ASEAN-Australia Centre 2025/2026 Grants Programme
- Deadline: 12:00 noon (AEDT), 06 November 2025
- For more information register here (Q&A Session at 2pm – 3 pm (AEDT) on 14 October 2025)
- Who can apply: Organisations across business, education, cultural and community sectors
- Amount: Between A$50,000 and A$200,000 per annum
- Priority areas:
- Stream 1 – Creative industry initiatives to facilitate professional and creative exchanges, residencies and collaborations between Australia and the region, including, but not limited to, Australian artists with Southeast Asian heritage, and First Nations artists.
- Stream 2 – Projects that involve Australians of Southeast Asian heritage to advance engagement with Southeast Asia and increase awareness of the value diaspora brings to this engagement, including projects that promote and support engagement in business, higher education, science, sport and civil society.
- Stream 3 – Research (by private or public institutions) aimed at supporting Australian companies’ access to and understanding of trade and investment opportunities in Southeast Asia with a particular focus on projects that:
- investigate new strategies for Australian companies to engage with, export to and invest in Southeast Asia,
- disseminate case studies or research on resilient supply chains, trade diversification, skills exchange, or emerging sectors where Australia and Southeast Asia can collaborate for mutual benefit and
- draw on public and private data sources to measure and analyse the position of Australian companies in the region (including relative to likeminded countries), and present those findings publicly.
