Apply for Regional Arts Fund – Project Grant Program (Australia)

Project Grants include support for arts projects, professional development for artists and arts workers, and community capacity building projects.

Objectives

• The objectives of the Regional Arts Fund are to support and promote participation in, and access to, Australia’s arts and culture in regional and remote Australia, and through doing so:
  • encourage and support sustainable economic, social and cultural outcomes in regional communities;
  • develop partnerships and networks which leverage financial and/or in-kind support for regional arts activities and encourage ongoing collaboration;
  • develop audiences and broaden community engagement with the arts;
  • increase employment and professional development opportunities for, and raise the profile of, regional and remote artists; and
  • support quality and viability of artistic and cultural activity.

Funding Information

• You can apply for Project Grants of up to $30,000. There is no minimum grant amount. Assessors will make decisions around funding allocated to successful applicants, taking into consideration the quantum of funds available in the individual state/territory.
• Duration: The maximum grant period for Project Grants is two years.

Eligible Activities

• Project Grants will fund high-quality arts projects benefitting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences and communities.
• The focus of the project could include any area of creative practice, multiple art forms or cross disciplinary practice.

Ineligible Activities

• The Regional Arts Fund will not fund the following activities:
  • grant activity principally benefitting a major city or metropolitan location
  • grant activity that will commence before funding is approved
  • components of activities that are also funded by other programs administered by the Australian Government or other state and local government agencies
  • activities which do not substantially align with and further the objectives of the Regional Arts Fund
  • touring activities from major cities, such as tours of performances and exhibitions
  • curriculum based activities, including for primary, secondary or tertiary courses
  • competitions, prizes or awards
  • ongoing activities of collecting institutions.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible you must:
  • be an individual or Australian incorporated organisation or local government organisation
  • have an active Australian Business Number (ABN) that is registered to your name and location
  • if required by the Australian Tax Office, be registered for the purposes of GST
  • not have any outstanding reports, acquittals or serious breaches relating to any Australian Government funding or funding from a state or territory Regional Program Administrator. A serious breach is one that has resulted in, or warrants, the termination of a grant agreement.

Ineligibility Criteria

• You are not eligible to apply if you are:
  • an unincorporated organisation not auspiced by an organisation that meets the eligibility criteria
  • a for profit company.

For more information, visit Regional Arts Victoria.