Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The ASEAN-Australia Centre's 2025-26 Grants Program is now open for applications, with $2.2 million available.
Organisations across the business, education, cultural and community sectors are invited to apply for funding to support initiatives that strengthen Australia's connections with Southeast Asia.
Applications are open across three priority areas:
- Stream 1 - Creative industry initiatives to facilitate professional and creative exchanges, residencies and collaborations between Australia and the region, including, but not limited to, Australian artists with Southeast Asian heritage, and First Nations artists.
- Stream 2 - Projects that involve Australians of Southeast Asian heritage to advance engagement with Southeast Asia and increase awareness of the value diaspora brings to this engagement, including projects that promote and support engagement in business, higher education, science, sport and civil society.
- Stream 3 - Research (by private or public institutions) aimed at supporting Australian companies' access to and understanding of trade and investment opportunities in Southeast Asia with a particular focus on projects that:
- investigate new strategies for Australian companies to engage with, export to and invest in Southeast Asia,
- disseminate case studies or research on resilient supply chains, trade diversification, skills exchange, or emerging sectors where Australia and Southeast Asia can collaborate for mutual benefit
- draw on public and private data sources to measure and analyse the position of Australian companies in the region (including relative to likeminded countries), and present those findings publicly.
Applications close at 12pm (AEDT) on Thursday 6 November.
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