SMALL MILLING RESEARCH PROJECT APPLICATION FORM

The application form must be submitted in electronic format, and sent to the following email address:

Diagrams or photographs may be used to help explain your project idea and should be referenced within the application and submitted as a PDF attachment(s) to the application.

Projects will be funded for 12 months only and can commence at any time after 14 May 2018.

  1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Project Title (15 words max)
Start and End Dates / Start / / / End / / /

Key Focus Area (select the one where your innovation will have greatest impact)

  1. KFA5 : Milling efficiency and technology
/ ☐ /
  1. KFA6 : Product diversification and value addition
/ ☐ /

Industry Issue (200 words maximum)

What is the industry issue or opportunity being addressed? What would be the consequences for the industry if no action is taken? Have you consulted ASMC, potential industry and/or end users of your planned research? If so, please write YES and submit the supporting documentation as an email attachment.

Specific research objectives (100 words maximum)

Clearly specify what this project seeks to achieve, in dot-point format. Objectives should be specific, measurable and realistic.

Project methodology (500 word maximum)

Describe the key activities to be conducted and their proposed timelines, to successfully deliver outputs and achieve project objectives.

Other key resources (150 word maximum)

Describe other key resources required to conduct the project (example equipment, facilities, or other collaborators other than those listed as co-investigators)
  1. OUTCOMES AND ADOPTION

What outputs and outcomes will your project deliver? (200 word maximum)

In this section please list the knowledge, skills, processes, practices, products (e.g. manuals, equipment, workshops) or technology that will be derived from the project.

How will your outputs and outcomes be adopted and used? (200 word maximum)

Who is the target audience for adoption? Will any third parties be involved in delivering the outputs to users ? If so, please list them. How will the knowledge or products developed be used by those adopting? What is your timeline for adoption?

What will be the potential industry benefit (“business case”) from adopting project outcomes? (300 word maximum)

Describe the potential economic, social and environmental benefits (both quantitative and qualitative). Examples could include - what is the size of the target market (e.g. number of mills affected?),what will be the unit change (cost or revenue) that would be realised (quantified if possible and including how that number was developed), what other activities will be needed after the project ends to deliver these benefits?
  1. FINANCIALS

Project budget (maximum SRA funding of $75,000)

2017/18 / 2018/19 / Total
SRA funding requested
Salary
Operating
Capital
Travel
TOTAL
Other cash contributions (if any)
In-kind contributions (if any)

Justification of other cash and in-kind contributions(contributor, brief description and estimated amount)

  1. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
  1. Organisation Details

Organisation Name
Trading Name
Australian Business Number (ABN)
Australian Company Number (ACN)
  1. Physical Address

Street
Suburb
State
Postcode
  1. Mailing Address (if different from Physical Address)

Street
Suburb
State
Postcode
  1. Administrative Contact

Name
Position
Organisation
Address
Telephone
Mobile / Email
  1. PROJECT STAFF
  1. Chief Investigator

Name
Position/ Job title
Role and expertise brought to the project
Organisation
Address
Telephone
Mobile / Email
  1. Other major participants/investigators (insert more if necessary)

Name
Position/ Job title
Role and expertise brought to the project
Organisation / Telephone
Mobile / Email
Name
Position/ Job title
Role and expertise brought to the project
Organisation / Telephone
Mobile / Email
  1. Project staff time allocations (% full time equivalent).The Chief Investigator will be expected to contribute significant time to the project (insert more rows if necessary).

Project Participants and Organisation / % Time Committed
[name] Chief Investigator (Organisation)
[name] Other Participants (Organisation)
  1. DECLARATIONS
  • The Applicant and Co-Investigator(s) (if any) agree to the project details being shared by Sugar Research Australia, including on their website, for the purposes of information sharing.
  • The Applicant and Co-investigator(s) (if any) have received the required approvals from their own institutions to submit this proposal.
  • The Applicant has received the requisite approval from the Co-investigator(s) (if any) to make these declarations on the Co-investigator’s behalf.
  • The Applicant and/or the Co-investigator(s) (if any) has ownership of, access to, or the beneficial use of the intellectual property (IP) necessary to carry out the Project.
  • The Applicant and/or the Co-investigator(s) (if any) consent to making all information and IP generated from this project freely available within the Australian sugar industry.

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