{"id":27661,"date":"2025-03-25T14:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T06:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=27661"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:12:14","slug":"applications-are-open-for-the-curtinnovation-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/applications-are-open-for-the-curtinnovation-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications are open for the Curtinnovation Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Reading time: 1 minute<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have an innovation that could change industries, improve lives or solve global challenges? The Curtinnovation Awards celebrate bold thinkers at Curtin, who are making a real-world impact!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past winners have developed incredible ideas, including a green hydrogen electrolyser using untreated water, an AI chatbot that supports wellbeing and a device preventing surgery for children with chronic ear infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why apply<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Award recipients receive a cash prize of up to <strong>$15,000<\/strong> and support to progress their ideas towards commercialisation, including eligibility for a Curtin Ignition Scholarship. You\u2019ll gain industry recognition and have the chance to connect with business, government and research leaders at an awards luncheon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to apply<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Awards are open to members of the Curtin community, including staff, students, alumni and graduates of Curtin accelerator and entrepreneurship programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications are now open until <strong>Friday 10 April<\/strong>. For more information on how to apply, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/engage\/entrepreneurs\/curtinnovation-awards\/\">Curtinnovation Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<section\n                class=\"block block--no-indent cards \"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n    \n        <div class=\"card-grid\"\n         data-card-size=\"standard\"         data-card-count=\"1\"\n         data-card-background=\"white\">\n                    <div id=\"curtinnovation-awards-application-workshop\" class=\"card\"\n         data-type=\"\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Curtinnovation Awards: Application Workshop<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Want to know more about how to apply? <\/p><p>Join us for a practical session unpacking the Curtinnovation Awards application process, with tips for preparing a strong submission and time for Q&amp;A.<\/p><p><strong>Date<\/strong>: Thursday 19 March 2026<br \/><strong>Time<\/strong>: 12pm\u20131pm<br \/><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Curtin Entrepreneurs Hub (418.127)<br \/>\nLight lunch provided<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/share-ap1.hsforms.com\/1EK0n_wzmSoK6eKmvSK3-iQe1n64\" aria-label=\"Register now\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Register now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turn your big idea into reality with the Curtinnovation Awards, where Curtin\u2019s boldest thinkers can win funding, expert support and industry recognition. | Reading time: 1 min<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4481,"featured_media":27662,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"8428,120,7621,5685,5107,6675","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[142],"class_list":["post-27661","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-opportunities"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/curtinnovation-awards-1588x840px-1588x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Ben","last_name":"Adams","display_name":"Ben Adams"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-04-10 23:59:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/27661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/27661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=27661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}