Up to $50,000 available under Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups (Australia)

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.

What can be applied for?

• They fund a range of activities, for example:
  • professional skills development, including mentoring and residencies
  • the creation of new work
  • practice based research
  • creative development
  • experimentation
  • collaborations and exchanges
  • touring
  • festivals
  • productions
  • exhibitions
  • performances
  • publishing
  • recording
  • promotion and marketing
  • market development activity
  • activities that creatively engage communities.
• Activities can take place nationally, internationally, online, or in a combination of in-person and online (hybrid activities).

Funding Information

• Grants are available from $10,000 to $50,000. Supported activities must not last longer than two years from the proposed start date.

Eligibility Criteria

• You can only submit one application to each closing date for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups.
• Only individuals and groups may apply to this category. You must be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident, and a practicing artist or arts professional.
• Applications for funding to the First Nations panel must come from First Nations individuals or groups.

Who cannot apply?

• You cannot apply for this grant if:
  • you have already applied to this closing date for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
  • you are applying to the International Engagement opportunities closing 19 September 2023 for the same activities
  • you have an overdue grant report
  • you owe money to the Australia Council
  • you are an organisation.

For more information, visit Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups.