A national food industry organisation has warned that a “disconnect” between research managers and business is undermining Australia’s export opportunities.
Food Innovation Australia Ltd lists the bureaucracy involved in writing and assessing grant applications among a number of “unnecessary or burdensome” processes that are frustrating industry-led research.
Other restrictions include the administrative paperwork involved in working with university researchers and difficulty and delays in gaining permission to use specialist equipment at universities.
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