Boosting research collaboration
Collaboration has helped translate research into reality across a range of fields. Hearing devices developed by the Cochlear Cooperative Research Centre and its partners have been implanted into over 35,000 patients worldwide and have resulted in 600 Australian jobs.
Benefits of collaboration
The Government recognises the importance of interaction and collaboration in the innovation system, both to the generation and diffusion of knowledge and to its successful application for the benefit of the Australian economy and society. We are below the OECD average on this indicator.
Business collaboration with the research sector
Increasing collaboration will translate into new jobs and new economic opportunities for Australia. By 2020, the Government seeks to double the level of collaboration between Australian businesses, universities, and publicly funded research agencies.
Measures to facilitate collaboration
The Government is seeking to increase collaboration between researchers and industry through measures such as: the Joint Research Engagement scheme, which will encourage universities to reach out to industry; investments in shared strategic research infrastructure; improvements to the Cooperative Research Centres program; and Enterprise Connect's Researchers in Business program.
Firms collaborating on innovation activities, 2002‑041
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