Deadline: 24-Apr-23
The Copyright Agency is inviting Organisations for Cultural Fund to support leading Australian organisations with grants to create and deliver exceptional opportunities for Australian writers, journalists, editors, publishers, picture book illustrators, cartoonists, graphic novelists, English and literacy teachers, and visual artists.
The Cultural Fund encourages potential applicants to create opportunities for writers, editors and visual artists at all career stages, and especially for those from First Nations and diverse backgrounds.
The priority is to develop greater audiences for the work of Australian writers and visual artists and to support projects with definite outcomes, whether it be for literary awards and prizes, mentorships, publication/presentation or exhibition. Projects should have a broad reach, as the focus on local audiences is not a priority.
Funding Information
- Minimum: $10,000.
- Maximum: $30,000.
- The Cultural Fund’s grants for organisations are for a single project for up to a year.
- Copyright Agency strongly encourages all applicants to pay industry rates to writers and visual artists. This is a crucial component of your application.
Support for Australian book publishers
- Australian publishers may apply for creative writers’ commission fees for new works of exceptional cultural significance.
- The grant will not replace the publisher’s advance or royalties.
- The publisher must have a signed contract with the author before applying.
- The Cultural Fund does not support editorial and production costs or the costs associated with reproducing artwork and illustrations.
Support for visual arts organisations
- The priority is to support opportunities for Australian visual artists to create new work with exhibition outcomes.
- The Cultural Fund is interested in supporting key national art fairs with opportunities to profile and promote Australian visual artists.
- The focus will be to support projects where there is a guaranteed exhibition outcome for artists.
- From 2022 Copyright Agency will not support publications on visual artists or visual arts, including catalogues.
- Writing on the visual arts, or profiles and other analytical writing on visual artists is not a priority for the Cultural Fund.
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. You should confirm this before applying.
- Individuals or sole traders are not eligible to apply for these grants.
- Government departments 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.
For more information, visit Copyright Agency.