Maitri Grant Program 2024-25

The Maitri (“friendship” in Sanskrit) Grant Program has been developed to deliver the Maitri Grants and Maitri Cultural Partnerships programs aligned to the Centre for Australia-India Relations’ strategic objectives. The Program will deliver up to $5 million in funding to support grants that enhance economic, cultural and policy projects that benefit the Australia-India cultural and business relationship. 

Eligible grant activities may include:

• major events, residencies, exhibitions, and performances 
• workshops, round tables, focus groups, forums, and conferences 
• exchanges and secondments of personnel between Australia and India
• communications activities
• market research, including research commercialisation, and
• community engagement.

The intended outcomes of the Program are to: 

• advance Australian business knowledge and engagement in India
• enhance quality dialogue of issues relevant to the Australia-India relationship in both countries
• promote diverse Indian Australian communities, and
• support sector-to-sector, organisation-to-organisation, peer-to-peer relationships, and partnerships between Australian and Indian cultural and creative organisations.

The maximum grant period is three years, and grant activities must be completed by 30 April 2028. It is anticipated that most grants will be between $150,000 and $500,000, but this does not preclude some grants being more of less than this amount. All proposals will be considered under a value for money framework on assessment.