Deadline: 17-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Community Broadcasting Foundation Content Grants to remote communities, their grants inspire people to create and support local, independent media.
Content grants support the development, production and distribution of content via Australian community media. The application form asks a series of questions about the number of people involved in content production at your organisation. They define content production as people contributing to media content across all platform, e.g. presenters, producers, segment contributors, social media publishers, photographers, television crew etc.
The people involved will vary depending on your organisation, so think about all of the platforms your organisation broadcasts through (tv, radio, online, social media) and who makes various components of that content.
Objectives
Content grants increase and diversify the voices heard in Australian media by supporting the creation of compelling content. This year, as they recover from the impacts of a pandemic, they will continue to fund initiatives that:
- increase community participation and diversity in community broadcasting and/or
- support creativity and excellence in content production.
Funding Information
- Applications requesting $20,000 or more must demonstrate financial contributions from other funding sources such as other funding partners, sponsors, crowdfunding or financial contributions from your organisation’s own resources (which cannot include other CBF funding).
- There are dedicated funds to support:
- Ethnic broadcasting
- RPH broadcasting
- Indigenous broadcasting
- Other purposes (general funds)
What can you apply for?
Content development and distribution costs directly associated with the production and delivery of a specific program or project, such as:
- project specific wage support: presenters, producers, cast, crew, project management, technicians
- program specific needs: research materials, music and copyright purchases, relevant project-specific insurance such as defamation insurance for a special broadcast event, travel, marketing, development resources, TV studio hire, venue hire, small equipment, equipment hire, catering, materials for set design, costumes and props, make-up, interpreters, subtitles and captioning, program specific training, phone/internet costs, program website costs, production support and facilities
- organisational support: administration costs for funded projects (up to $1,000 per project).
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply for a Content grant if you are a current or prospective community broadcaster producing content for broadcast by a recognised community media organisation.
- While the application process is open to any producer, the grant itself must be managed by one eligible organisation listed below. They recommend you negotiate an auspice agreement with any auspice organisation you work with.
- Eligible organisations include:
- a community radio station
- a community television station
- an incorporated non-profit community media sector organisation
- a Remote Indigenous Media Organisation or Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service
- an incorporated not-for-profit organisation producing content or auspicing on behalf of an independent producer with an agreement for distribution via a recognised community media organisation.
For more information, visit https://cbf.org.au/grants/key-dates/