“A grant here, funding there and pretty soon you’re talking about real dong”
Uni Wollongong reports $500 000 in two DFAT grants for research project with universities in Vietnam. One is to study using drones and AI to improve sugarcane productivity. The other is $250 000 for digital analytics of the environment in a national park.
The funding is from DFAT’s Aus4Innvation programme, (“to deepen research linkages and private sector connections, utilising the benefits of new technology to build the economy of the future”).