Deadline: 30 June 2025
The Cairns Regional Council is pleased to launch the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Individual Professional Development Grant to provide the local artist with funds to attend professional development opportunities.
RADF promotes the role and value of arts, culture and heritage as key drivers of diverse and inclusive communities and strong regions. RADF invests in local arts and cultural priorities, as determined by local communities, across Queensland.
Categories
Categories of individuals and organisations can apply for a RADF grant:
- Individual professional artists, emerging professional artists, arts workers, cultural workers or project coordinators who:
- Are based in the Council area, or if based outside the Council area must be able to demonstrate the project having strong outcomes and benefits for arts and culture in the Cairns Regional Council area.
- Are permanent residents or Australian citizens.
- Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or who will be auspiced by an incorporated organisation or individual with an ABN.
- Collective/Artist Run Initiative/Group: (non-incorporated)
- Based in the Council area, or those based outside the Council area must be able to demonstrate how the project will directly benefit arts and culture in the Council area.
- Applicants must be auspiced by an incorporated organisation, or an individual with an ABN
- One person must be nominated as the accountable representative of the collective for management, reporting and financial matters.
- Incorporated arts and cultural organisations that are:
- based in the Council area, or those based outside the Council area that are able to demonstrate how the project will directly benefit arts and culture in the Council area.
Funding Information
Grants are capped at $1,000 for opportunities within Queensland and up to $1,500 for interstate and international travel.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual professional artists
- Emerging professional artists
- Arts workers
- Cultural workers
- Project coordinator
- The grants are open to individual professional artists, emerging professional artists, arts workers, cultural workers, project coordinators, incorporated arts and cultural organisations and collective/artist-run initiatives and groups. (Note: non-incorporated groups must be auspiced by an incorporated organisation, or an individual with an ABN).
For more information, visit Cairns Regional Council.
For more information, visit https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/online/apply/grants/radf-individual-professional