What is UTS Rapido?

Bridging the gap between academia and industry

Our professional engineers, R&D experts and skilled project managers collaborate with UTS world-class researchers, facilities and labs to deliver projects for our industry and social impact partners.

Through customer-centric professionalism and strategic engagement, we enable entry into a comprehensive university-wide engineering and IT innovation ecosystem.

 

R&D Innovation Hub

Our multi-disciplinary innovation hub offers professional R&D engagement and project management. Leveraging expertise in commercial R&D, research translation, academic knowledge and cutting-edge facilities, we ensure reliable research, testing, innovation and commercialisation of new products and services.

Projects range from comprehensive solutions to smaller projects, filling expertise gaps. We provide organisations with an outsourced R&D capability to generate business value, whether that's enhancing customer experience, optimising existing products and systems, or bringing new products and services to market.

 

Core R&D services

• Software engineering – We apply analytical thinking, engineering principles, methods, tools and techniques to the design, development and maintenance of bespoke software solutions.
• UX and digital solutions – We create value generating digital solutions by identifying the needs of your business, its market, and the end-users, and by designing, developing and deploying innovative solutions.
• Mechatronic engineering – We solve industry problems by designing, analysing, testing, and manufacturing intelligent systems using mechanical and mechatronic engineering techniques.
• Research translation – We help bridge the gap between knowledge gained through research, and its application in policy and practice to help deliver market-ready solutions.
• Rapido Social Impact – We support our purposeful partners to expand their impact and help solve societal problems, by developing engineering and technology-based solutions on a low-bono basis: Rapido Social Impact

 

Professional R&D experts, engineers and researchers

• Trusted innovation: We de-risk university engagement through a dedicated R&D team, delivering on your innovation and R&D objectives.
• Expert collaborators: Our seasoned R&D engineers, are adept technical project managers, skilled in bridging academia and industry to boost business performance.
• University partnership: Engage with UTS, the leading young Australian university, focused on public good, and gain access to a university-wide, contemporary innovation ecosystem.

• Intellectual property rights: Typically, partners maintain ownership of the IP resulting from the projects they fund.

   

Grant access

Government funding can be complex and often, little understood. The good news is that government support for innovation in Australia is strong, and there are plenty of grants out there for businesses and individuals, often with significant matched funding amounts.

• Our team can help clients access Australian Government grants. 
• In 2022, 80 per cent of UTS Rapido projects were part-funded by grants.​
• Commonly accessed grants include: CRC, CRC-P, Growth Centre, NSW MVP, AMGC... etc.

 

Delivering industry and social impact

Whether you’re a start-up, an SME, a corporation or a NFP, UTS Rapido provides industry focused, engineering and technology solutions to develop cutting edge products and services.

• Our partners include: Start-ups​ / SMEs / ​NFPs /  ​Global companies​ / Academic teams​ / Individual researchers / Government partners
• Vertical expertise includes: AgTech, Biomedical and Health, Civil Engineering, Internet and IoT, Mining, Defence, Manufacturing, Public Sector, Retail Consumer and Fashion, SW, Social Impact, Transport