Deadline: 28 March 2019
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is seeking applications for its Australia-Japan Foundation Grant 2019 to advance Australia’s engagement with Japan by supporting people-to-people linkages; amplifying and shifting perceptions of Australia in Japan to reflect contemporary Australia; and facilitating the promotion of the inventive, innovative capabilities that Australia brings to Australia-Japan collaborations across broad and ever sophisticated sectors.
The Australia-Japan Foundation also seeks to bring to the fore, awareness of the ongoing vital importance of Australia and Japan on each other’s foreign and trade policies by facilitating informed discussions.
The objectives of the Australia-Japan Foundation are:
- to increase awareness and understanding in Japan of shared interests with Australia;
- to increase awareness and understanding in Australia of the importance of Japan to Australia as an economic and strategic partner; and
- to increase recognition in Japan of Australian excellence and expertise.
Priority Areas
- Communication, Information and Advocacy
- Economic Diplomacy and Geopolitics
- Education and Australian studies
- Reconstruction
- Scientific innovation
- Society, Culture and Sport
Funding Information
- Between $630,000 and $730,000 in 2019-20 is available for this grant opportunity, subject to appropriation, starting in July 2019.
- Grant applications for a minimum of $10,000 or maximum of $50,000 per year will be considered.
- The Board will consider grant amounts of over $50,000 but not normally above $100,000; and multi-year funding of up to three years.
- It is anticipated that most grants will be between $20,000 and $40,000 per year, depending on the scope of the grant activity and its complexity.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible applicants must:
- be one of the following entity types:
- an Australian entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN), Australian Company Number (ACN), or Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN)
- an Australian consortium with a lead organisation
- an Australian registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
- an Australian local government body
- an Australian State/Territory government body
- a corporate Commonwealth entity
- an Australian statutory authority
- be an Australian or permanent resident of Australia
- or be a Japanese citizen or organisation
- and be willing to provide or develop child protection guidelines for their project if it involves people under the age of 18 years.
- be one of the following entity types:
- Applications from consortia are acceptable, provided applicants have a lead applicant who is the main driver of the project and is eligible as per the list above.
- Individuals who intend the grant to be administered by a university should apply on behalf of the university, i.e. your university is the applicant.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit https://dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/foundations-councils-institutes/australia-japan-foundation/grants/Pages/australia-japan-foundation-grant-guidelines.aspx