Deadline: 24-Jun-25
Applications are now open for the Innovation Partnership Grants Program, the main activity under the Innovation Funding and Finance work stream and continues to be a critical feature of the A4I program.
The Grant provides evidence and learnings to inform policy discussions under the Innovation Policy Dialogue, connections into the Network of Innovation Actors work, and contributes to the Innovation Partnership work stream.
The Grant aims to provide targeted funds to scale already tested solutions that address emerging challenges or opportunities across Vietnam’s innovation system.
Theme
- The theme of this Grant call is: “High Tech Innovation to Address Climate Change Challenges in the Agriculture Sector for Inclusive Development”
- Specifically, under this theme, Grant Round 5 is looking for innovations, based on the application – and/or transfer of high technologies to address climate change challenges in the agriculture sector, with the ultimate goal to contribute to inclusive development.
- Further articulation of the theme includes:
- High technology: This Grant round adopts the definition of High Technology and related terms, such as High Technology Activities, High Technology products etc. from Vietnam’s Law on High Technologies. Some citations are as follows for quick reference:
- High technology means:
- technology with a high content of scientific research and technological development;
- integrated from modern scientific and technological achievements;
- creates products with outstanding quality and features, high added value, environmentally friendly;
- plays an important role in the formation of a new manufacturing or service industry or the modernization of an existing manufacturing or service industry.
Funding Information
- Total value of this Grant round is approximately AUD 2 million, with individual grant values awarded between AUD 300,000 and AUD 700,000.
- Grant projects are provided up to 24 months to complete the defined project scope, upon signing of the Grant contract.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will only be accepted from an existing partnership that includes at least one Australian and one Vietnamese organisation. Indication of the existing nature and duration of the partnership is requested.
- The Australia-Vietnam partnership may include additional partners.
- Eligible organisations may include any private, public sector, universities, research institutes, or civil society organisation operating in Australia and Vietnam.
- Organisations submitting an application must have no reason preventing them from operating in Vietnam.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Applications that include one of the following are considered ineligible:
- Partnerships established for the purpose of applying for grants under this mechanism (i.e. there isn’t a pre-existing partnership).
- Activities that have already received funding from other sources for a similar scope of work (e.g. as a duplicate funding source).
- CSIRO, the managing agency for this program, and its employees (to avoid conflict of interest).
For more information, visit CSIRO.