The UNE SMART Region Incubator nurtures innovation and supports businesses to grow.
What we offer
Leverage Program
LEVERAGE is a 12-month program for entrepreneurs to grow their business. It simplifies strategy, creates engaged teams, improves execution, and increases cash flow through experiential learning. Learn more.
Hatch
HATCH provides you with confidence and support to get your business up and running. Using Lean Canvas principles, you’ll test your ideas and identify your path-to-market, and articulate the must-do steps along the way. Learn more.
Experts in Residence
One-on-one monthly access to a team of experts who have deep domain knowledge in areas critical to startup growth. Tap into the best know-how around how to commercialise your product or service, build your tech, access global markets, lift your customer engagement, bust problems and seek investment. Learn More.
Armidale
Tamworth
Moree
Narrabri
Do you value the energy of an office in a shared work space for you and your team? Join us as a founder in one of our four dynamic regional locations; Armidale, Tamworth, Moree and Narrabri. UNE SRI locations feature high-speed internet, meeting rooms with the latest AV technology, podcasting and video facilities, private and collaborative spaces, and shared kitchen and bathroom facilities.
Our team
Jess Bradbery
Regional Connector, Tamworth
Experts in residence
Experts in residence are individuals who offer expertise and guidance in business, strategy, sustainability, funding and more to the UNE SRI start-up community
Meet our experts
Researchers in residence
Researchers in residence are UNE PhD candidates researching entrepreneurship and innovation related topics, supporting founders on how to access academic research.
Research + innovation
MAKING AN IMPACT GLOBALLY
The University of New England operates at the intersection of learning, research and innovation with an international reputation for fostering partnerships that facilitates positive change. At UNE SRI, we link the world-class research and expertise at UNE with our founders across the New England North West. It’s what sets us apart. Excited about the possibilities? Get in touch.
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