Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO7189

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.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be registered for the purposes of GST
• be a permanent resident of Australia
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• be located in Australia

and be one of the following entity types:

• a company incorporated in Australia
• 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 registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
• a publicly funded research organisation 
• an individual 
• an Australian local government body
• an Australian state or territory government body 
• a Corporate Commonwealth Entity, or
• an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

$5,000,000.00

From $50,000.00 to $2,000,000.00

Applicants must complete and submit an application form in SmartyGrants to apply for grant funding.

Applications must be submitted by the application closing date.