Call-for-Application: Australia-Japan Foundation International Relations Grants

Call-for-Application: Australia-Japan Foundation International Relations Grants

Submissions are now open for the Australia-Japan Foundation Grants to promote people-to-people links and a contemporary and positive image of Australia and support for the Australian Government’s international policy goals.

Upcoming Grants to Watch for in August 2024

Mark Your Calendars and Be Prepared to Submit Applications

The Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) seeks to advance Australia’s engagement with Japan by supporting people-to-people linkages, promoting a contemporary image of Australia in Japan, and facilitating informed discussion on key bilateral foreign and trade policy issues. The objectives of the AJF 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.
• Scientific innovation.
• Society, culture and sport.

Core Principles

• Gender equality.
• Recognition/inclusion of First Nations people.
• Recognition/inclusion of diversity.

Funding Information

• In 2024-25, up to $780,000 is available for this grant opportunity for both one-year and multi-year (up to three years) grants, depending on the quality and quantity of applications.
• Grant applications for a minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $50,000 per year will be considered.
• The standard grant period is one year.

Eligible Activities

• To be eligible your grant activity should:
  • contribute to the objectives of the AJF.
  • promote a contemporary and positive image of Australia in Japan and/or Japan in Australia.
  • address one of the priority areas (Communication, information and advocacy; Economic diplomacy and geopolitics; Education and Australian studies; Scientific innovation; Society, culture and sport).
  • relate to the project outlined within the application.

Ineligible Activities

• You cannot use the grant for the following activities:
  • capital expenditure, including purchase of real estate and vehicles.
  • purchase of equipment (for example, musical instruments, computers, videos, photographic or printing equipment).
  • the covering of retrospective costs or recurrent funding of activities.
  • activities which are already commercially viable in their own right.
  • activities which will provide commercial advantage to the applicant (e.g. promotion of the applicant’s own business).
  • costs incurred in the preparation of a grant application or related documentation.
  • subsidy of general ongoing administration of an organisation such as electricity, phone, rent, salaries (including for research assistants or administrative staff), honorariums or administrative charges levied by the applicant’s organisation.
  • activities for which other Commonwealth, State, Territory or Local Government bodies have primary responsibility for, such as:
    • academic research
    • assistance to business
    • development assistance projects
  • scholarships to individual students.
  • completed projects.

Intended Outcomes

• The intended outcomes are:
  • strengthened bilateral relationships in areas of mutual interest with particular countries and regions,
  • international networks, collaboration and connections between institutions and communities to build understanding, trust and influence,
  • enhanced Australian international reputation and reach through the promotion of the economic, creative and cultural, sporting, innovation and science, and education assets, and
  • increased understanding of Australians of the cultures and opportunities in each of these countries.

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 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.
    • an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia.
    • a Japanese citizen or organisation.
    • a well-established organisation in Japan with a business purpose to advocate for Australian business, education and/or cultural interests.
• be willing to provide or develop child protection guidelines that met the Child Protection Policy for your project 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 failed to provide a full and proper acquittal of an earlier Program grant.

How to Apply

For more information, visit Australian Government.

Deadline: 21-Aug-24