The Australia-India Strategic Research Fund AISRF is a platform for bilateral collaboration in science, jointly managed and funded by the governments of India and Australia. The objectives of the AISRF are to increase the interactions on leading-edge science and technology by supporting collaboration between Australian and Indian researchers in strategically focused, cutting-edge scientific research and technology projects, as well as facilitate India’s and Australia’s access to the global ST system. The priority areas for collaborative research projects in Round Sixteen of the Indo-Australian ST Fund are: i) Critical minerals processing technologies and methods; ii) Quantum computing and communications; and iii) Remanufacturing and product end-of-use recovery including electronic waste recycling. The call for applications for Round Sixteen will opens from 04 March 2025 to 11 April 2025.