The Northern Territory Government has partnered with Geoscience Australia to deliver EO4NT, a $200,000 Earth Observation (EO) demonstrator program.
Sponsoring Agency: Australian Government
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/27/2022
Size of the Fund: USD $50,000 to $500,000
The Northern Territory Government has partnered with Geoscience Australia to deliver EO4NT, a $200,000 Earth Observation (EO) demonstrator program.
The objectives of the program are to:
- Spur solutions to challenges in local Northern Territory industries using earth observation data
- Grow awareness of and interest in EO-driven solutions in traditional Territory industries
- Build partnerships among tech solutions providers, and with end users of EO technology
- Support efforts to diversify the Territory economy
- Create value for the Northern Territory
- Align with recommendation SP4 in the Territory Economic Reconstruction Commission’s Final Report: “Leverage space technology for Territory industries”
Funding is available for projects that develop applications using earth observation data, and propose a solution to a particular challenge in the following sectors:
- mining
- agribusiness and fisheries
- government services.
Applications must use earth observation data to either:
- solve problems, or
- improve business performance and productivity.
Funding Information
- A total of $200,000 is available. This will be spread between 1 and 4 successful applicants.
Eligible Project
Your project must also:
- clearly demonstrate the benefit to the NT
- support efforts to diversify the NT economy
- have a development period of about 6 months (noting that commercialisation may take longer)
- include a project plan with clear milestones, an explanation of technical viability and budget.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, businesses must:
- hold a valid Australian business number (ABN) and have operated under that number for at least one year
- at a minimum, be able to commit to trialling their solution in the NT
- be financially able to fund the remaining cost of the project if the application is successful
- be technically able to deliver the project
- have a history of compliance with all legal requirements and be fully compliant from the application date.
- Applicants must be working with an end user for the solution, and the end user must be a business or organisation based in the NT.
Ineligible
You can’t apply if you’re any of the following:
- government agency
- government owned or controlled body
- statutory corporation.
More information at: https://business.gov.au/grants-and-programs/earth-observation-for-the-northern-territory-eo4nt
Eligible Countries:
Australia
Business Categories:
Agriculture, Business, Science and Technology, Space Technology
