International Relations Grants Program
The International Relations Grants Program (IRGP) provides grants to foster people-to-people and institutional links - bilaterally and regionally – in support of the Government's foreign and trade policy goals and to project a positive contemporary image of Australia.
IRGP grants support professional, community and institutional linkages between Australia and its partners on contemporary issues of shared interest including the arts, media, education, science, technology and social development initiatives such as health and sport.
The majority of IRGP grants are managed by the department's Foundations, Councils and Institutes:
- Australia-China Council (ACC)
- Australia-India Council (AIC)
- Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII)
- Australia International Cultural Council (AICC)
- Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF)
- Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF)
- Australia-Malaysia Institute (AMI)
- Australia-Thailand Institute (ATI)
- Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR)
- Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR)
Eligibility
There is considerable competition for grant money and individual grants generally do not exceed $30,000. Australian individuals and organisations as well as joint applications involving non-Australian individuals or organisations with an Australian partner are eligible. IRGP grants are managed in accordance with the Commonwealth Grant Guidelines. Grants are generally not awarded for:
- Capital expenditure including items such as real property, equipment or computer software;
- Activities that are properly the responsibility of other funding bodies or other government agencies (e.g. development assistance projects, trade promotion and academic research);
- Activities that are commercially viable in their own right or which give a commercial advantage to one organisation;
- Conference travel, salaries for research assistants or administrative staff; honorariums or administrative charges levied by the applicant's organisation; or
- Projects already completed.
Grant recipients
Lists of previous grant recipients.
Grant programs
Australia International Cultural Council (AICC)
Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR)
Australia-China Council (ACC)
Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR)
Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) Scholarships, Exchanges and Fellowships
- Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program
- Australian Studies Program
- Schools Exchange Small Grants program
- Saraswati Arts Program
- Residences in Indonesia for Australian artists
Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF)
Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF)
Australia-India Council (AIC)
How to apply for funding from the Australia-India Council