The Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) in partnership with the Australian Government, seeks to identify a delivery provider to develop an underwater image-based survey platform for the surveillance and monitoring of crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) as part of the COTS Control Innovation Program (CCIP).

Expressions of interest (EOI) are invited from both Australian and international applicants with expertise in development of marine robotics for use in coral reef environments. Successful applicants will be invited to work in collaboration with other CCIP research partners to integrate the survey platform with machine learning tools and cloud-based workflows. Please see the Key Documents for further details.

Applications open on Monday 21 February 2022 and will close at 11.45pm AEST, Monday 21 March 2022.

Applicants should submit their documentation via the portal by the due date.