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The Music Australia Export Development Fund is a bold partnership between the Australian Government and the Australian music industry – a matched funding initiative, designed to provide financial support to a diverse range of Australian artists.   

The program supports emerging, breakthrough and established acts and is available for Australian citizens or permanent residents who are practising contemporary music artists. This includes solo artists, instrumentalists, bands, ensembles, electronic artists, producers, songwriters and composers. 

The International Performance and Touring fund (Category 1) supports international touring and showcase activity, with matched funding of $5,000 to $75,000. 

The Industry Development Program provides support for organisations to deliver one-off or annual professional development and upskilling initiatives to NSW screen and digital games practitioners. These initiatives may include workshops, masterclasses, forums, labs and targeted professional development activities.

The purpose of the Industry Development Program is to fund skilled organisations to deliver viable and innovative training opportunities to emerging and mid-year screen and digital games professionals, meet industry needs and promote sustainable sector practices in NSW.

The Industry Development Program will open 2 funding rounds during 2026/27. Applications may be submitted at any time during the relevant funding round dates and must address all assessment criteria. Applications will be assessed within the periods outlined in these guidelines and published on the Screen NSW website.

Round 1 

Round 1 is open to applicants seeking Multi-Year or Single Year funding.

Initiatives funded through successful Round 1 applications must commence between 15 September 2026 and 30 June 2027.

Round 2

Round 2 is open only to applicants seeking Single Year funding.

Initiatives funded through successful Round 2 applications must commence between 15 April 2027 and 13 September 2027.

The Industry Development Program provides support for organisations to deliver one-off or annual professional development and upskilling initiatives to NSW screen and digital games practitioners. These initiatives may include workshops, masterclasses, forums, labs and targeted professional development activities.

The purpose of the Industry Development Program is to fund skilled organisations to deliver viable and innovative training opportunities to emerging and mid-year screen and digital games professionals, meet industry needs and promote sustainable sector practices in NSW.

The Industry Development Program will open 2 funding rounds during 2026/27. Applications may be submitted at any time during the relevant funding round dates and must address all assessment criteria. Applications will be assessed within the periods outlined in these guidelines and published on the Screen NSW website.

Round 1 

Round 1 is open to applicants seeking Multi-Year or Single Year funding.

Initiatives funded through successful Round 1 applications must commence between 15 September 2026 and 30 June 2027.

Round 2

Round 2 is open only to applicants seeking Single Year funding.

Initiatives funded through successful Round 2 applications must commence between 15 April 2027 and 13 September 2027.

The Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) is a dedicated, self‑sustaining fund supported by revenue generated from interest income on loans, leases, and licences on Crown land, and levies from the operation of coastal Crown caravan parks.

The 2026–27 CRIF annual grant round offers $13.5 million for general, pest management and weed management projects. The general project stream will target highly utilised reserves with projects that will have a significant community impact.

The annual grant round consists of 2 key focus areas which have an overarching objective: 

General projects

To financially support projects on Crown land (or Crown reserves) that will have high community impact.

• Minimum general application amount $50,000, maximum amount $1,000,000.
• Check the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund Guidelines for full eligibility criteria.

Pest and weed management projects

To assist Crown land manager to meet the biosecurity obligations for the Crown reserves they manage

• Minimum pest application amount $500, maximum amount $200,000.
• Minimum weed application amount: $500, maximum amount: $200,000.
• Check the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund Guidelines for full eligibility criteria.

Note: Operational maintenance items and administrative costs do not meet this objective and are not eligible under this funding stream.

The Believer's Grant Program offers funding for individuals, groups or organisations unleashing young people's creativity.

Your project should connect young people with their creativity, in the broadest sense of the word. Artists are creative, but so are scientists, debaters, community builders and dancers. Your project can be anything from a summer camp to a robotics competition to a co-working holiday house for artists.

They're looking to fund the people, projects and programs that are creating the conditions for young people's creativity to flourish at scale, for inventive and dynamic experiments that encourage young people to be curious, to explore, to be lifelong learners and to build community and become high agency people.

Focus is on projects that are 0-1 (just starting) or 1-10 (scaling or iterating), not established groups or projects.

This could be a neighbourhood community science lab, a hacker house, a hardware garage makerspace, a travelling STEM roadshow or an after-school arts or coding club.

