Industry Innovation Project 2027: Expression of Interest Form

Thank you for your interest in the Industry Innovation Project (IIP) with Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII) students.

EOI submissions are now open.

The deadline for EOI submissions is Friday, 27th November 2026.

Please submit your complex societal challenge to be worked on by two (2) BCII student teams using this form. Each project requires one Project Lead and one Executive Sponsor.

Please note - Due to the popularity of IIP, we often receive a high volume of submissions. If this occurs we may close submissions early to limit over-subscription. We recommend submitting your EOI as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Each field of the EOI is important, please be sure to address each question. The final intended audience for this form is the BCII students undertaking IIP in 2027, who will review the challenge details and vote for their top project preferences. Organisation information and project details provided in this form will be shared with students during the IIP project voting process; contact information submitted is not shared with the students prior to project allocation.

For more information on IIP click here

For an example of a competitive EOI click here

Important areas for consideration

To participate in IIP, organisations need to nominate a main point of contact (Project Lead) and an executive sponsor for each project as this improves the strategic input, alignment and impact of outcomes.

We ask about your position regarding Intellectual Property (IP) so students can make informed choices when voting for projects. We advocate that partners, where possible, allow students to retain any NEW IP generated through the project. Some students prefer to work with organisations who do this, and some notable and sizeable partners have done this with fantastic outcomes.

After you submit your EOI

Your brief will be assessed against Transdisciplinary (TD) School criteria before being shared with students for voting at the end of January. We’ll confirm if your project has been selected to proceed in February 2027, at which point we will share an agreement to formalise your involvement in the subject.

IIP starts for industry partners on Thursday 4th March 2027 with a partner briefing. Partner engagement for this subject will be a mix of online and face-to-face. Please note, the 'Meet the Teams' Event on Monday 8th March 2027, where partners and student teams first meet, must be attended in person on campus by the Project Lead (or a representative of the partner org).

If you’d like to get in touch or change anything in your EOI before December 5th, please contact  TDSchoolPartnerships@uts.edu.au

Thank you,

Transdisciplinary School Industry Partnerships Team

Organisation Details

Organisation Name (required)

Organisation Type (required)

Please give us a brief overview of your company's journey so far, including a description of the stage your start-up is at including any funding, and team size (required)e.g. early stage, growth stage, expansion stage.

ABN (required)

Address (required)

Address

Suburb

State

Country

Postcode

If your organisation's address is outside of Sydney, do you have a workspace in Sydney?IIP is only available to organisations with Sydney based teams and workspaces.

Yes

Would you support students visiting your organisation during the project (March-June)? (required)If you are based outside of Sydney, but still within a feasible travel distance, would you cover the cost of your student team visiting (if safe and permissible under UTS and workplace policies)?

Yes

Other

Have you participated as a partner in IIP before? (required)

Yes

Are there any previous IIP project outcomes you'd like to share?

What is your preference for interacting with students during IIP? (required)

Do you have access to use these platforms? (required)Note: Zoom is UTS preferred platform

Zoom

MS Teams

My organisation does not support use of either of these platforms

Do you have BCII (Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) alumni in your organisation who will be involved in this IIP?

If you do have BCII alumni in your organisation who will be involved in this project, please list their names

Throughout the project, there are opportunities for industry to contribute in different ways. Would you be interested to participate as a guest panelist, or run a session for the BCII students? at these sessions (where expertise aligns)?Please outline the areas of expertise you/your org might offer, and any workshops you'd be prepared to run for the whole BCII IIP cohort

Project Lead

Main point of contact for student team throughout the project. **Please note - in order to provide students with optimal support through IIP, the Project Lead and Executive Sponsor listed below cannot be the same person in your organisation.**

Name (required)

First Name

Last Name

Position Title (required)

Contact Details (required)

Phone

Mobile

Executive Sponsor

An executive level sponsor/ decision maker who can encourage and enable impact for the project

Executive Sponsor (required)

First Name

Last Name

Position Title (required)

Email Address (required)

UTS Project Participation

This is the section to tell us about your organisation's complex challenge brief.

Please describe your mission statement for the “complex societal challenge” you have in mind for BCII students in 2-3 sentences. (required)Please note responses can be max. 400 characters

Tell us about your organisation/team/department, and how your challenge aligns with your organisational strategy. Please include why you are looking to tackle this challenge now. (required)Please note responses can be max. 900 characters

Why do you want to work with BCII students and what are you looking for in the team that tackles this challenge? (required)Please note responses can be max. 500 characters

What support will you provide the team during the IIP? Please include what support you can provide to students in accessing any existing research, access to stakeholders and the use of your workplace/platforms. (required)Please note responses can be max. 650 characters

What does success look like to you for this project? Who will/could benefit from the outcomes of the project? (required)Please note responses can be max 350. characters

Intellectual Property and NDAs

In accordance with UTS Intellectual Property Policy students own the Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the work they create through their studies, coursework and research during their degrees, unless a specific agreement to the contrary has been signed by them. This includes the IP in the report(s) they create.

If the organisation requires a non-disclosure (NDA) or confidentiality agreement to be entered into with the student/s, please provide a copy of the proposed agreement to TD School Partnerships team prior to the commencement of the subject to be shared with students. Please note UTS is not party to NDA or IP Agreements with partners. These agreements should be drawn up directly between partners and students.

By joining IIP as an industry partner in this subject, the organisation agrees (at a minimum) to acknowledge by name the student/s for their work if they decide to implement or display the ideas or information in any form, and we encourage discussion and agreement with students around such matters before the project commences.

If UTS staff and contractors received information from industry partners, they must keep this information confidential in accordance with the agreement between UTS and the industry partner for the subject, and their employment agreement with UTS.

Is your IP Arrangement (required)

student retained

assigned from student/s to company

Will you be providing a Non-Disclosure Agreement for students to sign? (required)

Yes

Working With Vulnerable Groups

When we refer to individuals from a 'vulnerable background or group' (Risk A according to UTS human research ethics policy), we include pregnant women and the human foetus, children, people in dependent or unequal relationships, those highly dependent on medical care, individuals with cognitive impairments, intellectual, visible and invisible disabilities, or mental illnesses, people involved in or affected by illegal activities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. These groups require special ethical considerations due to their heightened risk of harm or exploitation.

Students may engage with these stakeholders as part of their innovation project with your organisation - but only under the direct supervision of the industry partner, serving as observers rather than active researchers, to ensure ethical integrity and participant protection.

Please list if there are any other paperwork requirements that you will ask students to complete if they are assigned to your project?Please list if there are any other paperwork requirements that you will ask students to complete if they are assigned to your project? Please include information here to help students make informed decisions about requirements to undertake your project, e.g. Police Check, Working with Children Check (WWCC), Working with Vulnerable People Check (WWVP).

Multiple Choice Question (required)Does your project require students to work with vulnerable groups?

Yes

I understand the Project Lead from my organisation will need to make themselves available for compulsory sessions provided reasonable notice is given, this includes; the Partner Briefing (online), Meet the Teams (on campus), 1x Reframe check-in (format TBC), 1x final presentation (online), and regular meetings with the student team (in-person or online) (required)

Yes

This form has been submitted by (required)

The listed Project Lead

The listed Executive Sponsor

Other