The government is providing some starter funding for a space science
program. $40 million in total awards, as 50% matching funds.
Collaboration between university and industry are specifically
encouraged. Proposals open this August.
We're used to writing these kinds of proposals in the USA (NASA,
DARPA, AFRL etc), but haven't done them here yet. Questions I have
are about matching funds in Australia. Specifically, if they are
providing funding, can we use equivalent contribution as part of our
50%? i.e., sweat equity, IP, etc.? Anyone on this group got
experience with this sort of thing?