Form

Submit your idea for R&D levy investment funding

You can use this form to submit an idea.

All submitted ideas will be reviewed and prioritised by the GIA Ideas Committee. Once prioritised, your idea may then be considered by the R&D Levy Invesrment Committee to determine their suitability for funding through the R&D levy investment funds.

Section 1 - About you

You must complete this section.

First name

Last name

Phone number

Email*

State/Region

Company name

Section 2 - About your idea

You must complete this section.

Summarise your idea

It is helpful if you include information about:

why the idea is important – what is its purpose and why does this matter?
what the money will be spent on
who your idea will help
what implementing your idea will achieve – what levy payers will see at the end of your project.

What is the objective of your idea?

If your idea is funded, what will the best possible outcome look like? How will levy payers know if your project is successful?

(You may have already said something about this in your summary but please also include it here.)

What are the deliverables?

If your idea is funded, what will levy payers see at the end of it? This could be a program, a technique, a software solution or a report, for example.

Section 3 – More about your idea
It is helpful if you complete this section, but you don’t have to.

Strategy alignment

Explain how your idea aligns with any of the Outcomes and Strategies in the Nursery Strategic Investment Plan.

Context

Is there anything we need to know about individual greenlife businesses or the broader sector that will help us understand more about your idea?

Supporting evidence

Is there any research that supports your idea? You can include notes, links or citations. There’s also an option to upload attachments at the end of this form.

What is the estimated budget?

How much money will your idea cost to implement? It’s helpful if you can tell us how and why you came up with this amount.

Investment timeframe

If your idea is funded, how long will the levy payer be investing in it? For example, one year, 18 months, five years.

Extra information

Is there anything else we should know about you or your idea?

Any attachments?
You can attach supporting documents up to 100MB. If your files are too big, provide a link to a shared folder in the 'Extra information' section.

Section 1 - About you

Section 2 - About your idea

Summarise your idea

Section 3 – More about your ideaIt is helpful if you complete this section, but you don’t have to.

Section 3 – More about your idea
It is helpful if you complete this section, but you don’t have to.