Eligibility
The Tropical North Queensland Innovation Awards (TNQiA) recognise businesses of any size, including subsidiaries and divisions of multi-national businesses, government departments, agencies and local government bodies, not for profit and community businesses who are located in Tropical North Queensland.
All entries to the TNQiA awards must:
- be a business, Government entity, educational institute, incorporated business, not for profit business, individual or other;
- be located in the Tropical North Queensland area, comprising all local government areas from Cassowary Coast to the Torres Strait, including:
- Aurukun Shire
- Burke Shire
- Cairns Regional Council
- Carpentaria Shire
- Cassowary Coast Regional Council
- Cook Shire
- Croydon Shire
- Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire
- Douglas Shire
- Etheridge Shire
- Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire
- Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire
- Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire
- Mapoon Aboriginal Shire
- Mareeba Shire
- Mornington Shire
- Napranum Aboriginal Shire
- Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council
- Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire
- Tablelands Regional Council
- Torres Shire
- Torres Strait Island Regional Council
- Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire
- Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire
- if requested agree to be available for a selection interview with judges and/or to provide further information to clarify the eligibility or evidence that the innovation is viable;
- agree to be named and mentioned in subsequent media releases;
- be available for media and public relations opportunities to assist the promotion of the Awards in the following year;
- provide evidence if required that any designs cited are the original work of the entrant, and does not infringe on any current patents; and
- be submitted via the online registration process.
Note:
- Judges and Members of the Steering Committee are not eligible to enter;
- Applicants can enter as many products and processes as they would like but only one per submission; and
- Patent searches may be conducted on applications submitted.
