Deadline: 6-Jun-23
The Australia Council is offering Fellowships in the field of Arts and Disability to support established, outstanding d/Deaf artists and arts workers, and artists or arts workers with disability.
Australia Council Fellowships of $80,000 support outstanding, established artists’ and arts workers’ activity and professional development for a period of one to two years.
There are nine Fellowships offered in the areas of: Arts and Disability; Community Arts and Cultural Development; Dance; Emerging and Experimental Arts; First Nations; Literature; Music; Theatre; Visual Arts.
Funding Information
- If you are successful, the payments will be made in two tranches: $75,000 on acceptance of the funding contract, and $5,000 on acquittal.
What you can apply for?
- You can apply for a range of different activity over the Fellowship period. Some examples of the activities they fund are:
- the creation of new work
- research and development
- experimentation
- collaborations
- skills development
- professional development and training
- residencies
- mentorships.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only individuals may apply to this category.
- You must be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident, and a practicing artist or arts worker.
- Applications for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Fellowship must come from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals.
- Applications for the Arts and Disability Fellowship must come from d/Deaf artists or arts workers, or artists and arts workers with disability.
Ineligibility Criteria
- You can’t apply for a Fellowship if:
- you have an overdue grant report
- you owe money to the Australia Council
- you are applying as a group or organization
- you received an Australia Council Fellowship awarded by any panel, board or committee of the Australia Council since 1996 (excludes Australia Council Fellowships for Early Career Artists 2012-16, Australia Council Fellowships for Established Artists 2012-16, and Music Project Fellowships 2007-2014).
For more information, visit Australia Council for the Arts.
