Australia-Japan Foundation Grant 2025

The Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) seeks to advance Australia's engagement with Japan by supporting people-to-people linkages, promoting a contemporary image of Australia in Japan, and facilitating informed discussion on key bilateral foreign and trade policy issues.

AJF review processes will give priority to applications that demonstrate one or more of the following core principles:

Gender equality
Recognition/inclusion of First Nations people
Recognition/inclusion of diversity

Global Partnerships supports the Global Engagement Framework. The Global Strategy and Partnerships (GSP) team welcome enquiries to identify potential partners in Japan.

Overview

Eligibility

Please consult the guidelines for the eligibility of your project.

Funding

The estimated grant value, ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 per year, will be considered. Funding requests of a maximum of $80,000 for a one-year grant, as well as multi-year grants of a maximum of $50,000 per year for up to three years, may be considered in exceptional circumstances.
Co-contributions from applicants and other parties strengthen applications and are encouraged.
Grants cannot be used for the fixed or recurrent expenditure of your organisation, such as ongoing salaries, fees or wages, which would be incurred irrespective of whether this project proceeds. Grants cannot be used to contribute to capital expenditures and the purchase of equipment. For further details, please refer to the grant guidelines.

How to apply

All applications must be submitted by the applicant electronically using DFAT's SmartyGrants online application form by 2pm AEST on Tuesday 6 May 2025.

The GSP team will provide a letter of support template, application cover sheet template to be completed by the applicant, a brief UQ capacity statement, and information on UQ’s engagement in the country of your application upon request. The templates and documents can be found under Key Resources on this page.

Please allow 7 working days for the GSP team to process the letter of support by Friday 25 April 2025. A letter of support will be issued after the signed cover sheet is received by the GSP team.

Addendum

From DFAT in relation to the federal election.