Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7128

The Australia-India Strategic and Technology Policy Initiative (SATPI, the program) is a new, multi-year grants program administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In broad terms, it seeks to encourage collaboration between Australian and Indian research organisations and to promote greater understanding of strategic and technology policy matters, so that Australia and India may better address shared challenges and work together on shared opportunities in this space. 

To be eligible you must:

- be based in Australia;
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or equivalent business registration number;
- be registered for the purposes of GST, if required by the Australian Tax Office; have an account with an Australian financial institution; and
- make a declaration that you do not have any outstanding reports, acquittals or serious breaches relating to any Australian Government funding. A serious breach is one that has resulted, or warrants, the termination of an agreement.

and be one of the following entity types:

- a company incorporated in Australia;
- a company incorporated by guarantee;
- a foreign company registered in Australia as per the definition in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001;
- an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust; an incorporated association;
- a partnership;
- a joint (consortia) application with an Australian lead organisation and an Indian partner organisation (should a joint (consortia) application succeed, the Australian lead organisation will enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth, represented by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Joint (consortia) applications must identify all members of the proposed consortium, and include a signed letter from each proposed member indicating endorsement of the application);
- a not-for-profit organisation;
- a research organisation; or 
- an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

From $50,000.00 to $500,000.00

Grant applications can only be submitted via DFAT’s online grant application system SmartyGrants. The grant application must be submitted by 23:00 AEST on 29 September 2024.