Tracking the initiatives, investments, and impact of the Quad

Data as of 15 July 2026

The Quad is often criticised for being dormant, even declared dead, for lapsing into summitry, and for drifting toward soft, non-security issues. Sceptics argue it has done too little to mount a credible challenge or alternative to China, falling short of the objectives it was founded to pursue.

This dashboard is an attempt to cut through that debate using empirical data. It maps every Quad initiative across six summit cycles, tracking where the grouping cooperates, what forms that cooperation takes, how much capital is committed and how little is verifiably disbursed, and how each initiative has performed against its stated goals. Every figure is drawn from official government sources.

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Initiatives

· Click any row for objectives, tangibles delivered, and sources
#InitiativeYearSummitDomainTypeScopeRating

A note on ratings: the one-to-five-star scores are indicative rather than definitive. Each reflects an assessment of the tangibles an initiative has delivered against its stated objectives, drawn from information available in the public domain, and is intended as a comparative guide rather than a final verdict.

Cooperation Landscape

This page maps the architecture of Quad cooperation and answers three questions. Where the Quad cooperates, across domains from maritime security to climate, health, and emerging technology. What forms that cooperation takes, from capacity building and interoperability to standard setting and supply chain resilience. How the two intersect, which you can explore using the dual filter on the left to cross-analyse any domain against any type of cooperation.

Cooperation by Domain

Note: some initiatives span more than one domain and are counted in each.

Strategic Portfolio and Scope

  • Thirty-seven initiatives across six summit cycles (2021 to 2026) mark a shift from a narrow maritime-security consultation to a broad programme spanning security, climate, infrastructure, health, and education.
  • Security leads with twenty-three initiatives across ten sub-domains, five in maritime and seven in critical and emerging technology, confirming the Quad has dispersed rather than concentrated its hard-power ambitions.
  • Climate (8) is the most ambitious public-goods agenda, spanning green shipping, clean hydrogen, ocean research, climate information services, and supply-chain diversification.
  • Infrastructure (5) offers a credible alternative to coercive connectivity financing and includes the five-star Cable Connectivity programme.
  • Health (3) has produced the most measurable human-impact initiative, the Cancer Moonshot, while Education and Exchange (1) remains nascent but strategically significant.

Cooperation by Type

Note: many initiatives have more than one cooperation type.

Cooperation Patterns

  • Capacity Building dominates with sixteen instances, nearly half the portfolio, reflecting a preference for institution-building over binding commitments or joint enforcement.
  • Interoperability (12) is equally central, reflecting sustained investment in aligning the procedures, standards, and systems of four sovereign partners who share no formal alliance obligations.
  • Resilience (4) and Standard Setting (6) signal an ambition to shape the region's technical and regulatory architecture through influence rather than mandate.
  • Data Sharing (5) and Monitoring (4) prioritise shared situational awareness over collective enforcement.
  • Supply Chain Resilience (7) has gained significant momentum, driven by three dedicated semiconductor initiatives alongside broader infrastructure and trade programmes, reflecting the Quad's deepening focus on strategic technology resilience.

Financial Commitments

What governments have disclosed — by initiative, domain, and country

Methodology Note All figures come from official government sources, including White House and US State Department fact sheets, Indian MEA, PIB and PMO releases, Australian DFAT and DCCEEW material, Japanese statements, and the US Development Finance Corporation. Commitments are recorded as announced, and disbursement figures appear only where a source confirms actual delivery. Other currencies are converted to approximate USD at the time of announcement. Click any row for a short summary and its sources. Non-government money is flagged where it appears: the 10 million dollar STEM Fellowship pool comes from private funders, and part of Australia's Cancer Moonshot commitment comes from the Minderoo Foundation. Many initiatives carry no disclosed budget at all.
Important Caveats First, the disaster relief responses for Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam are one-off deployments under the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Mechanism rather than standing initiatives. They appear here as funding commitments and not as separate entries on the Initiatives page. Second, the Quality Infrastructure and Critical Minerals figures are aspirational pledges and mobilisation targets, not committed spending. The large COVAX, Last-Mile, and CEPI figures are confirmed multilateral contributions, but they bundle the four members' money and, in the Cancer Moonshot's case, philanthropic co-funding alongside government commitments. Third, government sources rarely publish disbursement data, so a committed figure should not be read as money that has already been spent.
Aid & Grants
Aid and Grants by Domain (USD billions)
Note: includes COVAX, Last-Mile, CEPI and Cancer Moonshot (all confirmed disbursed/committed). Domains not mutually exclusive.
Aid and Grants by Member (USD billions)
Note: COVAX and multilateral health aid attributed to Quad Collective. Loans excluded.
Loans
Loans by Domain (USD billions)
Note: confirmed loan facility commitments (USD billions). Japan JICA $3.3B dominates.
Loans by Member (USD billions)
Note: Japan ($3.5B) and US ($0.8B) are the only loan providers.
Pledges
Pledges by Domain (USD billions)
Note: Quality Infrastructure ($50B) and Critical Minerals ($20B) mobilisation targets.
Pledges by Member (USD billions)
Note: both pledges are collective Quad commitments.

