The Queensland-Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaborative Science Fund provides grants of $125,000 over two years to Queensland research organisations.

The objectives of the fund are to:

• create and strengthen collaborative relationships between Queensland and CAS researchers to facilitate the sharing and development of complementary expertise
• enable Queensland and Chinese researchers to undertake projects that address current and significant scientific challenges
• deliver real and tangible economic, social and/or environmental outcomes for Queensland and China through the creation of innovative products, technologies or processes that have a practical application, and
• capitalise on the complementary comparative advantages of Queensland and China and build a critical mass of internationally recognised science and research.

Eligibility criteria

The proposed project must create or enhance a research alliance between Queensland and CAS research organisations in the priority areas of:

• environmental sciences and contribute to developing solutions relevant to:
  • climate change
  • environmental pollution
  • ecological safety
  • natural disaster
  • environmental monitoring
  • health hazards.
• agricultural biotechnology and food research, including food safety, and
• human health and medical research.

• Phone: 13 74 68
• Email: sciencefunding@dsiti.qld.gov.au