We recognise and appreciate the expert external assessors and scientific advisors who supported the inaugural 2018-2021 funding rounds:

Dr Matthew Anstey (University of western australia)

Professor Hans Bachor (australian National university)

Dr Suman Raj Bista (queensland univeristy of technology)

Professor Claudine Bonder (UniSA)

Professor Peter Christen (Australian national university)

Dr Ian Dagley (Department of defence and Cooperative research centre for polymers)

Dr Bronwyn Evans, PhD, Hon FIEAust, FTSE, CPEng

Professor Graham Farquhar, AO, FAA, FRS, NAS (australian national university)

Mr Christopher Fenwicke (Yumbah aquaculture)

Professor Elizabeth Gardiner (Australian national university)

Professor Saman K. Halgamuge (university of melbourne)

Professor Kerry Hourigan (Monash university)

Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC (Australian National university)

Mr Kadowaki Takuya (engineering advancement association, Japan)

Mr Darren Kindrachuk (lendlease)

Dr Kono Takumi (engineering advancement association, Japan)

Professor Imogen Mitchell (Australian National university)

Dr Nakano Shohei (Japan Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment (JAAME))

Professor Nakasuka Shinichi (university of tokyo)

Dr Antoine Pasquali (cross compass)

Prof Gordon Robertson (university of Queensland)

Ms Enora Rogers (USA).

Professor Klaus-Martin Schulte MD (Australian National University)

Mr Bob Seidler AM

Professor Sugita Naohiku (university of tokyo)

Dr Juan Felipe Torres (Australian National University)

Dr Uchida Takahiro , M.D. Ph.D., MSc. (Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development, Inc.)

Professor Zhiguo Yuan AM (university of queensland)