*Note

  • Attribution: where an initiative spans more than one domain, its commitment is reflected in every domain it spans. The domain amounts are domain-related and not mutually exclusive, so the bars may sum to more than the portfolio total.

Click any row for a short summary and its sources

InitiativeYearCommitted byAmount (USD)CategoryDisbursement / Delivery
Quad Vaccine Partnership2021United States (DFC)50 millionLoanDisbursed to Biological E.
Quad Vaccine Partnership2021Australia212 million + 219 millionAid$212M vaccine grant plus $219M for last-mile rollout.
Quad Vaccine Partnership2021Japan (JICA)3.3 billionLoanFully disbursed per Japan MOFA.
Quad Vaccine Partnership2021Japan–India (JBIC/EXIM)100 millionLoanFacility signed and executed.
Vaccine Capacity Upgrade (VAHSI)2021Australia100 millionAidMulti-country delivery per DFAT evaluation.
Quad Vaccine Partnership2021Australia77 millionAidVaccines and last-mile delivery, Southeast Asia.
Quad Vaccine Partnership — Pacific2021Australia407 millionAidExisting commitment for nine Pacific Island countries.
Quad Vaccine Partnership — Last One Mile2021Japan41 millionAidLast One Mile cold-chain grant aid.
Quad Vaccine Partnership — US Regional2021United States100 millionAidLeveraged through existing US programmes.
Quad STEM Fellowship2021Schmidt Futures / IIE10 millionGrantPrivately funded scholarship pool.
India Undergraduate STEM Scholarship2024India0.5 millionGrantFifty scholarships.
Quality Infrastructure Pledge2022All four50 billionPledgeFive-year assistance and investment pledge.
Last-Mile Vaccine Delivery2022All four2 billionAidCombined Quad pledge.
CEPI Vaccine and Pandemic Research2022All four524 millionAidCombined contribution to CEPI.
Vaccine Capacity Upgrade2022Japan100 millionLoanConcessional financing.
COVAX Advance Market Commitment2021All four5.6 billionAidDirect Quad contributions to Gavi COVAX AMC.
IPMDA2022All fourNot disclosed—Operational across three regions.
Green Shipping Taskforce2021All fourNot disclosed—No financial commitment specified.
Q-CHAMP — Off-Grid Solar Projects (ISA)2022India2 millionGrantDisbursed via ISA to Fiji, Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles.
HADR Mechanism2022All fourNot disclosed—No standing budget. See relief responses.
Cybersecurity Partnership2022All fourNot disclosed—No budget in government sources.
Infrastructure Coordination Group2022All fourNot disclosed—Coordinating body.
Cable Connectivity (CABLES)2023United States5 millionGrantProgramme operational.
AI-ENGAGE2023All four6 millionGrant6M awarded to 6 consortia.
Infrastructure Fellowship2023All fourNot disclosed—First cohort delivered.
ECA Memorandum of Cooperation2023All fourNot disclosed—No commitment specified.
QUIN / Investors Network2023All fourNot disclosed—Platform operational.
QIPORA2023All fourNot disclosed—Research cruises active.
Health Security Partnership2023All fourNot disclosed—See individual commitments below.
Health Emergency Preparedness Training2026All four50 millionAidRegional response training (2026 FMM).
US Infectious Disease Support2024United States84.5 millionAidCommitted to 14 countries.
Quad Cyber Challenge2023All fourNot disclosed—85,000+ participants in 2023.
Cancer Moonshot — India2024India17.5 millionAidHPV kits ($7.5M) + WHO GIDH digital health ($10M).
Cancer Moonshot — Japan2024Japan~27 millionAidCT/MRI scanners to Cambodia, Vietnam, Timor-Leste.
Cancer Moonshot — Australia2024Australia (+ Minderoo Foundation)AUD 29.6 million (~19.8M USD)AidEPICC programme expansion; AUD 16.5M gov + AUD 13.1M Minderoo.
Off-Grid Renewables for SIDS2024Japan122 millionAidRenewable support for island states.
Open RAN — Palau / Pacific2024All four20 millionGrantDeployment underway.
Open RAN Academy (Philippines)2024United States + Japan8 millionGrantAcademy operational.
Open RAN Academy (global)2024United States7 millionGrantGlobal expansion.
Undersea Cable Investments2024All four140 millionGrantPacific cable financing.
Cable Training Programme2024United States3.4 millionGrantProgramme extended.
BioExplore Initiative2024All four2 millionGrantEarly research phase.
Clean Energy Supply Chain Programme2023All four25 millionGrantActively deployed per 2026 New Delhi FMM Factsheet.
US Solar Manufacturing (DFC)2024United States (DFC)750 millionLoanLoans to Tata Power Solar and First Solar.
Energy Efficiency Initiative2024United States1.25 millionGrantEarly stage.
PNG (Enga) Landslide Relief2024All four5 millionAidCombined Quad relief.
Vietnam Typhoon Yagi Relief2024All four4 millionAidCombined Quad relief.
MAITRI / Quad-at-Sea / Logistics2024All fourNot disclosed—Pre-operational.
Myanmar Earthquake Relief2025All four30 millionAidOver $30M combined relief.
Ports of the Future2025All fourNot disclosed—Fiji project underway.
Critical Minerals Initiative2026All four20 billionPledgeAdopted May 2026.
Indo-Pacific Energy Security / Maritime Surveillance2026All fourNot disclosed—Formative stage.

