You Could Be Eligible For A $2.5 Million Government Grant

Get a helping hand from the Queensland Government to improve your SME manufacturing company through their $101.5 million grant program.

This initiative is known as the Made In Queensland (MIQ) program. These are grants of between $50,000 and $2.5 million paid to you by the Queensland State Government.

The Queensland State Government have made available funding for small to medium enterprises (with between 5 to 200 full-time employees) to help them:

increase the productivity and international competitiveness of Queensland-based manufacturing SMEs;
encourage Queensland-based manufacturing SMEs to adopt innovative processes and technologies;
encourage more Queensland-based manufacturing SMEs to become Advanced Manufacturers; and
support traditional manufacturing jobs and creating the new high-skilled manufacturing jobs of the future.

Applications for the Made In Queensland Round 5 open Monday, 31 October 2022.

Are you an eligible applicant?

This is a very exciting opportunity for the right applicant. Curious to know your eligibility for the MIQ Grant? Please refer to the below criteria:

To be eligible for an MIQ grant, an applicant must:

be a Queensland-based business whose principal activity and majority annual turnover is derived from manufacturing, as defined under Division C of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006;
be registered for GST and hold an active Australian Business Number (ABN);

be an SME with between five and 200 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. A minimum of 5 FTE employees must be located in Queensland;

have a proposed Eligible Project that meets the requirements set out in Section 2.4;

be able to demonstrate the expected outcomes of the proposed Eligible Project;
have the financial capacity and standing necessary to conduct the proposed Eligible Project recognising that the grant payments are made in arrears;

accept that the Department may require security over any or all of the funded items for the duration of the Funding Agreement;

not have, and must not be, an Associated Entity that has received (or be about to receive) funding under the MIQ Program that in aggregate exceeds, or will exceed $2.5 million;

not have made, and must not be an Associated Entity that has made, an application under Round 5 of the MIQ Program that in aggregate exceeds, or will exceed $2.5 million;

not be insolvent or have owners or directors that are an undischarged bankrupt; and

not be a federal, state or local government entity, statutory authority or special purpose vehicle or not-for-profit organisation.

Do you fit the criteria? If you do, keep reading.

To learn about eligibility and ineligibility for the MIQ grant, download the program guidelines below.

How can we help

Once you’ve been approved for your grant, CAD-IT Australia will be here for you every step of the way. We’ll assist you with your business improvements in the following ways:

Process Improvement

- - Lean manufacturing, lean audit, value stream mapping, error and downtime reduction etc.
  - Implementation of digital connectivity enabling measurement, big data analytics, machine integration (sensors, data loggers, software etc.)
  - Site visualisation deployment for improved structure and factory layout

Advanced Robotics

- - New and advanced robotics and automation, demonstrating integration with existing or new systems, processes or workflow

New Technologies

- - New, advanced manufacturing technologies including equipment. Equipment must be innovative or integral to support the introduction of innovative systems and processes. The equipment must be demonstrated to integrate with existing or new systems (connectivity), processes or workflow

Advanced Systems

- - Inventory management systems installation, implementation and integration
  - Supply/value chain integration management system, installation, implementation and integration

Professional Advice

- - Professional advice on optimising/augmenting current resources/equipment or new equipment/technology investment (Planning), including an integration of advanced technologies plan

Decarbonisation

- - Carbon monitoring system
  - Decarbonisation plan or strategy
  - Energy efficiency development and implementation plan

Waste Reduction Planning

- - Innovative water use management, development and implementation plan
  - Sophisticated material waste, reuse and recycling management, development and implementation plan

Training to support the implementation of a new software system or integrated technology

If you’d like to submit an application, chat with CAD-IT Australia about how we can get you the funding you need. Fill out the enquiry form below, and one of our friendly experts will be in touch with you.