This resource is intended as a starting point only and does not necessarily represent all levels of funding available to any particular group. This information is also subject to change. Grant seekers should check the funding body’s website and speak to a funding body representative before submitting an application. This listing does not include: funding for film, television or radio projects; sponsorship opportunities; or funding for for-profit arts businesses.
Activity |
Funding Body
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Grant Details
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Closing Date
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Capital Works
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Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF)
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Minor capital works (except where the facilities are owned by an individual or private company).
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28 February, 31 May, 31 August, 30 November 2016
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Local Councils Funding
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Local Councils often provide funding for local community arts and culture.
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Visit http://dlgcrr.qld.gov.au/local-government-directory for your local council
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Department of Communication and the Arts – Ministry for the Arts – Catalyst – Australian Arts and Culture Fund
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Can be used for project work including infrastructure projects.
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Can be made at any time but will be assessed in quarterly cycles.
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Staffing & Administrative Costs
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Local Council
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Local Councils often provide funding for local community arts and culture.
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Visit http://dlgcrr.qld.gov.au/local-government-directory for your local council
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Australia Council – Four Year Funding
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Provides multi-year core program funding for small to medium arts organisations.
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Applications will open again in 2019
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Australian Government Department of Social Services – Multicultural Arts and Festivals Grants
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Staff salaries and on-costs that can be directly attributed to the provision of the Activity.
Operating and administration expenses directly related to the delivery of services.
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28 April 2016
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Arts Queensland – Queensland Arts Showcase Program (QASP)
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Administrative and other organisational costs
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Rolling fund. Application can be made at any time
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Equipment
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Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF)
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Equipment associated with the activities of the organisation
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28 February, 31 May, 31 August, 30 November 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts– Fellowships
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Supports professional development and creative activity
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7 June 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts – Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
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Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public through the creation of new work and experimentation.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts – Arts Projects – Organisations
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Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public through the creation of new work and experimentation.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Local Council
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Local Councils often provide funding for local community arts and culture projects.
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Visit http://dlgcrr.qld.gov.au/local-government-directory for your local council
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National Library of Australia – Community Heritage Grants
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Purchase and installation of environmental control and monitoring equipment when based on the prioritised recommendations of a preservation survey.
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9 May 2016
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Workshops, seminars, conferences, training including funds for hire of consultants and speakers
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Arts Queensland – Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)
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One-off, short term projects that offer professional arts, cultural and heritage opportunities
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Contact your local council’s RADF Liaison Officer for closing dates.
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Arts Queensland – Queensland Arts Showcase Program
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Can cover costs associated with conferences
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This is a rolling fund with applications accepted at any time.
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Arts Queensland – Individuals Fund
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To assist individual practitioners to achieve career or artform advancement
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Australia Council – Fellowships
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Supports professional development and creative activity
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7 June 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts – Development Grants for Individuals and Groups
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Supports a range of activities that benefits the career development of artists through professional skills development and workshop and forum attendance.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts – Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
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Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public through creative development opportunities for artists and arts workers.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts – Arts Projects – Organisations
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Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public through creative development opportunities for artists and arts workers.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Brisbane City Council – Brisbane History Grants
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Provides support to increase the community's access to, and appreciation of Brisbane's history and heritage and support projects that raise the profile and accessibility of Brisbane's history and heritage.
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Check provider’s website for details
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Brisbane City Council – Creative Sparks Grants
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Professional development of young and emerging artists
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Creative projects within a community context
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Check provider’s website for details
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Brisbane City Council – Lord Mayor’s Young & Emerging Artists Fellowship
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Development of young and emerging local artists by participating in national or international training and professional development programs
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Check provider’s website for details
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Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF)
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Special one-off events and activities including:
Community arts and recreation events
Conferences
Community education activities.
Community development and organisational development including:
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Access and equity projects
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Research projects
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Organisational review and redevelopment
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Fundraising initiatives
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28 February, 31 May, 31 August, 30 November 2016
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Local Council
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Local Councils often provide funding for local community arts and culture projects.
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Visit http://dlgcrr.qld.gov.au/local-government-directory for your local council
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National Library of Australia – Community Heritage Grants Program
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Preservation and collection management training
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9 May 2016
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Regional Galleries Association of Queensland (RGAQ) Professional Development Bursaries for Organisational Initiatives
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Grants to assist volunteer-run galleries to undertake organisational initiatives. These might include:
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Costs towards improvements in the gallery/museum exhibition program such as touring exhibition fees and display improvements.
