The Australian Government has called for applications from fund managers under the latest round of its Innovation Investment Fund (IIF).
Under the IIF program, the Government will provide $20 million to each successful fund manager to establish new funds of $40 million or more.
The new funds will assist early stage Australian companies to commercialise Australian research. [...]
Concept designs for the $200 million South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute’s home on North Terrace (SAHMRI) have been released. The building will sit alongside the new $1.7 billion home for the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and will be the first completed building within the new City West health precinct.
The $200 million funding is being [...]
Australia’s solar energy industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with leading European solar researchers.
The signatories to the MoU are the Australian Solar Institute and the Fraunhofer Institute, Europe’s largest research institution.
The agreement provides a platform for a wide range of research to strengthen the development and deployment of solar energy technology, including joint R&D [...]
The 2009 Atir Awards – Israeli industrial design commissioned by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labor
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labor in Israel has presented industrial design awards for designers and industrialists during the annual Industrial Association assembly.
The awards are granted per the following categories:
Consumer Goods; Tools and Equipment; Furniture and Lighting; Green/Sustainable [...]
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted an Israeli proposal to begin negotiations on a free-trade agreement.
In a meeting held between Ben-Eliezer, Minister of Trade, Industry and Labor and the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, the decision of the Prime Minister of India to accept Israel’s proposal for Free Trade Zone negotiations by the [...]
As reported by the AWA, two WA projects that encourage innovation in urban water management by upgrading infrastructure and protecting urban lakes and waterways will receive funding of $6 million from the Australian Government.
Federal Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Penny Wong, announced funding today of $6 million for two Perth-based projects [...]
As reported by the AWA, A new round of water purchasing in the southern Murray Darling Basin worth $120 million has been announced today by the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Penny Wong.
In December last year, the Australian Government announced a total of $270 million in new water purchasing initiatives in [...]
As reported by the AWA, Farmers have threatened to withdraw their support for the federal government’s $12.9 billion water reforms criticizing the focus on buybacks and claiming the plan for the Murray Darling Basin is skewed towards the environment. The complaint comes after the National Irrigators Council said its members were losing patience over delays [...]
As reported by the AWA, The 2010 Infrastructure Report Card for Victoria produced by Engineers Australia has been released. It claims that the state’s train, water and electricity systems have been going backwards in the past five years, that the $3.5 billion desalination plant being built is an expensive and energy-intensive source of water and [...]
As reported in Invest In Israel, Aesthera Corporation, an Israeli company that uses photo pneumatic or light-based technology for the treatment of skin conditions, was acquired by Solta Medical of Hayward, California, for $5.3 million. Aesthera’s flagship product, the Isolaz platform, is the only laser or light-based device with FDA marketing clearance for the treatment [...]