Australia India Council Grants (AIC) 2020 Open now
Dear All
Greetings from Deakin University’s South Asia office!
The Australia India Council Grants for 2020 is now open. Given below are the priority areas aligning to the India Economic Strategy and also the planned timeline with last date of application being 26th March 2020.
For detailed information on guidelines please click on the link: https://dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/foundations-councils-institutes/australia-india-council/grants/Documents/australia-india-council-2020-grant-guidelines.pdf
Priority areas
- In 2020, priority will be given to projects that:
- support the recommendations of the India Economic Strategy: an ambitious plan to transform Australia’s economic partnership with India out to 2035;
- address an identified gap or need; and
- are co-funded by industry or that work to produce commercial collaborations; or demonstrate a path to continuing in future years without government funding.
Key priority sectors of the 2020 AIC grant program and as identified in the India Economic Strategy are:
- Education
- Agribusiness
- Resources
- Tourism
- Energy
- Health
- Financial Services
- Infrastructure
- Sport
- Science and Innovation
| Planned timeline | |
| Activity | Time |
| Applications open | 09:00 Wednesday 5 February 2020 (Canberra time, UTC +11) |
| Applications close | 14:00 Thursday 26 March 2020 (Canberra time, UTC +11) |
| Assessment of applications | 9-12 weeks |
| Approval of outcomes of selection process | July 2020 |
| Negotiations and award of grant agreements | July 2020 |
| Notification to unsuccessful applicants | July 2020 |
| Project activity to commence | Before June 2021 |
Please let me know if you need any further information and I shall be happy to help assist.
Kind Regards
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Gayathri Vedanarayanan
Senior Manager – Research Partnerships (South Asia)
Deakin University, Australia
Unit 203, Square One, Saket District Place, Saket, New Delhi – 110017
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