You graduated. Now what?
Start it. Build it. Launch it... Make it real.

..with the UNE SMART Region Incubator - UNE’s home for big ideas and bold startups. If you’ve got an idea for a business, want to apply your research to the real world, or just want a chance to actually make something happen…

We’re here to help.

Your idea doesn’t need to be perfect.

It just needs a place to start.

The UNE SRI can be your place with options to get you started

HATCH

Have a business idea but not sure where to start? Our flagship start-up program runs in Armidale + Tamworth. HATCH is free, practical, and gives you the tools to turn your idea into a real business.

EMERGE

Want your research to create real-world impact? EMERGE helps UNE students, staff,+ researchers explore the commercial or community potential of their work.

Internships

Work alongside one of our start-ups in Armidale. Real projects, real founders, real experience.

Keen on an internship? Email us your CV + a quick intro (what you studied + your industry interest that best aligns with our four pillars: ag innovation, health innovation, climate innovation, or creative innovation) and we’ll be in touch.

Founders

Already have a business you want to grow + scale? Apply to become a UNE SRI founder (a founder is simply a business owner) and grow your business with expert support, mentorship, and a community that gets it & supports you. Learn more here.

Upcoming events

Featured
EMERGE: Forward planning for research impact
Jun 5
Emerge, Armidale
EMERGE: Forward planning for research impact
Emerge, Armidale

Design research with impact. Learn a structured and repeatable methodology to integrate translation pathways into your project design.

Emerge, Armidale
Down to earth: A non-traditional setting for meaningful conversation and collaboration
Jun 18
Armidale
Down to earth: A non-traditional setting for meaningful conversation and collaboration
Armidale

FarmLab are creating a non-traditional setting to bring together landowners, the agrifood supply chain and technology providers to generate meaningful conversation, connection and collaboration. Participants will be able to share and scheme whilst hiking, planting, sampling, eating and caffeinating.

Armidale
Agmentation - Inverell
Jun 24
Innovation Challenges, Inverell
Agmentation - Inverell
Innovation Challenges, Inverell

Agmentation in Schools arrives in Inverell, where students dive deep into controlled environment horticulture challenges.

Innovation Challenges, Inverell
Balancing Act, Tamworth
Jun 27
Masterclass, Tamworth
Balancing Act, Tamworth
Masterclass, Tamworth

Join us for a 2-hour deep dive into how to protect your creative time, sustain your energy, and quiet that imposter syndrome that loves to sneak in when you least expect it. Led by Anousha Victoire, an independent singer-songwriter, registered health professional, and master of juggling all the things - this session is for musicians and songwriters who want to stop running on adrenaline and start building a creative practice that lasts.

Masterclass, Tamworth
Balancing Act, Armidale
Jun 28
Masterclass, Armidale
Balancing Act, Armidale
Masterclass, Armidale

Join us for a 2-hour deep dive into how to protect your creative time, sustain your energy, and quiet that imposter syndrome that loves to sneak in when you least expect it. Led by Anousha Victoire, an independent singer-songwriter, registered health professional, and master of juggling all the things - this session is for musicians and songwriters who want to stop running on adrenaline and start building a creative practice that lasts.

Masterclass, Armidale
HATCH: For UNE students
Jul 5
Hatch, Armidale
HATCH: For UNE students
Hatch, Armidale

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

Hatch, Armidale