Made in Queensland Grant Program (Round 7) – Australia

The MIQ Program is aimed at supporting existing manufacturing jobs and creating new jobs of the future in Queensland manufacturing businesses and in the state’s supply chains, to grow Queensland’s economy.

The Made in Queensland (MIQ) Program complements the Queensland Government’s Advanced Manufacturing 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan (the Roadmap) released in December 2016 and updated in October 2022.

Objectives

• The objectives of MIQ (Program Objectives) are to support the Queensland Government’s objectives for the community, Advance Queensland Priorities and the Department’s Strategic Direction by:
  • increasing the productivity, profitability and international competitiveness of Queensland-based manufacturing SMEs
  • encouraging Queensland-based manufacturing SMEs to become Advanced Manufacturers by adopting industry leading equipment, technologies, processes and systems
  • supporting traditional manufacturing jobs and creating the new high-skilled manufacturing jobs of the future.
• The MIQ Program will also support SME manufacturers to achieve energy efficiency, export, reshoring, and advancement of decarbonisation and net zero outcomes through Industry 4.0 and 5.0 transformation projects, which can preferably be completed in a 12-month period.

Funding Information

• Grants are available:
  • between $50,000 to $2.5 million (excluding GST) per grant
  • as matched funding for Eligible Project costs on a dollar-for-dollar cash basis
  • for projects that align with the strategic direction of the applicant, the MIQ Program Objectives, and the Eligibility Criteria.

Eligible Projects

• To be an Eligible Project, the project must:
  • be consistent with the Program Objectives
  • be for one or both of the following industry leading activities:
    • implementing advanced robotics and/or Industry 4.0 and/or 5.0 equipment, that demonstrates it will enable the applicant’s products/processes and markets to be different from those of its Queensland manufacturing competitors
    • implementing a sector-relevant technology, system or process
  • The project may additionally include development of a plan or strategy
  • be designed to achieve significant business transformation (i.e. not duplication of the applicant’s existing equipment or system updates) that embraces Industry 4.0 and/or 5.0 (e.g. digitisation, interconnected factory, big data analytics)
  • demonstrate expected outcomes, such as productivity, profitability and international competitiveness improvements, for the applicant’s existing business activities
  • have a project site address in Queensland
  • not have commenced, and not be scheduled to commence, until after a Funding Agreement has been executed
  • not be the same as a project approved under any previous round of MIQ where an agreement has already been entered into (or about to be entered into) between the Department and the applicant
  • not be subject to funding under any other local, state or federal government grant or scheme.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for an MIQ grant, an applicant must be one standalone entity or a group of entities (see below) that:
  • is a Queensland-based business whose principal activity and majority annual turnover is derived from manufacturing, as defined under Division C of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006
  • is registered for GST and holds an active Australian Business Number (ABN)
  • operates independently and has control of its own corporate governance and decision making
  • is an SME with between five and 200 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. A minimum of five FTE employees must be located in Queensland
  • has a proposed Eligible Project that meets the requirements
  • owns the existing equipment used in its manufacturing operations and will own any equipment to be purchased under the proposed Eligible Project
  • has the financial capacity and standing necessary to successfully undertake and complete the proposed Eligible Project recognising that grant payments are made in arrears
  • accepts that the Department may require security over any or all of Eligible Project items for the duration of up to seven years
  • does not have, and must not be an Associated Entity of an entity that has received (or about to receive) funding under the MIQ Program that in aggregate exceeds, or will exceed $2.5 million (excluding GST)
  • does not have, and must not be an Associated Entity of an entity that has made, an application under Round 7 of the MIQ Program that in aggregate exceeds, or will exceed funding of $2.5 million (excluding GST)
  • is not insolvent or does not have owners or directors that are an undischarged bankrupt
  • is not a federal, state or local government entity, statutory authority or special purpose vehicle, charity, partnership, or not-for-profit organisation.

For more information, visit Australian Government.