Territory Innovation Challenges Program

The NT Government defines a challenge to solve the needs of one or more agencies.

Challenges include:

• a problem statement
• timeframe
• judging criteria.

Challenges will be published on the innovation website.

You must form a cluster to submit a solution to a challenge. This means partnering with:

• two or more NT businesses
• at least one research organisation
• any other organisations needed to deliver the solution.

They can be public or private.

Applications will be competitively reviewed by an NT Government judging panel. Applications will be assessed against certain criteria set out in the challenge and the terms and conditions.

If your solution is picked as the winner, your cluster will have the opportunity to:

• develop a detailed business plan and
• negotiate a procurement contract with the NT Government.

The procurement contract will set out the conditions and timeframe for payment.

Once the government has received independent advice on your business plan and contract negotiations are completed to meet the needs of all parties, the procurement contract will be signed.

Once it's signed, the government will provide you with $100,000 early seed funding to develop your solution.

Your cluster will develop your solution in line with the terms and conditions of the contract.

During development, you must comply with:

• the Buy Local Plan when sourcing material and labour
• ICAC Act 2017
• any other government requirements.

Your product will be tested in the testing environment agreed in the procurement contract.

This ensures that:

• the product suitably addresses the challenge requirements and
• you can do further development and improvements if needed.

Once the product is successfully tested, the government will use your solution to solve the challenge based on the terms of the procurement contract.