Deadline: 3-Apr-23
The Alastair Swayn Foundation has launched its grant program to continue Alastair’s legacy, supporting and nurturing the Australian architectural and design community through the grants program.
The Foundation awards grants to individuals, groups and organisations that promote the advancement of architecture and design through research, education and exhibition.
Proposals must demonstrate a benefit to Australia’s architecture and design industries and a willingness to openly share the research findings with the Australian community. Head to Swayn Open Research for winning research projects.
Objectives
The Alastair Swayn Foundation encourages grant applications focused on architecture and design, which emphasise research and promote education, demonstrate vision and innovation, and which have potential for further development and long-term outcomes.
Funding Information
The Alastair Swayn Foundation encourages grant applications focused on architecture and design, which emphasise research and promote knowledge-sharing, demonstrate vision and innovation, and which have potential for further development and long-term outcomes.
- Design Strategy Grants -$10000
- The Foundation has identified areas of priority research in architecture and design. The priorities are designed to focus support for innovation and research on significant challenges facing architecture and design in Australia.
- The priority topics are:
- Workplace design.
- Sustainability.
- Housing (public, private, muiti-residential).
- Design Thinking Grants – $5000
Principles
The Alastair Swayn Foundation is committed to five Guiding Principles that inform the funding strategy.
- Excellence
- The Foundation supports individuals, groups and organisations who are outstanding in their respective field of architecture and design.
- Innovation
- The Foundation seeks to fund projects that take a new approach to problem-solving, especially those that can be evaluated and have potential for expansion and further development within architecture and design practice. Supporting research is fundamental to this approach.
- Collaboration
- The grants have greater impact when combined with financial or in-kind support from academic institutions. government. and professional industries. The Foundation can be one of a number of supporters of a project. The Foundation encourages applicants to collaborate and form partnerships that facilitate combining knowledge and resources to achieve a shared aim.
- The Foundation collaborates with recipients through knowledge sharing and advancing architecture design in Australia as outlined in their Open Access policy. Foundation fund receivers must publicly commit to this through submitting research publication funded by the Foundation in the open access research repository.
- Progress
- The Foundation funds projects that will maximise impact well beyond the period of the grant. Long-term sustainability of the project is an important consideration for the Foundation. The subject of the proposed project is limitless provided a benefit to architecture and design is evident and awillingness to share the research findings with the Australian community through the Foundation’s platforms is displayed.
- Leadership
- The Foundation aims to cultivate highly skilled leadership in the Australian architecture and design industries, positioning Australia as a leader in global design practice.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants are offered to applicants over the age of 18 years.
- Allapplicants must have a registered Australian Business Number (ABN).
- Grants are awarded for the purpose of the advancement of architecture and design through research, education and exhibition. project outcomes must align with the Open Access Policy.
For more information, visit Alastair Swayn Foundation.
