
JCU Connect Innovate with us Cairns Innovation Ecosystem Contributors
Cairns Innovation Ecosystem Contributors
- Courses
- Future Students
- Current Students
- Research and Teaching
- Partners and Community
- About JCU
- Celebrating 50 Years
- ALTAR
- Anton Breinl Research Centre
- Agriculture Technology and Adoption Centre
- Living on Campus
- Advanced Prawn Breeding Research Hub
- Advanced Analytical Centre
- Applying to JCU
- Alumni
- AMHHEC
- AusAsian Mental Health Research Group
- ARCSTA
- Area 61
- Australian/NZ Students
- Australian Lions Stinger Research
- Boating and Diving
- ATSIP
- Australian Tropical Herbarium
- Careers at JCU
- Association of Australian University Secretaries
- Careers and Employability
- Australian Quantum & Classical Transport Physics Group
- CITBA
- Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology
- Chancellery
- CMT
- CASE
- College of Business, Law and Governance
- College of Healthcare Sciences
- WHOCC for N&M Education and Research
- College of Medicine and Dentistry
- College of Science and Engineering
- CPHMVS
- COVID-19 Advice
- Centre for Disaster Solutions
- CSTFA
- Cyclone Testing Station
- The Centre for Disaster Studies
- Daintree Rainforest Observatory
- Diploma of Higher Education
- Discover Nature at JCU
- Division of Research and Innovation
- Division of Services and Resources
- Division of Student Life
- Division of Tropical Environments and Societies
- Division of Tropical Health and Medicine
- Economic Geology Research Centre
- eResearch
- ERC
- Estate
- JCU Events
- Financial and Business Services Office
- Fletcherview
- Foundation for Australian Literary Studies
- Gender Equity Action and Research
- GetReady4Uni
- Give to JCU
- Governance
- Information for JCU Cairns Graduates
- Graduate Research School
- Graduation
- JCU Ideas Lab
- Indigenous Education and Research Centre
- Indigenous Legal Needs Project
- IsoTropics Geochemistry Lab
- IT Services
- International Schools
- International Students
-
JCU Connect
- About JCU Connect
- Partner with us
- Innovate with us
- Research Grants, Tenders and Funding
- Ethics and Research Integrity
- Research Contracts
- Research Performance Reporting and Analytics
- Discover our Research and Testing Facilities
- JCU Ideas Lab
- Find an Expert
- Contact JCU Connect
- FAQs and Fact Sheets
- JCU Contact Information
- JCU Eduquarium
- JCU Global Experience
- JCU Motorsports
- JCU Prizes
- JCU Sport
- JCU Turtle Health Research
- Language and Culture Research Centre
- LTSE
- LearnJCU
- Library
- Mabo Decision: 30 years on
- MARF
- Marine Geophysics Laboratory
- New students
- Off-Campus Students
- Office of the Provost
- Office of the Vice Chancellor and President
- Virtual Open Day
- Orpheus
- Outstanding Alumni Awards
- Parents and Partners
- Pathways to university
- Planning and Performance
- Planning for your future
- Placements
- Policy
- PAHL
- Publications
- Professional Experience Placement
- Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Rapid Assessment Unit
- RDIM
- Researcher Development Portal
- Safety and Wellbeing
- Scholarships
- Contextual Science for Tropical Coastal Ecosystems
- Staff
- State of the Tropics
- Strategic Procurement
- Student Equity and Wellbeing
- Student profiles
- SWIRLnet
- TARL
- TESS
- TREAD
- TropEco
- TQ Maths Hub
- TUDLab
- Unicare Centre and Unicampus Kids
- UAV
- VAVS Home
- Work Health and Safety
- WHOCC for Vector-borne & NTDs
- Media
- Copyright and Terms of Use
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine
Below are entities and organisations which have been identified as key contributors to the Cairns Innovation Ecosystem.
Cairns Chamber of Commerce
The Cairns Chamber of Commerce is focused on making it easier for local business to increase exposure, take advantage of networking opportunities, and access information and services.

FNQ Angels
FNQ Angels is the first local angel investor network for locals to invest in local start-ups. The concept is about providing capital funding, mentoring, and business connections.
FNQ Food Incubator
The FNQ Food Incubator is a collective of food and drink manufacturers, marketers, business leaders, and entrepreneurs, providing opportunities and resources.

Ignite FNQ
Ignite FNQ aims to enable a regionally-connected network of innovation by providing the tools, support services and training to build capacity and capability.
TheMakers.org
TheMakers.org is a Not-For-Profit Maker Space that strives to give the community access to cutting edge technology, resources and know-how.
TheSPACE
TheSPACE believes that education, support, and leadership give you the tools necessary to rapidly turn your idea into a business.
Startup Tablelands
Startup Tablelands is a Social Enterprise to collaboratively create an organisation delivering programs that give Tablelanders an entrepreneurial mindset, skillset and opportunity.

TNQ Innovation Awards
The TNQ Innovation Awards recognise and reward progressive businesses, innovators and entrepreneurs from across the region.
YEP
YEP is a free service with the objective of encouraging entrepreneurship in the Cairns and surrounding region. The service is funded by the Australian department of employment.