Deadline: 26 March 2020
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is seeking applications for Australia-India Council 2020 Grant Program.
The Australia-India Council seeks to advance Australia’s foreign and trade policy interests by building awareness and understanding between the peoples and institutions of Australia and India.
Objectives
The objectives of the Australia-India Council 2020 Grant Program are to:
- raise awareness of Australia in India, and of India in Australia, in a way that encourages further growth in relations between the two countries, including in the trade and investment relationship;
- promote exchange and collaboration between Australian and Indian organisations in fields of relevance to the bilateral economic partnership;
- deliver high quality programs that demonstrate Australia’s economic credentials and technical excellence to influential audiences in India;
- seek community involvement in, and private sector support for Australian engagement with India including by encouraging corporate investment in collaborations that advance Australia-India relations;
- promote examples of successful bilateral relationship.
Priorities
The Australia-India Council is looking for high quality applications that foster ground-breaking collaboration that catalyses positive bilateral engagement and improves perceptions in both directions. In 2020, priority will be given to projects that:
- support the recommendations of the India Economic Strategy: an ambitious plan to transform Australia’s economic partnership with India out to 2035;
- address an identified gap or need; and
- are co-funded by industry or that work to produce commercial collaborations; or demonstrate a path to continuing in future years without government funding.
Key priority sectors of the 2020 AIC grant program and as identified in the India Economic Strategy are:
- Education
- Agribusiness
- Resources
- Tourism
- Energy
- Health
- Financial Services
- Infrastructure
- Sport
- Science and Innovation
Key project deliverables for successful applicants will be to:
- further the aims of the Australia-India Council including publicising the impact of the project;
- report project outcomes and expenditure;
- produce a one to two-page policy paper to inform government on key considerations relevant to the grant topic, including key learnings, future challenges, opportunities or needs, and recommendations.
Funding Information
- The AIC grant process is very competitive and not all projects that satisfy the guidelines can be funded. In 2020, between $600,000 and $700,000 in total is expected to be available for AIC grants, subject to appropriation.
- Grants will be provided to a number of small and medium projects (up to a maximum of $150,000 each) that demonstrate a clear capacity to maximise impact by fostering ground-breaking collaborations that catalyse positive bilateral engagement.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible you must be:
- one of the following entity types:
- an Australian entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN), or Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN)
- a consortium with a lead organisation
- a 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
- an Australian citizen or permanent resident; and
- willing to provide or develop child protection guidelines for your project if it involves people under the age of 18 years.
- Applications from consortia are acceptable, provided you have a lead applicant who is the main contact and driver of the project, and is eligible 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. Only one application per university or institution will be eligible for approval.
You are not eligible to apply if you are:
- not an Australian citizen, a permanent resident of Australia or an Australian organisation or;
- a previous applicant who has failed to provide a full and proper acquittal of an earlier IRGP grant;
- you may provide an interim report with the agreement of the relevant Secretariat where existing grant funding will be expended prior to the commencement of the new grant requested.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted electronically via given website.
For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3879WzE