Business development and commercialisation

Business development and commercialisation

Our purpose and activities

Our purpose is to invest in research, development and extension (RD&E) to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers.

We carefully select the best pathway to deliver the outputs of our investments (Project Outputs) to ensure maximum adoption and impact. Our project outputs are delivered via freely via our extension activities or packaged for uptake by the commercial sector.

Where commercialisation is identified as the most effective path to impact, we will develop a strategy which reflects our Commercial Principles and includes an Intellectual Property(IP) strategy to protect and advance the rights of Australian growers.

Our strategies promote public and commercial partnerships not just as an opportunity to bring in new ideas, expertise and/or investment monies but to de-risk our investments.

The majority of outputs are delivered by a traditional licensing pathway for further development or deployment by industry. Learn more about IP and Licensing.

However, we may also pursue commercialisation via alternate approaches such as:

Learn more about the activities of the Business Development team. You can also contact busdev@grdc.com.au to discuss existing or new opportunities.

Examples of BD and Commercialisation cases

Super High Oleic Safflower

Integrated weed seed destruction technology

Kebari ® - Ultra low gluten barley

Omega-3 canola

Microwave weeding technology - Growave

Non-wetting soils technology- Divine®