Australia-Japan Foundation 2020 Grant Round

Overview

The Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) seeks to advance Australia’s engagement with Japan by supporting people-to-people linkages; amplifying and shifting perceptions of Australia in Japan to reflect contemporary Australia; and facilitating the promotion of the inventive, innovative capabilities that Australia brings to Australia-Japan collaborations across broad and ever sophisticated sectors. The AJF also seeks to bring to the fore, awareness of the ongoing vital importance of Australia and Japan on each other's foreign and trade policies by facilitating informed discussions. 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. To achieve its objectives, the AJF will prioritise high quality programs particularly, but not exclusively, across any one of the three cross-cutting themes: youth; gender, diversity and inclusion; and innovation. Applicants must have capability and capacity to promote their project to a wide audience such as through effective media engagement (including social media). Priority areas for 2020 are (in alphabetical order): Communication, Information and Advocacy Economic Diplomacy and Geopolitics Education and Australian studies Scientific innovation; and Society, Culture and Sport.