Avant Group

Avant Group is an independent, leading professional services firm with the largest technical specialisation grant writing practice in Australia. The business provides services to assist companies of all sizes to obtain both Federal and State funding to achieve their objectives. Avant Group’s team includes technically skilled mechanical, chemical and aerospace engineers, scientists, tax and finance specialists and marketing consultants with backgrounds across a myriad of fields.

Avant Group manages the entire grant application process from working through the red tape, writing the application and managing the ongoing audit and reporting requirements – so business owners can focus on doing what they do best which is growing their business. 

BidWrite

Win more often and win more easily with BidWrite – an award-winning, specialised tender and proposal management services organisation, trusted by leading businesses across Australasia.

When choosing us, you’ll be working alongside Australia’s largest and most qualified team of bid consulting professionals, with a significant number of Association of Proposal Management Professional (APMP) accredited staff. We will bring to your submission our best-practice tender, proposal and grant writing techniques, practical ways to instil these into your organisation and critically, how to place your client at the centre of your offer.

Our diverse range of clients share our commitment to winning the contracts and grants that matter. Our services span the full bid lifecycle from capture to award and are designed to help you win more with less stress.

Matthews Steer

Matthews Steer is a community-focused Accounting and Advisory practice with a track record of growth, innovation and investment within Melbourne’s North West and throughout Victoria. They have a dedicated team of grants facilitation specialists who assist businesses of all sizes, from start-ups through to large corporations, to identify and secure Federal and State grants to support their growth strategies. They work with businesses through all phases of the grants process, including concept development, grant selection, assessment criteria alignment, financial modelling and milestone report administration. Their team has a high success rate and has secured over $350million in Government funding support.

Mia Consulting

Mia’s grant support services span developing applications from scratch, through to reviewing draft applications prior to submission and providing advice. Our feedback includes the perspective of a government evaluator to maximise scoring potential. We focus on ensuring your application responds to the policy and strategic context of the grant, meets mandatory requirements, and is differentiated to highlight your value proposition.

Many of the Mia team are ex-public sector employees with deep knowledge of government tendering and grant processes. Put simply: Mia specialises in connecting businesses with government.

NEM Australasia

NEM is a firm of 50 advisory partners headquartered in Victoria that works with small and medium businesses to help them achieve their business vision and objectives. This very often includes utilising the various local, state and federal government assistance programs. NEM provides advice and guidance on all aspects of grant writing and submission. This includes:

• Understanding your business needs and challenges, and identifying those grants which are most appropriate and have the greatest chance of success,
• Development of initial application concepts and value propositions,
• Definition of financial models,
• Drafting of overall project plans,
• Appraisal of application against assessment criteria,
• Drafting and redrafting text.

RSM Australia

RSM is a national full service accounting firm with an experienced specialist R&D tax and grants team. The team is located in Melbourne and has mixed science and accounting qualifications and backgrounds. Their clients range from start-ups to multinational corporates, and cover a broad range of industries. They are active supporters of the innovation community, sponsoring events, providing speakers and committee members to a wide variety of associations and groups. The team is happy to meet and talk about how the R&D tax incentive program or grants may benefit you, at no charge or obligation.