Funding Architecture and Scale

  • The disclosed picture splits into three tiers, and the gap between them is itself the finding. The Quad's largest numbers are its softest commitments.
  • Pledges and mobilisation targets total roughly 70 billion dollars: the over 50 billion dollar Quality Infrastructure pledge and the up to 20 billion dollar Critical Minerals target. Neither is yet backed by committed or allocated funding.
  • Loan facilities form a second tier of roughly 4.3 billion dollars, dominated by Japan's 3.3 billion dollar JICA COVID-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan programme and 800 million dollars in US DFC facilities.
  • Aid and grants total roughly 9.9 billion dollars, but this figure is dominated by COVID-era multilateral health flows: COVAX (5.6 billion), Last-Mile delivery (2 billion), and CEPI (524 million) account for over 8.1 billion of it.
  • Setting those three aside, discrete bilateral grants and aid — the money attributable to a single member and initiative — come to roughly 1.75 billion dollars across the entire portfolio, led by Australia's vaccine-era health flows.
  • The Quad's confirmed cash footprint therefore remains a small fraction of its headline figures.

Funding by Country, Domain, and Delivery

  • Australia leads individual member commitments at just over 1 billion dollars, including its 407 million dollar standing Pacific vaccine commitment folded into the Quad Vaccine Partnership. The United States follows at around 201 million dollars, then Japan at around 190 million dollars.
  • India's direct disclosed contributions stand at around 20 million dollars, lifted by its 17.5 million dollar Cancer Moonshot commitment. Its in-kind contributions — notably vaccine manufacturing through Biological E. — remain a significant non-cash input that the dollar figures understate.
  • Collectively attributed money — commitments made by all four members jointly — comes to roughly 8.4 billion dollars, almost all of it COVID-era multilateral health aid.
  • By domain, Health dominates at roughly 9.5 billion dollars. Security follows at around 226 million dollars, then Climate (~156 million), Infrastructure (~148 million), and Education and Exchange (~10.5 million).
  • COVAX (5.6 billion), Last-Mile delivery (2 billion), and CEPI (524 million) are confirmed multilateral aid contributions, not aspirational pledges: government sources confirm these funds were released and disbursed.
  • Disbursement reporting remains the biggest transparency gap. Where audits exist — the US DFC loan to Biological E., Japan's JICA emergency loans — they confirm delivery, but most commitments still lack public disbursement data, making independent value-for-money assessment difficult.

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