The UNE SMART Region Incubator is a connected community of members and innovators

As a university-led business incubator, we support innovation across the New England North West of NSW by connecting members, researchers, school and university students, mentors, experts, investors, government and business partners. Through collaboration we help deliver new products and services to market. UNE SRI works across the region and has physical locations in Moree, Tamworth, Armidale and Narrabri. We are focused on benefits to the community, a diversity of ideas, and strive to be open and inclusive. Our research strengths support business in growing solutions for agriculture, environment, energy, health, creative industries and other sectors.

OUR CORE PILLARS

Our future relies on smart science and smart technology to sustain our food and fibre production. Learn more
Health and wellbeing of our regional communities will transform health outcomes through innovation and collaborations. Learn more
Exploring opportunities for energy and environmental services in a carbon hungry and ESG-minded landscape. Learn more.
Regional economies are strengthened by creative startups who can deliver design solutions; visualise new products and services; communicate unique visions and script, code and perform. Learn more

UNE SRI LOCATIONS

Armidale / NOVA

Tamworth / PEEL HOUSE

Moree / SOCIAL CO

Narrabri / THE EXCHANGE

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Have you been playing around with a business idea but don’t know how to get the ball rolling? Maybe want to add a new product or service to your current business but aren’t sure if it’ll fly or flop?

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UNE SRI Members are inventing the future for regional NSW. They promise job growth and opportunity, but most importantly, they prove that sustainable economic growth comes out of new ideas. Learn more about our founders in IMPACT.

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Our Members

Members grow skills, knowledge and networks whilst being supported within an ecosystem of opportunities. Our members bring to market solutions for a range of national and global customers. Members come from diverse backgrounds, bringing different industry experience, and they share an ambition to grow enterprise within regional NSW. Members join the UNE SRI come to work hard, build smart, fail well and pivot fast.

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If you have a startup idea or a growing startup and would like to join our community of members, contact one of our team or submit an online application.

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UNE-SRI

In the NOVA building, we provide hot-desking, meeting rooms, podcast studio and a space for workshops and large events. It is a space for members, researchers and community to share ideas and collaborate.

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@unesmartri

If you’ve been to one of our events recently, or called into NOVA or our Tamworth office, you may have already met our new Director, Cameron Turner 👏

But…seeing as he’s been leading the team for a couple of months, we thought it&

Each month at NOVA we hold a “demo tea” - a morning tea where a member of our SRI or NOVA community share about what they’re working on.

This month we heard from SRI Founder Keith Walker from New England Landcare Network and learne

The Future of Wellbeing & Health - a @unesmartri Futures Series Event… is coming up on 24th April.

And it’s not another boring convention, we promise.

This is a day to get you thinking, making connections and hearing from people wh

And here it is, the fifth and final instalment in our Women of the UNE SMART Region Incubator series, ahead of International Women’s Day this Sunday, 9th March.

Today, we’re introducing Tamworth-based founder Sewa of @esemojongconsultan

Ready, set and…. onto Day 4 of our Women of the UNE SMART Region Incubator series in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on 8 March🫶

Across the SRI and NOVA ecosystem, more than half of our founders are women. They are building bu

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