2024 Strategic Policy Grants Program

Following consideration in a highly competitive round, Defence will award up to $4.488 million in grant funding under the 2024 Strategic Policy Grants Program to 16 successful applications, across 14 entities.

The successful applications directly align with the strategic priorities, initially outlined in the Defence Strategic Review 2023, including deterrence and national resilience, cyber domain capabilities, Indo-Pacific relations and partnerships, Defence workforce, and Defence’s international relations.

This year’s grant recipients are:

• Asia Society Australia
• Australia India Institute (AII), The University of Melbourne
• Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)
• Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
• Bond University
• FrontierSI
• L21 Pty Ltd
• Macquarie University
• Observer Research Foundation America
• RMIT University
• The University of Adelaide
• The Australian National University (ANU)
• The International Institute for Strategic Studies (Asia) Ltd (IISS Asia)
• The United States Studies Centre (USSC), The University of Sydney

​Defence’s annual Strategic Policy Grants Program aims to deepen public debate relevant to Australia’s strategic circumstances and inform Defence’s policy advice through high-quality independent research and events.

 For future Strategic Policy Grants Program opportunities, please visit www.defence.gov.au/programs-initiatives/strategic-policy-grants-program or GrantConnect at www.grants.gov.au/.