Current Grant Opportunity View - GO6851

The Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership (AICCTP) provides funding to support Australia-India collaborations that will help shape a global technology environment that meets Australia and India’s shared vision of a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific, where the rules-based international order is upheld.  

The focus areas of the AICCTP Round 4 grant opportunity are:

1. Initiatives that develop standards and ethical frameworks to address risks to international peace and stability arising from critical technology design, development and use.
2. Activities that promote diversity and inclusivity in the design, development and implementation of critical technology standards and ethical frameworks.
3. Activities that examine best practice in translating critical technology ethical frameworks and principles into policies and practical action.
4. Initiatives that explore how critical technology standards, ethical frameworks and principles can facilitate bilateral and regional trade (including digital trade) and economic opportunities in critical technologies.

You can apply for grants under any Commonwealth program, but if your applications for the same project are successful, you must choose either a grant under the AICCTP or the other Commonwealth grant. DFAT cannot consider your application if you do not satisfy all the eligibility criteria.

Who is eligible to apply for a grant?

 To be eligible the lead partner must be a research institution:

·       located in Australia and have a partner institution that is located in India for the purposes of the activity; or 

·       be located in India and have a partner institution that is located in Australia for the purposes of the activity;

 and be one of the following entity types:

·       a company incorporated in Australia or India;

·       a company incorporated by guarantee;

·       an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust;

·       an incorporated association;

·       a partnership;

·       a joint (consortia) application with a lead organisation;

·       a think tank or research organisation;

·       an Indian or Australian sub-national government body.

Please refer to the Grant Guidelines for the full eligibility requirements. 

$1,600,000.00

From $150,000.00 to $250,000.00

To find out more, including background on the program, eligibility requirements and how to apply, please visit the AICCTP webpage on DFAT’s website (https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/themes/cyber-affairs-and-critical-technology/india-partnership)