NSW Tech Vouchers

NSW Tech Vouchers is sponsored by NSW Government (through Investment NSW). NSW Tech Vouchers support opportunities for research collaboration between NSW small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and Boosting Business Innovation Program (BBIP) delivery partners, such as universities.

TechVouchers | NSW Government TechVouchers is a funded component of the Boosting Business Innovation Program (BBIP). TechVouchers is delivered by the selected Delivery Partners to fund collaborative research projects between Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and researchers. Status: Not open for application Grant amount: Up to $50,000 TechVouchers are available now, however they cannot be accessed via an application to Investment NSW.

The objective of the TechVoucher Program is to support productivity improvement and business growth through the translation of knowledge and inventions to new products and services. The TechVoucher Program targets three main outcomes: Increase collaboration between researchers in PFROs and SMEs through funding support for activities that build connections.

Develop innovation and entrepreneurship skills and capacity for knowledge translation for business owners, SME employees, as well as researchers, university staff, and students. Support commercialisation processes for university research and innovative SMEs. For more information on TechVouchers please visit the Boosting Business Innovation Program webpage .

This program is administered by Premier's Department. Recipients for this program were selected to meet the program objectives. Eligible recipients were invited to participate and were required to meet the objectives.

Southern Cross University Approved for Southern Cross University Phytogen Solutions proposes to undertake a controlled field validation trial at Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) land — a real, PFAS-impacted Commonwealth airport site — using Phytogen Solutions high-biomass industrial hemp genetics.

The trial will test three treatment conditions: untreated control plots, hemp-only plots, and hemp treated with Phytogen Solutions proprietary soil additive Hempurizer+. Published international reference material, including a Belgian field study, suggests hemp combined with soil additives achieved approximately 67% overall PFAS removal in a single cultivation cycle.

Phytogen Solutions seeks to validate and localise this outcome under Queensland conditions, using Australian-grown genetics and a fully auditable field methodology.

Deputy Secretary, Investment NSW Date approved June 2026 Location of the recipient Southern Cross University Approved for Southern Cross University Black Soldier Fly larval (BSFL) bioconversion has been extensively validated as an effective, efficient biological treatment for a range of organic waste streams.

However, its application to dog waste specifically presents a set of novel research challenges that are not yet resolved in the published literature. Chief among these is the interference of residual veterinary insecticides — particularly fipronil, permethrin, and imidacloprid, present in routine flea and tick treatments — with BSFL a residual veterinary insecticides — particularly fipronil, permethrin, and imidacloprid, ctivity.

The impact of these compounds on BSFL performance at concentrations realistic in domestic dog waste is a genuine and commercially significant research gap.

This project will deliver the early-stage scientific validation required to establish whether BSFL-based bioconversion of dog waste is technically feasible within the BioFetch Collection Vault system, and under what conditions that feasibility can be achieved or restored through pretreatment strategies.

Deputy Secretary, Investment NSW Date approved June 2026 Location of the project East Lismore 2480 Location of the recipient Southern Cross University Approved for Southern Cross University Waste Circology is an Australian circular economy SME that has developed a patented Organic Carbonisation System (OCS) to transform problematic waste streams In the construction industry, biochar is currently being used as a functional admixture in concrete to sequester carbon, transforming the built environment into a long-term carbon sink.

However, it inherently lacks the mechanical reactivity needed to strengthen concrete. In some cases, it can even reduce concrete strengths, which limits its use in structural applications. To overcome this limitation, Waste Circology aims to process its biochar into nanoscale carbon particles.

At this scale, the material is expected to physically fill microscopic voids within the cementitious matrix and act as highly active seeding sites to accelerate cement hydration. This dual mechanism is anticipated to yield concrete with significantly improved density and structural performance.

By simultaneously sequestering carbon and enhancing mechanical strength, this innovation provides the construction sector with a commercially viable admixture suitable for demanding structural applications. Third-party (SCU) R&D validation is required to prove its structural efficacy to the market.

To achieve widespread commercial adoption This project is therefore needed to generate scientific evidence of performance and accelerate the product’s entry into commercial supply chains.

Deputy Secretary, Investment NSW Date approved June 2026 Location of the project East Lismore 2480 Location of the recipient Southern Cross University Approved for Southern Cross University To independently assess and substantiate the safety, regulatory readiness, and technical robustness of Deep Southern’s treated seawater products for defined commercial and domestic food-related uses, and to deliver a credible, regulator-facing evidence package suitable for food safety plans, council submissions, and commercial stakeholder engagement.

Deputy Secretary, Investment NSW Date approved June 2026 Location of the project Tweed Heads West 2485 Location of the recipient Approved for University of Newcastle Millions of tonnes of mining tailings across Australia contain valuable metals including copper, zinc, gold, and critical minerals like rare earth elements.

These waste streams occupy limited space at operating mines and pose environmental hazards at legacy sites through issues like acid mine drainage. This project advances a novel chlorination process developed by EcoTech Minerals to extract valuable metals from mining waste. Working with the University of Newcastle, researchers will optimize a pilot plant to treat three different waste streams.

By testing different operating conditions across varied feed compositions, this research will generate essential data for scaling up to demonstration plant level. Results will establish optimal processing parameters for different tailings types, advancing both metal recovery and environmental remediation capabilities while creating additional revenue streams from mining waste.

Deputy Secretary, Investment NSW Date approved June 2026 Location of the project Callaghan 2308 Location of the recipient If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Investment NSW