Contemporary Music Development Grants – Industry Development (Australia)

Aims

• This funding program is designed for music businesses and organisations with a track record of delivering significant outcomes for contemporary music in NSW, and aims to:
  • Develop skills and capacity for artists and acts
  • Upskill industry professionals and music businesses in best practice and emerging trends
  • Improve industry standards
  • Build the profile of the NSW music industry
  • Cultivate innovation, collaboration and partnership
  • Support industry-led research and advocacy
  • Strengthen communities

Funding Information

• Grant amount: Up to $150,000

Eligible Costs

• Salaries, wages and fees for staff, researchers, consultants, industry professionals and artists
• Venue hire, catering and production costs
• Travel and accommodation costs
• Marketing and promotion
• Administrative costs

Ineligible Costs

• Program and operational costs for concerts, festivals and live music events
• Activities that do not enhance, build and grow NSW’s contemporary music industry or demonstrate a significant benefit to NSW industry
• Costs incurred before the advertised activity start date
• Activity that has received other NSW Government funding
• The purchase of equipment
• Infrastructure and capital works
• Activities that directly support the delivery or course requirements of an educational program or course
• Fundraising, donations, awards, prize money or competitions

Eligible Projects

• Funding can support the following activity:
  • Skills, training and capacity building programs for artists, industry professionals and music businesses
  • Programs to upskill industry professionals and music businesses in best practice and emerging trends and technologies including AI, marketing and promotion, cultural literacy and safety
  • Programs and resources to improve well-being, support workplace and audience safety, accessibility, cultural safety and working with young people
  • Industry-led marketing campaigns to promote music in NSW
  • Initiatives that cultivate innovation, collaboration and partnerships locally and internationally
  • Industry-led research and advocacy

Eligibility Criteria

• This program is open to music businesses or organisations.
• Funding recipients must be:
  • Currently based in NSW or deliver a significant contribution to the NSW contemporary music sector
  • Be an incorporated entity or trust (including a trust with a corporate or individual trustee) and hold an Australian Business Number (ABN), Australian Company Number (ACN), or
  • Be registered with NSW Fair Trading under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 or the Co-operatives National Law (NSW) set out in the appendix to the Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012.
• Businesses or organisations with Annual Funding for Organisations 24/25 from Create NSW are not eligible for this round. These organisations will be eligible to apply at the next round opening in May.
• Applicants will need:
  • An active ABN (that’s your Australian Business Number)
  • A bank account with the same name as your ABN.
• For the purpose of this program contemporary music refers to artists and acts performing new and original music.
• Business or organisations with a primary focus in the below artforms are not supported through this program:
  • Experimental music and sound art
  • Contemporary classical, opera, choral and ensembles
  • Music theatre
  • Working in and with community music groups

Ineligibility Criteria

• Businesses or organisations with Annual Funding for Organisations 24/25 from Create NSW. These organisations will be eligible to apply at the next round
• Businesses or organisations not based in NSW, unless the proposal demonstrates a direct impact to the NSW contemporary music sector
• Applicants who have outstanding acquittals from previous NSW Government funding
• Applicants who are not music businesses or organisations

For more information, visit NSW Government.