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An appropriate consultant to work with the institution on skill development in areas such as Education and Public Programs; Exhibition Development; or Strategic Planning and Policy Development.
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On-site training workshops and seminars in specialist areas such as volunteer recruitment, board management and museum/gallery practice.
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First day of every month until funds are expended
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Conservation/ Preservation
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Arts Queensland – Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)
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Contemporary collections/stories: to preserve and provide access to locally held collections of significance, and collect and tell local stories from the past and the present that can demonstrate state and/or local significance.
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Contact your council's RADF Liaison Officer for closing dates
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Australian National Maritime Museum and the Australian Government – Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme (MMAPSS)
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Collection management
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Conservation
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31 March 2016
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Department of Veteran’s Affairs – Saluting their Service - Commemorations Grants
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Restoration or upgrading of community war memorials and their surrounds
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Restoration, preservation and interpretation of Australian wartime memorabilia for public display
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Restoration of and new commemorative plaques and honour boards on public display
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Accepted anytime. Funding decisions are made every two months, contact provider for updates
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Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants
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To assist and encourage Queenslanders to commemorate the service and sacrifice of men and women during the First World War. Projects include:
Community projects, including commemorative events, exhibitions research, education activities, restoration or enhancement of memorials.
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Check website for future round dates.
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Local Council
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Local Councils often provide funding for local community arts and culture projects.
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Visit http://dlgcrr.qld.gov.au/local-government-directory for your local council
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National Library of Australia – Community Heritage Grants
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Preservation and collection management training
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Significance assessment
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Preservation survey
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Implementation of recommendations of a preservation survey
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9 May 2016
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Project work including:
Exhibitions (& travelling exhibitions), Public programs, Events, Collection projects
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Arts Queensland – Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)
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Contemporary collections/stories
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Arts Policy Development and Implementation
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Concept Development
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Regional Partnerships
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Interest-Free Arts Loan
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Cultural Tourism
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Contact your council's RADF Liaison Officer for closing dates.
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Arts Queensland – Queensland Arts Showcase Program
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Performances and exhibitions
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Community arts and cultural development
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Increased skills for Indigenous Artists
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New markets for Qld arts and cultural products
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This is a rolling fund with applications accepted at any time.
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Australia Council – Contemporary Touring Initiative
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Exhibition research and development
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Design
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Critical writing, artist fees, commissioning new work
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Touring costs
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Public programs
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3 May 2016
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Australia Council – Fellowships
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Supports professional development and creative activity
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7 June 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts – Development Grants for Individuals and Groups
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Supports a range of activities that benefits the career development of artists through showcase opportunities.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts – Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
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Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public through touring, festivals, exhibitions, publications and recordings.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Australia Council for the Arts – Arts Projects – Organisations
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Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public through touring, festivals, exhibitions, publications and recordings.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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| Department of the Environment – Community Heritage and Icons Grant |
Community engagement with places on Australia’s National Heritage List
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22 March 2016
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| Department of Communications and the Arts – Ministry of the Arts – Visions of Australia: Regional Exhibition Touring Fund
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A regional exhibition touring program, funds can be used to cover development and/or touring costs
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14 October 2016
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| Department of Communication and the Arts – Ministry for the Arts – Catalyst – Australian Arts and Culture Fund |
Can be used for performances, exhibitions tours, development and or creation of new work, festivals, foundation of fellowship programs, cultural exchanges, capacity building, and infrastructure projects.
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Applications can be made at any time but will be assessed in quarterly cycles.
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Department of Communication and the Arts – Indigenous Languages and Arts Program
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Supports a wide variety of Indigenous Arts and Language projects for example; visual art, film, theatre, dance, preservation of language material, recording indigenous languages, story telling etc
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13 June 2016
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Australian National Maritime Museum and the Australian Government – Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme (MMAPSS)
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Presentation
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Exhibition development
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Education programs
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31 March 2016
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Australia Post – Our Neighbourhood Community Grants
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Provides grants to projects that will help to build healthier, more vibrant and more inclusive communities across Australia
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The 2016 grants program round has closed. Applications re-open February 2017
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Brisbane City Council – Access and Inclusion Community Partnership Program
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Funds projects around social inclusion initiatives and accessibility for people with a disability, carers, seniors, people with temporary impairments or parents with young children.
