DEADLINE: AICCTP Partnership (Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology)

The AICCTP 2023-24 grant opportunity (Round 4) will support a collaborative model where Australian and Indian stakeholders combine knowledge and resources to advance and protect our collective interests in cyberspace and critical technology. Proposals can involve multistakeholder and cross-disciplinary partnership, which utilise Indian and Australian expertise. Proposals may engage institutions in other Indo-Pacific countries or be designed to be scalable and replicable in India and elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific.

Round 4 grant funding will prioritise emerging and critical technology-related proposals that focus primarily on the following areas:

1. Initiatives that develop standards and ethical frameworks to address risks to international peace and stability arising from critical technology design, development and use.
2. Activities that promote diversity and inclusivity in the design, development and implementation of critical technology standards and ethical frameworks.
3. Activities that examine best practice in translating critical technology ethical frameworks and principles into policies and practical action.
4. Initiatives that explore how critical technology standards, ethical frameworks and principles can facilitate bilateral and regional trade (including digital trade) and economic opportunities in critical technologies.

For any single grant proposal, the minimum grant funding considered is $150,000 and the maximum is $250,000.

DFAT anticipates that a total of up to A$1.6 million in funding would be available for AICCTP Grant Round 4.

Prospective grantees cannot use funding from other Commonwealth, state, territory or local government sources to fund your share of eligible expenditure. DFAT reserves the right to offer less funding than that requested by the applicant.