The Centre will provide Grants each year to develop, promote and strengthen understanding and engagement between Australia and Southeast Asia (encompassing ASEAN Member States and Timor-Leste) in support of Australia's national interests.

The ASEAN-Australia Centre ('the Centre') welcomes applications in line with the Centre's objectives and strategic pillars in the following priority areas:

1. Creative industry exchange initiatives to facilitate further collaboration between creative talent in Australia and Southeast Asia.

2. Cultural initiatives focused on creating market development opportunities to drive two-way trade, tourism, and business, and create cross-cultural connections between Australian and Southeast Asian institutions and organisations.

3. Grants for Australian researchers or institutions to undertake projects focused on practical efforts to strengthen Southeast Asia literacy in Australian business, government, the education and training system, and the community. Projects with a commercialisation objective and/or with industry partner involvement will be favourably considered. Joint projects with Southeast Asian partners may also be considered.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be a permanent resident or citizen of Australia
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• be located in Australia, an ASEAN Member State or Timor-Leste

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
• an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

• Email: aseanaustraliacentre@dfat.gov.au