Linkage Program : Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - 2022

The Linkage Program supports the growth of research partnerships between university-based researchers and researchers in other sectors in Australia and overseas for projects that generate new knowledge, technologies and innovations.

The Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme provides funding for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities to eligible organisations. It enables researchers to participate in cooperative initiatives so that expensive research infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared between higher education organisations and also with industry. The scheme also fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of international or national research facilities.

The Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme objectives are to:

• Support excellent basic and applied research and research training through the acquisition of research equipment and infrastructure and access to national and international research facilities; and
• Encourage Eligible Organisations to develop collaborative arrangements with other eligible organisations and/or Partner Organisations for the acquisition and use of research equipment and infrastructure or access to national and international facilities.