The development of a new marker for mite tolerance in honeybees, a safe school bag hook and an app bringing neighbours closer together are some of the inventions sharing $450,000 in the latest round of the State Government's Innovation Vouchers Program.
Commerce Minister Michael Mischin said the program provided a small financial boost for small to medium businesses to help turn innovative ideas into a commercial reality.
"The successful applicants are developing innovations that have real-world relevance and will help build Western Australia's reputation for developing quality solutions for key global markets," he said.
The 2015 round of the program received the highest number of applications from a broad range of industry sectors including health sciences, agriculture, mining, oil and gas, marine, construction, sports and travel.
Successful applicants, chosen by an independent evaluation panel, will use the funding for research and development, product development, technology transfer, intellectual property and commercialisation support services.
The recipients are:
3D Image Automation Pty Ltd (Joondalup): $20,000
Advanced Waste Water Systems Pty Ltd (Floreat): $20,000
Amphibia Engineering Pty Ltd (Hammond Park): $20,000
Astron Environmental Services Pty Ltd (East Perth): $20,000
Bingin Pty Ltd t/a Triplify (Woodvale): $20,000
Challenge Pumps Pty Ltd (Belmont): $20,000
Ear Science Institute Australia Incorporated (Subiaco): $20,000
Energy Farmers Australia Pty Ltd (Geraldton): $18,992
Kirsten Ryan t/a Exact Fit Pty Ltd (Bentley): $18,181
FastCatch Pty Ltd (City Beach): $20,000
Gauntlet Industries Pty Ltd (Carine): $19,576
Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (Nedlands): $8,000
Graeme Attey (Fremantle): $14,400
Injury Connect Pty Ltd (Ardross): $19,080
John Matthews (Mount Nasura): $20,000
Leray Corp Pty Ltd (Geraldton): $19,200
Occulert Pty Ltd (Mount Lawley): $20,000
ProteoWA Pty Ltd (Churchlands): $6,792
Rapid Geophysics Pty Ltd (Iluka): $20,000
RMB Aqua (Ocean Reef): $19,640
Sen Johve and Dunstan Pty Ltd (Thornlie): $20,000
Sprout Ventures Pty Ltd (West Perth): $20,000
Treadlie Engineering Pty Ltd (Fremantle) $20,000
Valley Flower Farm Pty Ltd (Middle Swan): $11,680
Wasagi Corporation Pty Ltd (Mount Lawley): $16,520
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