Open Call: Supporting an Equitable and Just Energy Transition (Indonesia and Australia)

The KONEKSI Joint Call is an initiative designed to forge partnerships that generate knowledge to support innovation. The scheme is jointly funded, designed and delivered as a special initiative by the Government of Indonesia and the Australian Government. It aims to support partnerships between Australian and Indonesian institutions to carry out and disseminate high-quality, multidisciplinary applied research on priorities of the Indonesian Government.

The objective of the KONEKSI grant program is to provide funding for innovative research and initiatives which strengthen Australia’s research and institutional links with Indonesia and deepen mutual understanding and cooperation between Australia and Indonesia.

Purpose

• The purpose of the program is to increase the use of knowledge-based solutions for inclusive and sustainable policies and technologies.

Objectives

• The main objectives of the Kemdiktisaintek–KONEKSI Joint Call for Proposals are to:
  • Identify the socio-economic impacts of energy transition on communities and model approaches to ensure sustainable growth, job creation and equitable benefits from energy transition and partnerships.
  • Explore potential sustainable technology solutions, including developing alternative energy governance frameworks to ensure meaningful participation in decision making by government, the private sector, civil society and the community. This may include co-development of local solutions using local knowledge and resources to ensure affordability, accessibility and sustainability of renewable and clean energy innovations and approaches in different locations across Indonesia.
  • Contribute to the development and strengthening of national and local policies and regulations to inform the implementation of effective and equitable energy transition.
  • Explore the role of innovative blended finance mechanisms in promoting greater access to finance and broadening participation for vulnerable groups (including women and people with disability) in the market transition towards net zero. This may include technology and opportunities for high-quality climate finance.
• This collaborative grant scheme will enable new and strengthened partnerships between Indonesian and Australian knowledge organisations that ensure:
  • the generation of rigorous evidence to inform the design and development of technologies that will lead to inclusive, innovative and sustainable energy systems and services for all populations.
  • that vulnerable communities (including women and people with disability) understand, have access to, benefit from and can capitalise on energy transition development.
  • that communities, industry and government are empowered to take positive action, coordinate, and implement energy transition initiatives.

Focus Areas

• This grant opportunity is designed to support energy transition in the following target areas:
  • Developing inclusive technology solutions.
  • Advancing inclusive workforce and participation and access to community financing.
  • Building inclusive social and environmental safeguards and processes.

Funding Information

• For the Supporting an Equitable and Just Energy Transition in Indonesia, the maximum threshold of funding for any individual project will be up to AUD300,000 (Bertunas/Seeding), AUD400,000 (Bertumbuh/Growing) or AUD500,000 (Berbuah/Flourishing).

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications must be comprised of a partnership between one Australian and one Indonesian principal institution.
• An application must be submitted collaboratively by an Australian and an Indonesian principal organisation.
• Eligibility criteria for the Principal Organisation are as follows:
  • Must meet the Secretariat due diligence requirements and have the administrative and financial capacity to make the necessary disbursements to all other project partners.
  • Must be based either in Australia or Indonesia. Australian higher education institutions based in Indonesia are still considered Australian institutions.
  • To be an Australian Principal Organisation, you must be one of the following entity types:
    • Australian research entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN), Australian Company Number (ACN) or Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN)
    • Australian entity/company with an Australian Business Number (ABN), Australian Company Number (ACN) or Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN)
    • Australian registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
    • Australian local government agency/body
    • Australian federal/state/territory agency/body
    • Australian statutory authority.
  • To be an Indonesian Principal Organisation, you must be an Indonesian Higher Education institution under Kemdiktisaintek.
  • Requirements for Indonesian Principal Investigator:
    • Must be an Indonesian citizen (WNI), hold a doctoral degree (S3), be a permanent lecturer until the end of the project period, and not be currently studying.
    • Must have a research track record relevant to the proposed research. Team members must have either a relevant research track record or clearly defined roles in the research project where their skill sets provide added value.
    • At the proposal stage, the Indonesian principal investigators and the research team members must submit curricula vitae with their research track record.
• Eligibility criteria to be a Partner Organisation are as follows:
  • Must be relevant to and involved in the project.
  • Must be based in Australia or Indonesia.
  • Must be one of the following entity types:
    • an Indonesian research entity with appropriate legal registration, for example a university, civil society organisation, women’s organisation or Organisation of People with Disabilities (OPDs)
    • an Australian research entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN), Australian Company Number (ACN) or Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN)
    • an Indonesian entity/company with appropriate legal registration
    • an Australian entity/company with an Australian Business Number (ABN), Australian Company Number (ACN) or Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN)
    • an Australian or Indonesian registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
    • an Australian or Indonesian local government agency/body
    • an Australian or Indonesian state/territory/provincial government agency/body
    • an Australian or Indonesian federal/national government agency/body
    • an Australian statutory authority.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The Supporting an Equitable and Just Energy Transition in Indonesia will not support:
  • research that does not involve collaboration between Australia and Indonesia
  • research that is based outside of either Australia or Indonesia
  • research that is not applied research with clear impact outcomes.

For more information, visit KONEKSI.