Introducing ACU Catalyst

ACU Catalyst will serve as a portal to facilitate the development of mutually beneficial relationships with industry for ACU. It serves as a university-level entry point for external organisations interested in connecting with ACU’s researchers, educators, students, and campuses.

ACU Catalyst will support building connections and relationships between ACU and external organisations. These may include Catholic or faith-based businesses, state or federal government partners, start-ups, small or medium-sized enterprises or large corporate organisations, as well as NGOs and those not-for-profit.

ACU Catalyst is designed for organisations seeking to engage with the next generation of graduates, promote career opportunities for their business or have a presence on campus. They might have a question about industry-academia grant schemes or need evidence-based research for an innovation project.

The ACU Catalyst team is committed to driving industry-academia collaborations for meaningful impact by:

• presenting a whole-of-university approach to enquiring industry representatives
• channeling partner enquiries to relevant faculties/directorates/institute/centers
• providing support for MOU agreements and risk assessment formulation
• coordination of multi-faceted industry partner requests (ie, concurrent student engagement and research projects)
• facilitation of internal communication for cross-fertilisation of partnership opportunities.

We are currently developing a web portal and will share more when it is launched. You can find further information on the Research and Enterprise at ACU webpage.

Email industry@acu.edu.au to connect with us.