Submit Applications for South Australian History Fund

The South Australian History Fund enables more stories to be gathered, preserved and shared, now and in the future. They welcome and appreciate your interest in helping to make that happen.

The fund provides grant support to projects, research or publications that contribute to the knowledge, understanding and sharing of South Australia’s rich history. Their guiding principles:

• They champion South Australia’s history and make it accessible
• They tell their stories locally and globally
• They foster innovative research and engagement
• They invest in emerging and established historians
• They welcome and share diverse voices and stories

Grant Categories

• Community focused projects that help to explore, interpret or preserve South Australian History, making is accessible to local and global audiences
• Publication of both academic and popular forms of historical writing and presentation – including digital and online platforms
• Research by established and emerging historians that makes a significant contribution to the body of knowledge about, or understanding of, South Australian history.

Funding Information

• Each year the SAHF provides up to $10,000 for individuals and $20,000 for organisations. The total annual grant fund $185,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Communities researching, telling or preserving aspects of their South Australian story
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and organisations with projects related to SA History
• Researchers working in the field of SA history
• Authors with an important SA history story to tell
• Film makers, digital producers, curators and other arts practitioners who have a creative idea to share SA history
• Applicants located outside South Australia who are working on South Australian history
• Organisations and individuals may only submit one application each grant round

Ineligibility Criteria

• State and federal government agencies are not eligible
• Organisations and individuals who have an outstanding grant acquittal are not eligible.
• What cannot be funded:
  • Ongoing salaries
  • New Buildings, building maintenance or repair
  • Graves and grave markers
  • Costs that have already been incurred

Assessment Criteria

• All applications need to demonstrate:
  • Audience reach and value of the project to identified audiences, including any confirmed project partners or communities where relevant
  • Ongoing outcomes for South Australian history that reflect the contribution of the project to the telling of South Australia’s rich and diverse history, advancing historical knowledge and/or raising the profile of history in the community
  • A clear project plan, budget, viability and capacity to deliver desired outcomes
  • Use of appropriate historical methods, techniques, skills and services.

For more information, visit History Trust of South Australia.