Deadline: 29-Sep-24
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural Australia-India Strategic and Technology Policy Initiative (SATPI) grant round.
The Australia-India Strategic and Technology Policy Initiative (SATPI, the program) is a new, multi-year grants program administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In broad terms, it seeks to encourage collaboration between Australian and Indian research organisations and to promote greater understanding of strategic and technology policy matters, so that Australia and India may better address shared challenges and work together on shared opportunities in this space.
Program Objectives
- The objectives of the program are:
- to advance the Australia-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (Objective 1); and
- to address shared Australia-India strategic and technology issues and interests in the Indo-Pacific region (Objective 2).
Program Grant Streams
- SATPI comprises three distinct grant streams:
- Grant Stream 1: SATPI Flagship Grant
- Funding in this stream will comprise a single grant of up to $500,000 per financial year for the establishment and delivery of an annual 1.5 Track Strategic Dialogue between Australia and India (the Dialogue). The Dialogue is intended to include representatives from government, academia, think tanks, the strategic community, industry representatives and policy makers and provide a forum to share perspectives and policy solutions on challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region. The first iteration of the Dialogue is scheduled to take place in 2024.
- The successful grant recipient for Grant Stream 1 will be required to establish and deliver the Dialogue in close consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Government of India’s delivery partner (expected to be the India Council of World Affairs).
- Applications for this stream must meet SATPI’s Program Objectives, and must satisfy Outcome 1. Grant applications in Grant Stream 1 may be strengthened by demonstrating how other program outcomes are achieved (Outcomes 2-5).
- Grant Stream 2 (Major grants) and Grant Stream 3 (Minor grants)
- Grant Stream 2 and Grant Stream 3 offer funding for grant activities other than the delivery and establishment of the 1.5 Track Strategic Dialogue. Grant Stream 2 (Major grants) refers to larger grants of between $250,000 to $500,000 per financial year for the grant period, while Grant Stream 3 (Minor grants) refers to smaller grants of between $50,000 to $200,000 per financial year for the grant period.
- For Grant Stream 2 and Grant Stream 3, applications must meet SATPI’s Program Objectives, and must satisfy at least one program outcome (Outcomes 2-5). Applications in Grant Stream 2 and Grant Stream 3 may be strengthened by demonstrating how more than one program outcomes are achieved. Without limiting the scope of potential grant activities, activities for Grant Stream 2 and Grant Stream 3 may include:
- delivering conferences, workshops, training sessions, masterclasses and other events;
- delivering short-term (2-6 weeks) fellowships, residencies, secondments or other scholarship opportunities;
- delivering policy-maker and thought-leader exchanges and visit programs;
- undertaking research and publishing original, well-informed, research and policy recommendation papers; or
- other activities which would advance program objectives and outcomes;
- Grant Stream 1: SATPI Flagship Grant
Program Outcomes
- The intended outcomes of the program are to advance engagement and understanding between Australia and India on shared strategic and/or technology policy issues by:
- establishing and delivering an annual 1.5 track strategic dialogue between Australia and India (Outcome 1);
- developing policy reforms and recommendations (Outcome 2);
- enhancing bilateral and regional cooperation between Australia and India (Outcome 3);
- deepening linkages between Australian and Indian government and non-government organisations (Outcome 4); and
- fostering regional collaboration within the Indo-Pacific (Outcome 5).
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible you must:
- be based in Australia;
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or equivalent business registration number;
- be registered for the purposes of GST, if required by the Australian Tax Office; have an account with an Australian financial institution; and
- make a declaration that you do not have any outstanding reports, acquittals or serious breaches relating to any Australian Government funding. A serious breach is one that has resulted, or warrants, the termination of an agreement.
- and be one of the following entity types:
- a company incorporated in Australia;
- a company incorporated by guarantee;
- a foreign company registered in Australia as per the definition in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001;
- an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust; an incorporated association;
- a partnership;
- a joint (consortia) application with an Australian lead organisation and an Indian partner organisation (should a joint (consortia) application succeed, the Australian lead organisation will enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth, represented by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Joint (consortia) applications must identify all members of the proposed consortium, and include a signed letter from each proposed member indicating endorsement of the application);
- a not-for-profit organisation;
- a research organisation; or
- an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.
For more information, visit Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.