Welcome to Western Australia – a place where breathtaking landscapes meet a legacy of healthcare innovation. Our state is not only home to natural wonders (and adorable quokkas) but also world-class research and enterprise that’s making a global impact in health and medical life sciences.
WA’s capital Perth is a city that attracts visionary thinkers and leading enterprises from around the world. With its pristine beaches, expansive natural beauty, and renowned wineries just 25-minutes from its CBD, Perth has earned a reputation for its relaxed lifestyle and exceptional quality of life.
But we are proud to say that WA is more than just a great place to live – it’s a place where collaboration and innovation thrive.
Western Australia is a hub of world-class medical research, supported by a skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem. The state is home to five universities, including three with medical schools, and numerous prestigious research institutes. With advanced research infrastructure like Genomics WA and the Australian National Phenome Centre, WA is at the forefront of ‘omics’ technologies and metabolic phenotyping. Additionally, the state hosts unique, well-established longitudinal and cohort studies, such as the Busselton Health Study and the Raine Study, which provide invaluable data for health research and innovation.
The Western Australian Government is dedicated to fostering growth in the health and medical life sciences sector through strategic investments, including the Future Health and Research Innovation Fund and technologically advanced healthcare facilities. WA’s combination of world-class research infrastructure, strong data science capabilities, and its emerging precision healthcare sector makes it an ideal environment for achieving scientific excellence, commercial success, and life-changing health outcomes.
Western Australia is more than just natural resources. Our innovation sector is supported by a dynamic startup ecosystem, with Spacecubed, Meshpoints and West Tech Fest just some of our outstanding support organisations.
Read MoreThe Perth Landing Pad supports international startups and scaleups to create global WA-based businesses.
Read MorePrograms like Perth Biodesign and Curtin Ignition help propel WA innovators forward, helping translate their ideas into products.
Training and Upskilling PathwaysThe WA FHRI Fund represents an exciting long-term, strategic approach to investment into elevating the state’s standing as a centre of excellence in health and medical research, innovation and commercialisation. The FHRI Fund releases funding programs in four cycles each year.
Read MoreDiscover the growing innovation ecosystem in Western Australia including startups, scaleups, enterprises and investors shaping the future through the Dealroom platform.
DealroomWe invite you to track the progress of Western Australia’s innovations via our Health Horizon Project Tracker LIVE FEED. You can view current projects in real time, follow projects, search sectors, capabilities, and innovators.
There are many organisations working hard to foster and support collaboration, innovation, and economic growth across WA’s health and medical life sciences sector. From investment and trade support to research funding and member-based representation, these organisations work to ensure WA remains at the forefront of global health and medical advancements.
The Department leads Western Australia’s economic development, international trade and investment, and tourism, and promotes the defence, international education, science and innovation sectors.
Find Out MoreInvest and Trade Western Australia is the ‘front door’ to assist investors and businesses to engage with established industries and gather critical information to make it easier than ever to do business in and with Western Australia.
In addition to its Perth Hub, Invest and Trade WA operates an extensive network of international offices across the ASEAN region, China, India-Gulf, North-East Asia, UK/Europe and Americas regions.
Find Out MoreThe Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund provides a secure source of funding to drive health and medical research, innovation and commercialisation and through these activities, improve the health and prosperity of all Western Australians. It also provides an opportunity to diversify the economy, create jobs, improve the sustainability of the health system and position WA as a leader in research and innovation.
The FHRI Fund scheme is backed by the State’s sovereign wealth fund. The capital of the fund will be preserved in perpetuity and only the annual investment income will be accessed. The capital balance of the FHRI Fund will continue to build through annual credits of one per cent of the State’s royalty income.
Find Out MoreThe Western Australian Government has invested $40 million into the New Industries and Innovation Fund (NIIF) over four years (2025-29) to boost the development and acceleration of innovation-based technologies and their take up in global value chains. The NIIF is administered by the Department of Energy and Economic Diversification.
Find Out MoreEstablished in 2021, Life Sciences WA is a collaboration of representatives from government, universities, research institutions, industry bodies and corporates who have come together to form one united body and connect the industry. Members represent all areas of the diverse life sciences ecosystem including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical technology, aquaculture, agricultural technology, research, intellectual property law and business consulting.
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