Partnerships that create real-world solutions for your organisation

We collaborate with organisations across all sectors, building successful research partnerships that deliver innovative solutions. Our partner organisations apply our leading research outcomes to overcome specific challenges, solve problems and open up new opportunities.

Harness our high-impact, transdisciplinary research

QUT’s established reputation as leaders in high-impact, transdisciplinary research is differentiated by our ability to create innovative solutions to the challenges of today, and tomorrow. Our researchers bring together expertise from multiple disciplines to successfully address complex problems. Our agile and collaborative approach is underpinned by our academic strengths and practical engagement with key stakeholders from government, industry and the broader community.

QUT collaborates with Urban Arts Project on an industry research partnership.

Research that delivers value to organisations

Partnering with QUT can help you:

  • secure and leverage grant funding for collaborative projects to create real-world solutions
  • build your research and development expertise and capability
  • commercialise innovative technologies through QUT’s intellectual property
  • leverage the leading expertise of our researchers
  • access our world-class research infrastructure and facilities.

Find out more about our research strengths, world-class facilities and research expertise

The impact of our research

QUT’s intellectual property has delivered many successful outcomes, including the creation of companies and the commercialisation of new technologies:

  • Aptium.AI - novel commercial scanning technology, incorporating AI and 3D/4D photogrammetry, to deliver solutions across healthcare, industrial and manufacturing.
  • Bovotica - modulating the rumen microbiome of the bovine, delivering a reduction in methane emissions for the environment and an increase in production efficiency for the farmer.
  • Earthodic - enabling the manufacture of strong, water-resistant paper packaging that can be repulped and recycled, using bio-based ingredients.
  • Kimaritec - developing new therapies for cancer, by manipulating the body’s protein recycling pathway to drive protein degradation of critical oncoproteins.
  • Lava Blue - providing high purity, high value specialty materials for the energy transition.
  • RAMSR (Rhythm and Movement for Self Regulation) - a program for young children that aims to support their attentional and emotional self-regulation skills, as well as mental flexibility, inhibition, and working memory (executive function).
  • VALD - a range of tools allowing you to measure, monitor and improve nearly any major musculoskeletal function.
  • VitroGro® - a biotechnology platform that provides wound healing, tissue repair and cell culture technology.

Partner with us

To find out more about how collaborating with us on an industry research project can benefit your organisation, call the Office of Industry Engagement on 3138 8475 or contact us via email at industry.engagement@qut.edu.au.

News

16 Sep 2025

QUT leaders recognised as Entrepreneurial Leadership Team of the Year

Seven QUT staff have been recognised internationally with the Entrepreneurial Leadership Team of the Year award at the Triple E Awards, recognising their commitment to innovation, entrepreneurship, and industry collaboration.

24 Nov 2025

QUT Excolo! Grand Final Winners Announced

ASTRO has been announced as Champion of the QUT Excolo! pitching competition Grand Final for 2025.Professor Will Browne introduced ASTRO, the Upper Arm Active Stroke Rehabilitation Orthotic; a device being designed to improve post-stroke rehabilitation outcomes and reduce strain on healthcare systems.The project will now receive up to $100,000 in investment funding through the university’s Industry Engagement Fund (IEF).

Contact us

If you are interested in partnering with us on collaborative industry research projects and want to know more, contact the Office of Industry Engagement via email at industry.engagement@qut.edu.au, or by phone on 3138 8475.