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Maitri Scholarships and Fellowships Grant Programs 2025-26
Tender ID: 595084
Tender Details
Organisation:
Tender #:
GO7905
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
17 September 2025
Closing Date:
14 January 2026
Closing Time:
05:00 PM (Australia/ACT)
Tender Description
Maitri Scholarships
The Maitri Scholarships will support high-performing Indian scholars to complete Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies in STEM-related fields outlined in A New Roadmap for Australia's Economic Engagement with India such as:
- Agribusiness
- Clean Energy
- Defence Industries
- Health
- Resources and METS
- Space
- Technology and IT
at universities across Australia.
The Program aims to:
- promote Australia’s high-quality education and bolster Australia’s reputation as a destination of choice for top Indian students
- develop deep and long-lasting people-to-people and institutional links between Australia and India, and
- encourage and support greater research collaboration and linkages between Australia and India.
Maitri Fellowships
The Maitri Fellowships will fund Australian Organisations with experience in the Australia-India relationship to engage a Fellow to work on geostrategic or geoeconomic policy issues.
Funding will be provided under three streams:
- Inward Fellowship up to 12 months for Indian Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellows, Associate Professors or Principal Research Fellows to come to Australia
- Outward Fellowship up to 12 months for Australian Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellows, Associate Professors or Principal Research Fellows to go to India
- Two-way Fellowship up to 2 years for an Australian and Indian Fellow to collaborate in a Research exchange through their respective Australian and Indian Think Tanks.
The Program aims to:
- promote mature policy dialogue and public discourse on contemporary India by elevating research and policy discussion on Australia-India matters
- enhance Australia and India’s cooperation, networking and cultural connections through research academics and institutions, and
- generate research collaboration and foster innovative thinking that can inform Government policy development.
Location
Western Australia
:
Gascoyne
:
Goldfields/Esperance
:
Great Southern
:
Kimberley
:
Mid West
:
Peel
:
Perth Metropolitan
:
Pilbara
:
South West
:
Wheatbelt
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania