International Relations Grants Program: Australia-Korea Foundation Grant Round

Deadline: 30-Apr-25

Applications are now open for the International Relations Grants Program: Australia-Korea Foundation Grant Round.

The Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) is part of the International Relations Grants Program. The AKF seeks to strengthen the Australia-Korea relationship in ways that enhance mutual understanding and people-to-people links.

Objectives

• The objectives of the AKF are to:
  • increase public awareness of Australia in Korea, and of Korea in Australia, and the importance of the bilateral relationship,
  • develop partnerships, collaborations and people-to-people links (including with diaspora) in areas of shared interest in the bilateral, regional and global context, and
  • increase Australians’ ability to effectively engage with Korea and Koreans’ ability to effectively engage with Australia.

Priority Areas

• The priority areas of the AKF are:
  • Cross cultural collaborations including but not limited to arts, society, history, cultural events and sporting events,
  • Technological, scientific and education innovation,
  • Trade, agriculture and business collaborations, including increasing Australian business literacy of doing business with Korea and vice versa, and
  • Strategic international relations that build linkages and promote public discourse on bilateral, economic and broader geostrategic issues.

Funding Information

• In 2025-26, up to $780,000 is available for this grant opportunity for both one-year and multi-year (up to three years) grants. Indexation is not applied to multi-year grants.
• Grant applications for a minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $50,000 per year will be considered.
• The maximum grant period is one year for a single-year project or three years for a multi-year project. You must complete your project by the Activity Completion Date stated in your grant agreement. Following the grant period, an evaluation period of 60 days will commence.

Eligible Activities

• To be eligible the grant activity outlined in the application must:
  • contribute to the AKF objectives listed,
  • promote a contemporary and positive image of Australia in Korea and/or Korea in Australia, and
  • address one of the AKF priority areas listed
• Grant activities should have a long-term contribution to the AKF’s objectives and build sustained linkages with partners.
• The grant activity must take place in Australia or the Republic of Korea or both.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible you 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 organization
    • 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
    • an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia
    • a citizen of the Republic of Korea
    • an organisation in the Republic of Korea
  • be already based in Australia or the Republic of Korea
  • as part of your application, provide your project’s child protection guidelines that meets the DFAT Child Protection Policy if it involves people under the age of 18 years.

Ineligibility Criteria

• You are not eligible to apply if you are:
  • an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s website on the list of ‘Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme’
  • a previous applicant who has not provided a full and satisfactory acquittal of a project in an earlier grant round. This includes grantees from previous grant rounds who have current projects that have not been acquitted.

For more information, visit DFAT.