# Small business

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# Small business

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The Australian economy is dominated by small, medium, and family businesses (SMEs), which make up 99.8% of all companies and account for more than half of our national GDP.

At UNSW, we value the unique knowledge, experience, and agility that small business brings. We also appreciate the challenges they face compared to big business and the imperative to deliver results and return on investment.

We offer a range of services for SMEs to leverage UNSW’s world-leading capability in a way that suits their budget and timeframe.

[UNSW Innovation Community](https://www.linkedin.com/company/powered-by-unsw/)

## Services for SMEs

[Research

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Outsource your R&D challenges to us and we’ll work together to find commercially responsive solutions. We regularly engage in short projects of less than a year.

[Co-location

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Maximise your opportunities for collaboration by co-locating on our campus. We have space for like-minded businesses with complementary research interests.

[Meet our co-locators](/research/partner-with-us/co-location)

[Facilities

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Access specialist equipment and the technical staff who can operate it. Some of our facilities offer commercial consulting to help manage your project.

[Lifelong learning

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Build the new skills and knowledge needed to carry your business into the future. We offer bespoke training and off-the-shelf short courses on business, engineering, design and health topics.

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[Student & PhDs

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Augment your workforce with with our pool of talented students and PhD researchers. We have programs for short and long term engagements that let you workshop specific problems and tap into the next generation of ideas.

[Funding opportunities

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Cash flow can be tight for small businesses. Stretch your innovation budget further by leveraging government grants designed to help SMEs grow. We can provide advice on eligible schemes and how to apply.

## Results without the cost

These SMES invested in R&D with UNSW and came away with tangible commercial outcomes that let them take their business to the next level.

[Fire-retardant paint to combat bushfires](/research/partner-with-us/case-studies/fsi)

Flame Security International (FSI) collaborated with UNSW to develop FIRECOAT, a fire-retardant paint designed to protect buildings and infrastructure from the catastrophic effects of bushfires.

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[Automated property value analytics tool](/research/partner-with-us/case-studies/sdi-limited)

Working in partnership with FrontierSI, we developed an AI-powered tool that provides accurate, transparent, and interactive property valuations with the click of a button.

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[Performance analysis of new photovoltaic technology](/research/partner-with-us/case-studies/jinko-solar)

UNSW applied machine learning methods to help Jinko Solar quantify the benefits of their bifacial and N-type PV technologies in real projects.

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## Funding opportunities

Cash flow can be tight for small businesses. Stretch your innovation budget further by leveraging government grants designed to help SMEs grow. We can provide advice on eligible schemes and how to apply.

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