About the AKF
The Australia-Korea Foundation 2012-2013 grant round
The AKF grants round 2012-13 will open on 13 February 2012. 2012 marks the 20th Anniversary of the AKF. To commemorate this significant milestone, the Foundation invites proposals that celebrate and showcase how seed funding from AKF is the past years has fostered enduring relationships between organisations and institutions which continue today. More information: Grants and funding
The AKF Scholarship Program 2012-13
Applications for the Australia-Korea Foundation Scholarship Program will open on 13 February and close on Thursday 12 April, 2012. The objectives are to develop a group of Australian graduates with a good understanding of Korean society, politics, economy, culture and the bilateral relationship and to increase Australia's capacity to engage with Korea; and to strengthen Australia-Korea relations through people-to-people and institutional linkages.
Brief history of Australia-Korea Foundation
Following head-of-government-level visits in 1988-89, the Governments of Australia and the Republic of Korea agreed to establish a group of influential members from the business, academic cultural and media sectors of Australia and Korea to identify new directions and areas of cooperation in the relationship between the two countries. The group — the Australia-Korea Forum — subsequently met in Canberra and in Sydney and brought down a series of recommendations aimed at broadening and strengthening bilateral ties, including a recommendation that each side establish a foundation to promote the relationship.
The Australia-Korea Foundation was established by the Australian Government in 1992.
Korea-Australia Foundation
The Government of the Republic of Korea also announced the formation of the Korean counterpart of the AKF, the Korea-Australia Foundation (KAF), in 1991. The Board of the KAF is composed of a number of prominent Koreans from government, academia and business.
Australia-Korea Foundation Annual Reports
- 2008-09 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2007-08 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2005-06 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2004-05 Annual Report (PDF)