We know that great research changes lives, but only when it reaches the people who need it. That’s why our precinct enables practical research outcomes through strong partnerships, shared infrastructure, and a focus on commercialisation and implementation.
Knowledge + Collaboration =
Real Impact
Why research here?
The GCHKP is built for collaboration and grounded in purpose. As a researcher in the precinct, you’ll be part of an active community accelerating breakthroughs across health, science, engineering and technology.
Here’s what you’ll find:
- Embedded partnerships with Griffith University and Gold Coast Health
- Access to clinical environments, trial units, hospital data and ethics pathways
- State-of-the-art research infrastructure, including the Institute for Glycomics, ADaPT, PRECISE, and the upcoming HATRIC facility
- Opportunities to co-design and commercialise through startup programs and translational platforms
- Grant-ready collaborations with academic, industry and government partners
- A precinct-wide focus on social impact, applied science and community benefit
Whether you’re leading a research centre, starting a PhD, or commercialising an innovation, our ecosystem is designed to help you go further.
Ready to partner, pilot or scale
Your research?
We’re here for it!
GCHKP
Success Stories
Come and experience the ecosystem they’ve dropped themselves into, it’s incredibly powerful because of the people that are coming, the people you have access to, and the athletes you have access to. It’s not just an environment of opportunity, it’s incredibly positive. If you came and experienced that ecosystem, you’d find those two major pillars: access, and a really positive environment.
Clare Minahan – Associate Professor, Griffith University
When I think about the number of elite athletes we have at Griffith University, right here on our doorstep, and the way we can connect sports tech companies directly to them, it’s incredible. Add to that the semi-professional athletes at the Southport Sharks and the fact that sport is in the Gold Coast’s DNA. We’re so lucky to have an innovation precinct purpose-built to support sports tech, it’s a game changer.
Craig Rowsell – Director, Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct
The 2018 Commonwealth Games put us on the world stage for sport and innovation, and one thing about the Gold Coast is, once we’re on the world stage, we don’t get off it. That momentum sparked lasting legacies like the Health and Knowledge Precinct, along with other high-performance centres across the city. It all feeds off each other, and that’s how the best in sports tech find their way to the Gold Coast.
Tom Tate – Gold Coast Mayor
As a student passionate about advanced medical research and its potential to transform lives, the Precinct offers an ideal environment for connecting with like-minded and leading individuals. The people here are proactive, always ready to offer support and inspiration, making it a fantastic place for someone like me who is just starting.
Dennis Nguyen – Student
Griffith University
Coming back from the US, where we work very closely with the world-renowned Texas Heart Institute, to see the expansion of the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct made it really attractive for us to bring our technology back here to work with a world-leading laboratory at Griffith.
