Grant Round for China, Japan and Korea has officially opened

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is pleased to announce that the grant round for China, Japan and Republic of Korea has officially opened. Applications will close on 4 April 2016.

The grant rounds seeks to encourage overseas projects and engagement by individuals and organisations interested in enhancing Australia’s bilateral relationship with China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Australia-China Council (ACC) - https://dfat.smartygrants.com.au/ACC2016-17

Website: http://dfat.gov.au/acc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/auschinacouncil  

Email: AusChina.Council@dfat.gov.au

About: The ACC supports projects across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and Australia, the grants are designed to provide seed funding to Australian organisations and individuals for proposals around education, economic diplomacy, arts and culture.

Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) - https://dfat.smartygrants.com.au/AJF2016-17

Website: http://dfat.gov.au/ajf

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ausjapanfoundation

Email: ajf.australia@dfat.gov.au

About: AJF grants are designed to provide seed funding to Australian and Japanese organisations and individuals for projects and programs that will deliver medium to longer term outcomes for the Australia-Japan partnership.  The AJF’s priority areas are: Communications, Information and Advocacy; Economics and Trade; Education and Science; Reconstruction (assisting communities of the Tohoku region to recover from the devastation of the 2011 earthquake/tsunami); Security and Regional/International Relations; and Society and Culture.  As 2016 is the 40^th Anniversary of the establishment of the AJF, the AJF will seek successful proposals for badging as 40^th Anniversary projects in 2016.

The Australia-Japan Publication Award is also open - https://dfat.smartygrants.com.au/AJFPublicationAward2016-17

 Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) - https://dfat.smartygrants.com.au/AKF2016-17

Website: http://dfat.gov.au/akf

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/auskoreafoundation

Email: Australia.Korea@dfat.gov.au

About: Projects and programs supported by the AKF help promote people-to-people engagement between Australia and Republic of Korea focusing on 4 priority areas, including trade diplomacy and geopolitics, technological and scientific innovation, building cultural understanding, and reciprocal Australian and Korean studies. The AKF welcomes multi-year grant applications to maximize impact.

Please see the attached flyer or visit the DFAT website for more information on open grant rounds - https://dfat.smartygrants.com.au/