Building on the last two years of its implementation, in 2021, the Asia Education Foundation (AEF) will once again support existing Australia-Indonesia BRIDGE schools to strengthen or reinvigorate their partnership through the engagement of new and existing educators and the delivery of professional learning opportunities through Competitive Grant Support (CGS).
The grants of up to AU$5,000 per partnership aim to support existing BRIDGE School Partnerships to deepen their engagement and capacity to build a sustainable and prosperous partnership. This will include the involvement of new educators, building greater whole school engagement, providing further progressional learning opportunities, reenergising partnerships, the mitigation of challenges faced and increased teacher capacity training.
The 2021-2022 application round is the last round for this opportunity. We encourage BRIDGE schools to submit an application in collaboration with your partner teacher/school and seek guidance from team of Asia Education Foundation. Please be aware the application form involves both the:
- Proposal narrative (how and why this will benefit, support or reinvigorate your partnership) AND;
- Financial proposal for the use of grant funds (Up to AUD$5000)
Eligibility:
- All active Australia-Indonesia BRIDGE School Partnerships.
- Partnerships must have been established for at least 12 months.
- Re-partnered partnerships are eligible no matter when their partnership was established.
Selection criteria:
When applying for the CGS, both schools in the partnership should demonstrate how:
- CGS funds will be used to support new and and exisiting partnership engagement
- CGS funds will assist with greater sustainability of the partnership and increased wider school engagement
Application process:
- To assist in the application process, the BRIDGE team will hosted a CGS and LPP Information Webinar on 10 August 2021. Watch the recording here.
- Review the terms and conditions of the Competitive Grant Support.
- Discuss this opportunity with your partner teacher/school and develop your proposal for the use of the grant.
- Applications are available in online and offline formats pending the preference of each partnership. Should you wish to utilise an offline application form please download the application form from online application link and submit via sending to bridge@asialink.unimelb.edu.au. Should you wish to submit using the online format, please submit via the online application here. Only one application is required per partnership. Please reach out to the BRIDGE team should you have challenges submitting an online application.
- BRIDGE will then assess the applications and be in contact for further information and to advise of your application result.
Applications close 15 September 2021 with successful schools to be notified in early October 2021.
Find out more about the BRIDGE School Partnerships Program.
Acknowledgements:
The Australia–Indonesia BRIDGE School Partnerships Program is supported by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and implemented by the Asia Education Foundation at The University of Melbourne.