Deadline: 11 May 2020
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund offers grants to leading organisations for projects that deliver exceptional opportunities for Australian writers, journalists, editors, English and literacy teachers, visual artists and key industry stakeholders in the writing, publishing, education, and visual arts sectors.
With these grants, Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund aim is to support their members and key industry stakeholders to create, award, present, publish, and to offer significant professional development and career sustaining opportunities for writers and visual artists.
The Cultural Fund encourages potential applicants to create opportunities for writers and visual artists at all career stages.
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund also offer grants to leading national writing organisations to build literacy skills for children and young adults and to encourage reading at all levels, and are particularly interested in supporting partnerships with key industry organisations to raise the profile of writing and writers.
In most cases, the Cultural Fund’s grants for organisations are for a single project for up to a year; however, in some instances funding for three years may be approved.
Priorities
- The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund priority is to support projects that will provide sustained and realistic support to writers and visual artists and to encourage greater audiences for their work;
- For visual arts organisations, their priority is to support opportunities for Australian artists to create new work; for professional development; and to raise the profile of the artist.
Funding Information
While Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund have no set minimum or maximum amounts, their grants range from $5,000 to $20,000 per project/year. Applicants are encouraged to discuss their project with the Cultural Fund before applying.
Eligibility Criteria
- Legally constituted organisations and incorporated associations may apply.
- If applying as a University, only one application from the University may be submitted per round.
- Individuals or sole traders are not eligible to apply for these grants.
- Applicants may submit only one application per round to the Cultural Fund.
- Applicants must have acquitted any overdue Cultural Fund grants to be eligible to apply for further funding.
How to Apply
- You can apply online via given website;
- Late applications will not be accepted;
- Incomplete applications will not be considered;
- Successful applicants must submit an online acquittal report on their funded activities within eight weeks of the completion of the project;
- Report should include a description of the funded activities and detail the success or otherwise of the activity;
- Applicants who have not acquitted any outstanding completed grants cannot apply until they have successfully acquitted their previous grant;
- You may submit up to two files of support material with your application as a PDF via online. Support material may include:
- Information on your organisation and key staff;
- A draft program of proposed activities;
- Letters of support;
- Biographical information on participating writers and visual artists.
For more information, visit https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/grants-for-organisations/