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Brisbane City Council – Brisbane History Grants
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Provides support to increase the community's access to, and appreciation of Brisbane's history and heritage and support projects that raise the profile and accessibility of Brisbane's history and heritage.
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Brisbane City Council – Creative Sparks Grants
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Creative projects within a community context
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Copyright Agency Limited - Cultural Fund - Major Cultural Projects
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To support projects which aim to encourage and provide practical assistance to Copyright Agency Limited’s members to develop local and foreign markets.
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20 September 2016
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| Department Of Veteran’s Affairs – Saluting Their Service Commemorations Grant |
Up to $3,000 is available for restoration, preservation and interpretation of Australian wartime memorabilia for public display; commemoration of significant anniversaries of battles and other military operations; publishing unit wartime histories, where none exists.
Up to $4,000 is available for restoration and upgrading community war memorials.
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Ongoing. Funding decisions every two months, contact provider for decision dates
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Tourism and Events Queensland – Queensland Destination Events Program
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To extend the flow of the economic, marketing and social benefits of events throughout metropolitan and regional Queensland.
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18 March, 29 June and 19 October 2016
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Indiegogo - crowdfunding
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A crowdfunding platform where people who want to raise money can create fundraising campaigns to tell their story and get the word out.
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Ongoing. Check providers website for details
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Kickstarter - crowdfunding
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A funding platform for creative projects. Everything from films, games, and music to art, design, and technology.
If people like the project, they can pledge money to make it happen. If the project succeeds in reaching its funding goal, all backers' are charged. If the project falls short, no one is charged. Funding on Kickstarter is all-or-nothing.
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Ongoing. Check providers website for details
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Local Council
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Local Councils often provide funding for local community arts and culture projects.
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Visit http://dlgcrr.qld.gov.au/local-government-directory for your local council
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National Association for the Visual Arts - Australian Artists’ Grants
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Public presentation of visual arts, craft and design
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13 February, 14 May, 13 August and 12 November 2016
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National Library of Australia – Community Heritage Grants
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Significance assessment projects
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9 May 2016
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Pozible - Crowdfunding
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A crowdfunding platform and community-building tool for creative projects and ideas. It was developed to help people raise funds, realise their aspirations and make great things possible
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Ongoing, check Provider’s website for details
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Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants
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To assist and encourage Queenslanders to commemorate the service and sacrifice of men and women during the First World War. Projects include:
Community projects, including commemorative events, exhibitions research, education activities, restoration or enhancement of memorials.
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Queensland Week Sponsorship Program
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Funding for events, during Queensland Week, that reflect the unique culture, heritage and aspirations of Queenslander’s own communities.
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Check provider’s website for details
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Regional Galleries Association of Queensland (RGAQ) Professional Development Bursaries for organisational initiatives
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Grants to assist volunteer-run galleries to undertake organisational initiatives. These might include:
-
Costs towards improvements in the gallery/museum exhibition program such as touring exhibition fees and display improvements.
-
An appropriate consultant to work with the institution on skill development in areas such as Education and Public Programs; Exhibition Development; or Strategic Planning and Policy Development.
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On-site training workshops and seminars in specialist areas such as volunteer recruitment, board management and museum/gallery practice.
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The first day of every month until funds are expended
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Indigenous Programs
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Arts Queensland – Indigenous Regional Arts Development Fund (IRADF)
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Individual professional development
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New work, exhibitions and productions
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Industry and business development
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Cultural engagement and development
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30 March 2016
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Arts Queensland – Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)
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One-off, short term projects that offer professional arts, cultural and heritage opportunities
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Contact your local council’s RADF Liaison Officer for closing dates.
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Australia Council - Chosen
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Supports mentorship, apprenticeships or residencies
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EOI close 11 April & 28 November 2016
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| Australia Council – Fellowships |
Supports professional development and creative activity
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7 June 2016.
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Australia Council for the Arts – Development Grants for Individuals and Groups
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Supports a range of activities that benefits the career development of artists through professional skills development, workshop and forum attendance, showcase opportunities, residencies, mentorship, skills development and arts market exploration.
| 7 June & 4 October 2016 |
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Australia Council for the Arts – Arts Projects – Organisations
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Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public through the creation of new work, research, experimentation, creative development, market development activity, touring, festivals, exhibitions, publications and recordings.
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Department of Communication and the Arts – Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program
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Support the operations of Indigenous art centres
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See provider’s website for future dates.
