{"id":219,"date":"2012-12-19T07:29:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T07:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ausgrant.com.au\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2012-12-19T07:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T07:29:40","slug":"business-clusters-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ausgrant.com\/au\/business-clusters-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Clusters Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Who for? <\/strong>Groups of businesses, linked either by geography or industry, who want to remove barriers to co-operation or work together to pursue commercial opportunities. The program is particularly directed at small and medium sized businesses.  <\/li>\n<li><strong>What for? <\/strong>Funding for a wide variety of projects including feasibility and formation planning, industry skills enhancement, overcoming structural economic issues, market research, marketing and promotional activities or support for a facilitator to organise and manage the cluster.  <\/li>\n<li><strong>How much?<\/strong> Clusters may attract a one-off 75% subsidy of up to $10,000 during early stage development and matched (50%) financial support up to $10,000 for any one project. Funding is limited to a maximum of $20,000 per individual business cluster over any two-year period.  <\/li>\n<li><strong>When does it close?<\/strong> Ongoing.  <\/li>\n<li><strong>We say: <\/strong>Could be a source of substantial funding for the many small and medium sized businesses, particularly in technology and research-based sectors, that already work in de-facto clusters. The program&#8217;s particular focus on the SME sector &#8211; funded clusters must have a large SME component &#8211; is also a positive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who for? 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