Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership

Deadline: 5-Feb-21

The Australian High Commission New Delhi has announced the 1st grant round of Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership.

The next generation of technological developments merges new discoveries in physical, digital, and biological systems. India and Australia have a key role to play in contributing to the global development of critical and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), next generation telecommunications (5G/6G), Internet of Things (IoT), quantum computing, synthetic biology, blockchain and big data.

The Partnership’s 2020 grant program (Grant Round 1) will consider proposals for practical cooperation and collaboration on cyber and critical technology, which will help shape a global technology environment that meets Australia and India’s shared vision of an open, free, rules-based Indo-Pacific region.

Focus Areas

Grant Round 1 will prioritise emerging and critical technology-related proposals that focus on the following areas:

activities that facilitate Australia-India research partnerships, in particular involving academics and think tanks, to strengthen understanding of ethical frameworks for emerging and critical technologies, and the development of best practice on translating ethical frameworks (including existing global frameworks like the G20 AI Principles) into practical action;
initiatives that encourage the development of technical critical technology standards that advance Australia and India’s interests, and enable more meaningful engagement in international standards discussions; and
research on the trends shaping the global and technology marketplace or that assesses the opportunities and effectiveness of ethical frameworks or technical standards for emerging and critical technologies.

Funding Information

For any single grant proposal, the minimum is $150,000 per year and the maximum amount is $500,000 per year. Multiyear grants will be considered up to a maximum of $500,000 per year for up to two years from 2020-21 to 2021-22. Grant funding for activities in 2021-22 will be contingent on funding becoming available to DFAT under the AICCPT.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible you must:
- be located in Australia and have a partner institution that is located in India for the purposes of the activity; or
- be located in India and have a partner institution that is located in Australia for the purposes of the activity
Be one of the following entity types:
- a company incorporated in Australia or India
- a company incorporated by guarantee
- an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
- an incorporated association
- a partnership
- a joint (consortia) application with a lead organisation
- a not-for-profit organisation
- a think tank or research organisation
- an Australian state or territory government body
- an Indian sub-national government body.