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Undergraduate Vacation Studentships - Partnerships and Business Development

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Role highlights

- Get hands-on experience in a leading scientific organisation.
- Access CSIRO's world-class facilities and work with a supportive team to deliver solutions with real impact.
- Apply for a CSIRO Vacation Studentship today!

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Our Undergraduate Vacation Studentships are run over the Australian summer holidays and offer high achieving and promising undergraduate students the chance to collaborate with CSIRO researchers in our world class facilities.

Participation in a CSIRO Vacation Studentship offers access to real world experience that provide insights into future study and career directions. Many previous vacation students have gone on to pursue a PhD and build a successful research career within CSIRO, universities, or industry.

The Partnerships and Business Development team provides an enterprise-wide approach to partnerships and engagement with industry, government and commercial partners, aligned with CSIRO's strategy. Based in the Strategy and Engagement Sector and reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive (DCE), the team brings together Business Development (BD), Business Intelligence and Improvement (BI&I;), Commercialisation, Equity Portfolio (EP)



and Partnering Initiatives (PI) to support coordinated collaboration and commercial impact across the organisation and beyond.

Project title: Commercialisation in Action

Passionate about turning world-class science into real-world impact? Join CSIRO's Commercialisation and Partnerships & Business Development team and gain hands-on experience at the intersection of research, innovation, and industry.

As a Vacation Student, you will work alongside commercialisation professionals to help identify pathways for deep technologies to reach market. Your project will involve expanding CSIRO's commercialisation marketplace, supporting the development of a technology's business plan, conducting market intelligence and competitive analysis, and creating professional collateral that showcases cutting-edge research to industry, investors and other stakeholders.

This role offers a unique opportunity to build practical skills in technology commercialisation, market assessment, innovation strategy, and stakeholder engagement while contributing to technologies with the potential to solve significant global challenges.

Relevant Field/s of Study: Commerce, Science, Engineering

Location: Clayton (Melbourne), VIC
Stipend: $2,056.32 per fortnight
Duration: Placements are for 8 weeks between November 2026 and February 2027
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To be considered you will need

- To be enrolled in an undergraduate degree at an Australian university.




- Have completed at least 2 years (full-time equivalent) of an undergraduate course at the commencement of the studentship.
- A strong academic record (credit average or higher) and/or known capability in the field.
- An interest in applying science and technology to real-world challenges through careers in innovation, business, research translation, entrepreneurship, or investment.
- The ability to undertake a full-time placement for 8-12 weeks over the university summer vacation period.

Applications for these studentships are open to: Australian and New Zealand Citizens; Australian Permanent Residents; and International students who have full work rights for the duration of the placement (do not require visa sponsorship).

Appointment to this role may be subject to conditions including provision of a national police check as well as other security/medical/character clearance requirements.

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Platinum Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

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📌 Undergraduate Vacation Studentships - Partnerships and Business Development (Melbourne)
🏢 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation
📍 Melbourne