Overview[]
Launched in 1999 and enhanced in 2004, the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program is a competitive grants program that assists micro and small businesses to commercialise their innovative goods or services. The program's objectives are to:
- increase Australia's sustainable economic growth through stimulating the successful commercialisation of Australian innovation
- build sustainable and high growth firms by increasing prospects for successful commercialisation of innovations through the attraction of capital and partners.
Source[]
- Evaluation of the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) Program: Report, Findings and Recommendations (Apr. 2008) (full-text)