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Annual Giving
$33.5M
Grant Range
Unknown – $1.0M

About

MTP-IIGC LTD, known as MTPConnect, is Australia's Life Sciences Innovation Accelerator. It supports Australia's medical products sector by fostering connections between research and industry, driving the translation and commercialisation of scientific and technological breakthroughs for better health outcomes.

Tips for Applicants

Applicants should demonstrate strong commercialisation potential, highlight collaborative efforts between research and industry, and clearly articulate how their innovative medical products or solutions will address unmet health needs within the Australian life sciences sector. Emphasise the translational aspect of the research and its pathway to market.

Giving Philosophy

MTPConnect aims to maximise opportunities for Australians to make scientific and technological breakthroughs that are successfully translated and commercialised. They achieve this by improving collaboration, providing and facilitating funding, developing skills, informing policy, and promoting regulatory reform, with a focus on supporting life sciences innovations through commercialisation support programs.

Notable Grants

$1,000,000 to VividWhite for the VividFlo surgical implant through the Clinical Translation and Commercialisation Medtech (CTCM) program
$15.6 million across 37 collaborative projects through the Project Fund Program (prior to 2018)
Support for 11 projects in 2018 through the BioMedTech Horizons (BMTH) program

Giving History

2018
$15.6M

ACNC Financial History

YearGrants GivenRevenueTotal AssetsNet Assets
FY2023
$33.5M
$43.3M$66.8M$1.4M
FY2022
$32.8M
$40.3M$90.2M$1.4M
FY2021
$26.4M
$33.6M$72.5M$1.1M
FY2020
$9.1M
$15.1M$44.9M$235K
FY2019
$9.7M
$13.7M$31.9M$102K
FY2018
$3.7M
$7.0M$21.3M$61K
6yr total$115.2MSource: ACNC Annual Information Statements

Programs (from website)

TTRA Devices Round 2 investment opportunity

Funding call for eligible Australian start-ups, spin-outs and SMEs to develop innovative preventative, diagnostic, therapeutic and/or disease management devices for cardiovascular disease and the complications of diabetes (type 1 and type 2).

Up to $1.0MMore info →

Focus Areas

healthresearch
Geographic
AU-National
Recipients
nfpresearchuniversity

Financial Details

Source of Wealth
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Revenue Sources
government_funding

Board & Leadership

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Ian Meredith
director
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Data Sources

Profile quality: high
Foundation profile updated: 6 March 2026 (64 days ago)
Website scan updated: 6 March 2026 (64 days ago)
Website pages scraped: 5
Added: 5 March 2026 (65 days ago)
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