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Department of Communication and the Arts – Indigenous Languages and Arts Program
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Supports a wide variety of Indigenous Arts and Language projects for example; visual art, film, theatre, dance, preservation of language material, recording indigenous languages, story telling etc.
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13 June 2016
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Queensland Government - Reconciliation Awards
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Awards are offered for community organisations or groups that operate on a not-for-profit basis and have programs and/or initiatives in place that actively promote reconciliation; businesses, community organisations, government departments, government agencies or local councils working in partnership to promote reconciliation.
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Currently closed. See provider’s website for future dates.
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Local Council
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Local Councils often provide funding for local community arts and culture projects.
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Visit http://dlgcrr.qld.gov.au/local-government-directory for your local council
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Residencies/
Internships/
Mentorships/
Individual development
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Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
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The scholarships are intended to enable Australian artists to further their studies in the visual arts overseas.
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30 June 2016
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Arts Queensland – Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)
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Developing Regional Skills
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Contact your council's RADF Liaison Officer for closing dates
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Arts Queensland – Individuals Fund
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To assist individual practitioners to achieve career or artform advancement
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Asialink Centre and Australia Council – Arts Management Residencies in Asia
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Residencies for arts managers to work in an Asian country
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Check provider’s website for details.
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| Australia Council – Fellowships |
Supports professional development and creative activity
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7 June 2016
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| Australia Council– Development Grants for Individuals and Groups |
Supports a range of activities that benefits the career development of artists through residencies and mentorship
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7 June & 4 October 2016
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Australia Council - Chosen
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Supports mentorship, apprenticeships or residencies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist, groups and community organisations
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EOI close 11 April & 28 November 2016
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| Cooper Hewitt Fellowship |
International travel
Living expenses
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Check website for 2016 closing date for the 2017 round
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| Australian National Maritime Museum – Internship Program – Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme (MMAPSS) |
Internship at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney for paid or unpaid heritage workers
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31 March 2016
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Brisbane City Council – Creative Sparks Grants
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Creative projects within a community context
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Brisbane City Council – Lord Mayor’s Young & Emerging Artists Fellowship
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Development of young and emerging local artists by participating in national or international training and professional development programs
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Brisbane City Council – Lord Mayor’s Helen Taylor Award for Local History
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Research of Brisbane’s history or an aspect of it
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Check provider’s website for details.
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Churchill Fellowship
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International travel
Living expenses
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30 April 2016
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Copyright Agency Limited – Ignite Career Fund
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To support individuals working in the publishing and visual arts sectors to develop skills and enhance their careers.
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3 March & 19 August 2016
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| Department of Communication and the Arts – Ministry for the Arts – Catalyst – Australian Arts and Culture Fund |
Can be used for performances, exhibitions tours, development and or creation of new work, festivals, foundation of fellowship programs, cultural exchanges, capacity building, and infrastructure projects.
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Applications can be made at any time but will be assessed in quarterly cycles.
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Regional Galleries Association of Queensland (RGAQ) Professional Development Bursaries for individual museum or gallery volunteers or paid staff
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Available for individual museum and gallery volunteers or paid staff to attend seminars, conferences or courses. Grants can be used towards conference registration fees, associated workshop fees, travel, and accommodation/living expenses during the period of the conference.
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The first day of every month until funds are expended
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State Library of Queensland – John Oxley Library Fellowship
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Supports the generation of new knowledge through funding a research project that uses the resources of the State Library of Queensland.
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16 March 2015
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State Library of Queensland – Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Fellowship
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Supports the generation of new knowledge about Queensland’s business and economic history through funding a research project that uses the resources of the State Library of Queensland.
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16 March 2015
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State Library of Victoria – Creative Fellowships
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Support both artistic and scholarly projects that use, reflect on, re-purpose or respond to the State Library of Victoria’s Collection.
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17 April 2015
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Queensland Smithsonian Fellowship
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International travel
Living expenses
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6 March 2015
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The American Friends of The National Gallery of Australia and American Australian Association – AusArt Fellowship
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Supports visual artists and arts workers to study in the USA.
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16 May 2016
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Disaster relief
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Arts Queensland – Arts-led Recovery Quick Response Grants
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This process will become a permanent part of the suite of RADF resources, and will enable Councils that have been affected by a disaster, to administer RADF grants in a simplified and responsive way until it is practical to return to the usual RADF grant rounds and RADF Committee processes.
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Check with your RADF Officer and local Council
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