National Foundation for Australia-China Relations 2025-26 Grants Program

Overview

The Foundation’s grant program objectives are to strengthen risk-informed engagement with China in Australia’s national interest and to reinforce social cohesion by engaging our Chinese-Australians communities, showcasing their contribution and strengthening their voice and agency. The intended outcomes of this grant opportunity are to: facilitate dialogue that increases mutual understanding in priority areas that further Australia’s national interest, including arrangements that establish or strengthen relationships with counterpart organisations in mainland China, Hong Kong and/or Taiwan build Australian knowledge of and capability to engage mainland China, Hong Kong and/or Taiwan in our national interest, including fellowships or scholarships that improve language capabilities and lived experience support key Australian industry sectors to engage markets in mainland China, Hong Kong and/or Taiwan further climate change, net zero, green economy and clean energy transition outcomes showcase Australian excellence in, and enhance people-to-people links through, exchanges in culture, the arts, sports, education, academia, innovation, science, health, aviation, and tourism engage our diverse Chinese-Australian communities, showcase their significant contributions to Australian civic life, foster leadership and strengthen their voice and agency to engage in Australian civic life enhance understanding of modern and multicultural Australia by international students from mainland China, Hong Kong and/or Taiwan and connect emerging leaders in this cohort to Australian society, institutions or industry   promote media and public communication activities on the above.