The Australia-Korea Foundation seeks to strengthen the Australia-Korea relationship in ways that enhance mutual understanding and people-to-people links.

Key priority areas:

  • Strategic international relations that build linkages and promote public discourse on bilateral, economic and broader geostrategic issues
  • Trade, agricultural, and business collaborations including increasing Australian business literacy of doing business in Korea and vice versa (including relation to the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement)
  • Cross cultural collaborations that strengthen people-to-people links including diaspora
  • Technological, scientific and education innovation.

This scheme's UQ Indirect Costs rate is 0%, as noted in the UQ Indirect Costs Variation Register.

Global Partnerships provides the Global Strategy Framework. The Global Strategy and Partnerships (GSP) team welcome enquiries to identify potential partners in Korea.


Overview

Eligibility

Please consult the guidelines for the eligibility of your project

Funding
  • The estimated grant value is from $10,000 to $50,000 per year will be considered.
  • Co-contributions from applicants and other parties strengthen an application and are encouraged.
  • Grants cannot be used for the fixed or recurrent expenditure of your organisation, such as the cost of salary (including research assistants or administrative staff) and management fees, which would be incurred irrespective of whether this project proceeds. This includes fees for using equipment, facilities and other costs that your organisation may charge you. Grants cannot be used to contribute to capital expenditures such as equipment or computer software. For further details, please refer to the grant guidelines.

How to Apply

Step 1: Completing the application

Australia-Korea Foundation 2024 Grant Guidelines are available from the DFAT website. All applications must be submitted by the applicant electronically using DFAT's SmartyGrants online application form.

The GSP team will provide a letter of support template, application cover sheet template to be completed by the applicant, brief UQ capacity statement and information on UQ’s engagement in the country of your application upon request. Please allow 10 days for the GSP team to process the letter of support. Letter of support will be issued after the signed cover sheet is received by the GSP team. 

Step 2: GSP internal review and feedback

If you require a review from GSP on compliance and feedback, please email your application to the GSP team by 11 August 2024.

Key dates

Apply directly to DFAT using the SmartyGrants online application form by 3pm AEST on 21 August 2024.

Email the Global Strategy Partnerships team to request a letter of support and to review your application for eligibility and compliance (if required) by COB 12 August 2024.