Australia-India Council 2019 Grant Round

Overview

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. The objectives of the Australia-India Council 2019 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 strategic 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, the Council’s diplomacy efforts including by encouraging corporate investment in collaborations that advance Australia India relations   –    publicise the Council's activities as a means of encouraging broad support for the Council's role and the bilateral relationship.   To maximise impact, the Australia-India Council is looking for high quality applications that foster ground-breaking and catalytic collaborations and improve perceptions. In 2019, 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; projects that address an identified gap or need; projects co-funded by industry or that work to produce commercial collaborations; or projects that demonstrate a path to continuing in future years free from government funding.