Our vision
To accelerate the net zero economy through an integrated, research-to-market ecosystem, creating skilled jobs and sovereign manufacturing.
Universities are critical to driving innovation, change and sovereign capability. But too often, research commercialisation does not keep pace with market needs for timely solutions.
To realise Australia’s potential as a clean energy superpower, UNSW and University of Newcastle have joined forces to deliver the $280m Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) program, established by the Australian Department of Education to build new research capabilities and drive translation and commercialisation in priority areas identified in the Modern Manufacturing Strategy.
TRaCE is about academic researchers solving industry problems to maximise the potential of Australian R&D, from discovery to global supply chain.
Our impact-oriented approach to research commercialisation fast-tracks solutions to meet the growing demands of the net zero economy, building sovereign manufacturing capability to deliver abundant, cheap, reliable, clean energy and circular economy systems.
Our mission
To fast-track and transform research pathways to commercially viable products for the clean energy and recycling sectors.
Our approach
TRaCE is creating an innovation ecosystem that will foster the change needed to get incredible research solutions to market faster and improve Australia’s standing on international innovation and complexity indices by:
- strengthening institutional capability
- incentivising research commercialisation through funding
- making it easier to access infrastructure for technology development
- delivering the critical skills needed to build Australia’s clean energy and circular industries for global deployment.
Our focus is on transforming systems to accelerate the delivery of scalable technologies that will have a significant impact on emissions reduction
Looking for more information? Read our general brochure and our industry brochure here.
