Smart State 2008-2012: a new direction

Smart State 2008-2012 is the third stage of the Smart State strategy, a $120 million program over four years which will secure Queensland's future through investing in people, ideas and partnerships driving creativity and innovation.

In this phase of the Smart State strategy, the Queensland Government is investing:

• over $23 million to attract and retain some of the brightest minds in science and industry to solve Queensland's challenges of the future
• $25 million for aHealth and Medical Research Program to attract world-class clinical researchers to translate research into better health services for Queenslanders, and
• $60 million to support collaborations between Queensland's researchers and industry.

Other examples of initiatives include a $3 million design program to increase the profile of Queensland's design expertise and position Queensland as the centre of Asia-Pacific Design, $1 million to promote Queensland's tropical research and industry expertise and $2 million for a Q-Science program for a range of science programs and events for business, industry, community groups, students and their parents.

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• Premier's Message
• People
• Creativity and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Future Focus

A new round of the Smart Futures Fund will open for applications from 1 August 2011.

Information about current grants available from the Smart Futures Fund can be found on the Business and Industry website.

Find out more:

• What is the Smart State Strategy?
• Previous Smart State funding programs and rounds
• Health and Medical Research Program, Office of Health and Medical Research, Queensland Health
• Designing Queensland Program
• Queensland Biotechnology Strategic Plan
• Q-Tropics: Queensland Tropical Expertise Strategy 2008-2012
• Smart State Council
• Queensland research and development investment strategy 2010-2020
• Queensland's smart industries
• Department of Employment, Economic Development and Industry