Australia-Korea Foundation 2017 Grant Round

Overview

The Australia-Korea Foundation 2017 seeks to strengthen the Australia-Korea relationship in ways that enhance mutual understanding and people-to-people links. The objectives of the Australian-Korea Foundation are to: increase public awareness of Australia in Korea, and of Korea in Australia, and the importance of the bilateral relationship develop partnerships in areas of shared interest in the bilateral, regional and global context increase Australians’ capacity to effectively engage with Korea. Key Priority Areas for the 2017 grant round are: Building cultural understanding Reciprocal Australian and Korean studies Technological and scientific innovation Trade diplomacy and geopolitics In order to enhance the relevance and diversity of AKF grant applications, achieving a better balance across the four priority areas, amongst all states and territories, project ideas are provided as examples. These ideas are given as examples only and other innovative applications within these priority areas are encouraged.