Australia-Indonesia Institute Grants Program - 2025-26 Grants Round

The annual AII Grants Round seeks to strengthen the Australia-Indonesia relationship in ways that enhance mutual understanding and people-to-people links, through a focus on key thematic areas. 

Key Themes of the 2025-26 AII Grants Round are:

• Language, Culture and the Arts;
• Sport; 
• Climate Resilience;
• and Economic Cooperation. 

Cross-cutting considerations for the 2025-26 AII Grants Round opportunity are: proposals from First Nations Australians (FNA) / FNA organisations, including those that showcase Australia’s First Nations culture, arts, sports engagement and climate adaptation approaches, and proposals that include advancing gender equality, disability equity and social inclusion through language, culture, the arts, sport and climate resilience, are encouraged.

The objectives of the AII Grants Round are:

• develop partnerships, raise awareness and build capability in areas of shared interest;
• increase public awareness of Australia in Indonesia, and of Indonesia in Australia, and the importance of the bilateral relationship across a broad audience;
• and increase Australians’ capacity to effectively engage with Indonesia and Indonesians’ ability to effectively engage with Australia.

The intended outcomes of the AII Grants Round are:

• strengthened bilateral relationship and enhanced capability in areas of mutual interest;
• strengthened networks, collaboration and connections between Australian and Indonesian institutions and communities to build understanding, trust and influence;
• enhanced Australian reputation and reach in Indonesia through the promotion of language, culture, creativity, sports, and innovation;
• increased Australian understanding of the cultures and opportunities in Indonesia, and Indonesian understanding of modern, multicultural, multifaith Australia.

To be eligible you must:

• Be one of the following entity types:
  • an Australian entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN),
  • Australian Company Number (ACN),
  • or Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN)
  • an Australian consortium with a lead organisation
  • an Australian registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
  • an Australian local government body
  • an Australian State/Territory government body
  • a Corporate Commonwealth entity
  • an Australian statutory authority
  • an Australian or permanent resident of Australia
  • a citizen or organisation from Indonesia
• be willing to provide or develop child protection guidelines that meet the Child Protection Policy | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (dfat.gov.au) for your grant project if it involves contact with people under the age of 18 years.
• complete the Grant Eligibility Checklist at Appendix B
• satisfy all the eligible grant activities and eligible expenditure listed in Sections 5.1 and 5.2
• submit all the attachments listed in Section 7.1

For applications from consortia, you must: have a lead applicant who is the main driver of the grant project and is eligible as per the list above.

Individuals who intend the grant to be administered by a university or organisation should apply on behalf of the university / organisation, i.e. your university / organisation is the applicant. Note: the AII Grants Round is not intended to fund academic research. Refer to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 for further details.