Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for this year’s KCA Australasian Research Commercialisation Awards. We received an outstanding range of high-quality applications, representing diverse organisations and locations across Australia and New Zealand.

We’re delighted to announce the finalists for each category:

 

Best Industry-Research Collaboration (sponsored by Campus Plus)

• Flame Security International (UNSW)
• Lava Blue (Queensland University of Technology)
• SDI Ltd (UNSW)

 

Best Knowledge Exchange Initiative

• KiwiNet Emerging Innovator Programme (Kiwi Innovation Network)
• NorVicFoods (University of Melbourne)
• Swinburne Innovation Studio (Swinburne University of Technology)

 

Best Licensing Deal

• Dental Composite Deal (UNSW)
• Keloid Scar Deal (Massey Ventures)
• Left Write Hook Program (University of Melbourne)

 

Best Spin-out (sponsored by IP Group Australia)

• ElectraLith (Monash University)
• Kinoxis Therapeutics (The University of Sydney)
• NovoLabs® (Massey Ventures)
• Vicebio (UniQuest)

Congratulations to all the finalists! We look forward to announcing the winners at the KCA Annual Conference in Queenstown, New Zealand on 16 October.