Our successes

Since VenturePro was established in 2005 our clients have been awarded $324 million in government and private funding for research and development projects. Examples of funding awarded to our clients are listed below:

  • VenturePro client Griffith University, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services and other partners were awarded $2 million from the National and International Research Alliances Program in late 2009. The funding has helped to establish the Australian Future Forensics Innovation Network. See Press release by Ministers Fraser and Lucas.
    "Dr Patrick Silvey worked with our team many times throughout the evening into the early morning to get the job done. The business case developed with Dr Silvey was of pivotal importance in securing the requested government funding and the contributions from partner organizations."
    A/Prof Dennis Burns Griffith University
  • VenturePro client Bond University was awarded $250k from the Queensland Research Industry Partnerships Program (RIPP) in late 2009 for research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
  • 100% success in 2008 round of Smart Futures Fund. All three submissions that VenturePro drafted with our clients were awarded the requested funding in the 2008 round - one NIRAP, one RIPP and one POC application. Our clients have been awarded 24 Smart State or Smart Futures grants since 2005 - an 83% success rate. Out of the 2007 round for the Innovation Building Fund and the Innovation Project Funds VenturePro clients were awarded $38.6 million or 67% of the $58 million announced
  • VenturePro client Flinders University and partners were awarded $30 million from the Australian Government to establish the Centre for Groundwater Research and Training. See press releases Flinders University and by the Climate Change Minister Penny Wong (Jan 2009)
  • $20 million to James Cook University and partners to establish the Queensland Tropical Health Alliance (Oct 2008)
  • 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 of $58 million announced (Jun 2008)
  • VenturePro client The University of Queensland was awarded $30 million from the Australian Government and $18.75 million from partners to establish the Defence Materials Technology Centre (Dec 2007)
  • $15 million from the Queensland Government to establish the Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing at The University of Queensland (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 the Queensland University of Technology to establish the Syngenta Centre for Biofuels and $3.1 million to build the Mackay Biorefinery Pilot Plant (2007)
  • $2 million to the Queensland University of Technology and CSIRO to establish the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (2006)
  • $6.5 million from the Queensland Government to establish the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology 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)
  • $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)