Partnerships that create real-world solutions for your organisation

We collaborate with organisations across all sectors, building successful research partnerships that deliver innovative solutions. Our partner organisations apply our leading research outcomes to overcome specific challenges, solve problems and open up new opportunities.

Harness our high-impact, transdisciplinary research

QUT’s established reputation as leaders in high-impact, transdisciplinary research is differentiated by our ability to create innovative solutions to the challenges of today, and tomorrow. Our researchers bring together expertise from multiple disciplines to successfully address complex problems. Our agile and collaborative approach is underpinned by our academic strengths and practical engagement with key stakeholders from government, industry and the broader community.

QUT collaborates with Urban Arts Project on an industry research partnership.

Research that delivers value to organisations

Partnering with QUT can help you:

  • secure and leverage grant funding for collaborative projects to create real-world solutions
  • build your research and development expertise and capability
  • commercialise innovative technologies through QUT’s intellectual property
  • leverage the leading expertise of our researchers
  • access our world-class research infrastructure and facilities.

Find out more about our research strengths, world-class facilities and research expertise

The impact of our research

QUT’s intellectual property has delivered many successful outcomes, including the creation of companies and the commercialisation of new technologies:

  • VitroGro® - A biotechnology platform that provides wound healing, tissue repair and cell culture technology.
  • ImpediMed Ltd - A medical-device company that designs and manufactures bioimpedance technologies.
  • Leaf Resources – An innovative biodegradable coating for the packaging market licensed to Leaf Resources.
  • EvoGene™ - A biotechnology company that produces tailored antibodies that deliver anti-cancer toxins directly into tumour cells.
  • AdAlta Pty Ltd - A platform-technology approach to develop novel antibody and peptide-based therapeutics against select targets.
  • Rail Innovation Australia Pty Ltd - A spin-off company created from the Cooperative Research Centre for Railway Engineering and Technologies (Rail CRC).

Partner with us

To find out more about how collaborating with us on an industry research project can benefit your organisation, call the Office of Industry Engagement on 3138 8475 or contact us via email at industry.engagement@qut.edu.au.

News

28 Oct 2024

QUT innovator celebrated with Australia’s top award for research-industry collaboration

Professor Sara Couperthwaite has received the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) David and Valerie Solomon Award for her research transforming mining waste into high purity alumina for safer lithium-ion batteries with industry partner Lava Blue.

21 Nov 2024

QUT Commercialisation Club - Excolo! Grand Final

The Commercialisation Club will be hosting the QUT Excolo! Grand Final. Up to $100k of funding is available for the winning team.

Contact us

If you are interested in partnering with us on collaborative industry research projects and want to know more, contact the Office of Industry Engagement via email at industry.engagement@qut.edu.au, or by phone on 3138 8475.