, The University of Queensland in preparing an internal document entitled, Institute Funding Report: Investment in Research Excellence.

VenturePro client Autism Queensland and partners shortlisted for their Coperative Research Centres bid for Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Here is what our client had to say about our service...

Drs Silvey and Proctor provided timely, constructive and pivotal input to our team that was mounting a bid for a Cooperative Research Centre in Autism Spectrum Disorders. VenturePro's skills in economic impact of health conditions from the perspective of the Australian economy and public good were critical to our bid. VenturePro went the extra mile to support us and our team's efforts. They demonstrate critical research skills, a sound understanding of economic issues impacting research outputs, the critical capacity to adapt to the specific needs of research teams, and exceptional interpersonal communication skills that makes working with them a pleasure. We would highly commend VenturePro as professional operators in a complex and competitive research arena.

Professor Sylvia Rodger and Professor Robert van Barneveld, he University of Queensland and Autism Queensland