2025-26 Maitri Grants and Scholarships


Grants

ID Applicant Activity name Category Amount
147 University of Technology Sydney Olympic Legacies & Urban Futures: Australia-India Sports Planning Alliance Sports $300,000
291 Sport Inclusion Australia Included Through Sport India - Capacity & Leadership Exchange project Sports $200,000
258 Australian Tourism Export Council India Host Regional Tourism Training Program Tourism $250,000
243 Forza International Australia Pty Ltd Eat Roam Relish: Kerala, India – an SBS series of shared food culture Tourism $200,000
292 Cricket Australia Australia Week – a series of Economic Roadmap events alongside BBL matches in India Tourism $390,000
372 Meat & Livestock Australia Limited India-Australia Red Meat Innovation & Excellence Program Agribusiness $250,000
266 Central Queensland University Smart Drone AI-Driven partnership for Solar Farm Predictive Maintenance Clean Energy $300,000
131 The University of Adelaide - Institute for International Trade Trade Policy and Standards Harmonization for Green Iron/Steel Opportunities Clean Energy $250,000
337 Australian Strategic Policy Institute Catalysing Australia-India Cooperation in Critical and Emerging Technologies Clean Energy $140,000
434 Industrial Biomass Enabling a clean energy growth pathway for the Indian steel industry Clean Energy $250,000
405 La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University The Language Link Project: Enhancing Australia's Indian Language Ecosystem Education & Skills $200,000
167 Musica Viva Australia ‘Back to the Roots’ show for Australian primary school students Education & Skills $100,000
377 Australia India Business Pty Ltd Australia-India Construction & Infrastructure Skills training Pilot Education & Skills $200,000
388 UniSport Australia Limited From Potential to Podium - Australia–India University Sport Partnership Education & Skills $315,000
254 Australia Indian Business Council Regional based business literacy initiatives to support ECTA and diaspora led business engagement with India Diaspora $200,000
439 Griffith University Diasporas and Dialogues: building capacity through community-based media Diaspora $250,000
218 University of Sydney A Partnership for Indian-Australian Music, Diaspora Empowerment, and Cultural Exchange Arts & Culture $180,000
334 State Theatre Company South Australia Sunda and Sahul: a cultural showpiece connecting our two ancient lands Arts & Culture $240,000
283 TarraWarra Museum of Art ‘I Live Under Your Sky Too’ collaborative exhibition Arts & Culture $200,000
168 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Fearless Nadia Legacy Project - Australian-Indian cinematic heritage Arts & Culture $400,000
382 Xentrix Studios Australia Pty Ltd Snick & Willow - Children's animated series - shared love of cricket Arts & Culture $200,000
295 Adelaide Fringe Festival Spoken without borders - growing creative institutional partnerships with India Arts & Culture $200,000
    Total 22 grants    $5,215,000

Scholarships

No Applicant Scholar Funding Roadmap Research summary
1 Southern Cross University Mr Bhagat Singh $269,350 Agribusiness Improving phosphorus use efficiency in rice for sustainable crop production
2 University of New England Mr Sai Aditya Bhukya $296,682 Agribusiness Enhancing drought resilience of Australian cropping systems
3 Western Sydney University Ms Nidhi Mehta $170,000 Agribusiness AI-Powered Mobile Robotics for Air Quality Sensing in Agriculture
4 Monash University Mr Swagatam Das $361,973 Agribusiness Evaluate the impact of targeted genome editing on plant responses to elevated temperatures
5 University of Queensland Ms Rajees Nirmala $281,089 Agribusiness Developing automated algorithms for accurate monitoring of ecosystems for sustainable carbon accounting
6 University of New England Ms Devika Murali $279,007 Agribusiness Investigate the mechanisms of soil organic matter stabilisation in diverse soils across contrasting agroecosystems in Australia
7 Griffith University Mr Shantanu Singh $366,000 Clean Energy Design and Control of a SiC-Based DAB Converter for Ultra-Fast EV Charging
8 University of New England Mr Amal Jyothy $279,007 Clean Energy Optimising agrisolar integration through modelling of economic and environmental impacts
9 Monash University Ms Deepali Singh $357,095 Clean Energy Converting renewable biomass into high-value platform chemicals currently
10 Victoria University Mr Sagar Rajopadhye $349,124 Clean Energy Place-Based Heat-Health Risk Reduction and Planning Tools for Australian and Indian Cities
11 UNSW Ms Nandana Manoj $206,000 Clean Energy Materials and processes for next generation sodium-ion batteries
12 ANU Mr Rohit Sinha $342,766 Clean Energy Clean Energy – Aqueous Proton Batteries
13 University of Melbourne Mr Aswin Unnithan $289,609 Clean Energy AI enhanced satellite data to measure links between rain fall and river flow
14 Flinders University Mr Sam Jacob $370,929 Clean Energy Exploring hybrid materials that convert mechanical energy and sunlight into electrical outputs
15 Curtin University Ms V. V. Arfitha $243,369 Technology & IT Designing algorithms for Next Generation Quantum Networks
  Total 15 grants $4,462,000