The Multicultural NSW Stronger Together Grants Program supports multicultural festivals and events across NSW. We invest in community events and activities that foster community harmony and celebrate cultural diversity as a precious part of our identity and way of life.

The Stronger Together Festival and Event Grant Program supports multicultural and multifaith community groups to produce festivals and events that celebrate and embrace our state’s vibrant cultural diversity.

In 2026-27, Multicultural NSW will be opening only one round of the Stronger Together Festival and Event Grant Program for festivals and events held between 1 October 2026 and 30 September 2027.

Types of projects funded under this grant

• Projects that promote cross-cultural awareness and understanding. They must engage a broad cross-section of the NSW community
• Projects that ensure NSW’s multicultural communities can celebrate, preserve and share traditions
• Projects that are accessible by the general public and are for all communities of NSW.

The Kick Start grant will help young Australians with a disability access financial support to re-join their supporting club and/or sporting competitions. The funds can help pay club registration fees, carer costs, extra coaching, team uniforms or travel to participate in the sport.

Eligibility Criteria

• Funds to help reconnect to sports post lifting of social isolation. Including competition cost, equipment, coaching fees
• Applications close on Friday 31 July 2026‍
• Recipients will be notified in October 2026‍
• Recipients will be announced November 2026‍
• Previous recipients will not be able to apply for 2026 grants
• Funds are to be spent by 1 March 2027
• All receipts and acquittals forms must be submitted
• If awarded a grant, accept the T&Cs including publishing details of your name, age, place of residence, sporting club, and photos

The Next Chapter program elevates Australian stories that aren’t being told and nurtures a new wave of writers to tell them.   

Each Next Chapter writer will receive a $15,000 stipend and be paired with a handpicked mentor to work closely with them over a twelve-month period as they progress a major writing project. The program also offers meaningful opportunities for the recipients to connect with peers, agents, publishers and readers. 

Participants will also receive the opportunity to attend a residency at Varuna, The National Writers’ House, and attend an end-of year publishing intensive at The Wheeler Centre. 

Of the writers selected, there will be one fellowship place dedicated specifically to a poet, The Malcolm Robertson Fellowship. 

The Australian Government is inviting applications via an open non-competitive process to apply to deliver services under the Outcome 1, Program 1.2: Support reliable, secure and affordable energy. The Game on: Teaming up for climate action program will provide support for up to 500 community sports clubs, helping them upgrade their facilities to be more climate resilient and energy efficient.

Eligible sporting clubs will be able to apply for one-off grants of up to $100,000. Groups of clubs can also apply together. This allows funding to support upgrades across multiple clubs.

The program provides grants to improve the safety, accessibility and climate resilience of airports and aerodromes in regional areas of Australia. It will support critical air infrastructure that will:

• improve the safety of aircraft, operators and passengers using regional airports or aerodromes
• facilitate improved delivery of essential goods and services such as food supplies, health care and passenger air services
• improve the connectivity of Australia’s regions to domestic and global market opportunities
• meet the operational requirements of aeromedical and other emergency services in the region
• assist air services to transition to net zero aviation technology.

There is a total of up to $15 million available for this grant round.

The grant amount will be up to 50% of eligible project costs (grant percentage). If the applicant (you) and a third party (this could include state, territory or local government or other non-government funding) are both contributing to eligible project costs, the grant amount for this opportunity may be reduced to a third of eligible project costs.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be an owner and/or operator of an existing aerodrome/airport

And be one of the following entities:

• an entity, incorporated in Australia
• an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
• an Australian local government agency or body as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines
• an Australian state/territory government agency or body
• a corporate Commonwealth entity.

State agencies or other eligible entities may apply on behalf of aerodrome/airport owners/operators. In such cases, the state agency or other eligible entity will be the lead applicant in a joint application and will be wholly responsible for the project, including administering, reporting and acquitting all project expenditure. Only the lead organisation can submit the application form and enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth.

NSW FLIP helps ensure women's talents and ideas are fully leveraged in the NSW entrepreneurial ecosystem. Delivered online and open to women aged 18 and over, this program is designed specifically for women entrepreneurs, innovators and aspiring leaders, providing a safe and supportive space to develop essential business validation skills and build authentic leadership presence.

If you have an idea that you’ve been considering, a solution to a problem you’ve lived, but don’t know where to start to make it real then FLIP has the practical tools and community needed to help you bring your idea to life. FLIP is designed for women at different stages of the founder journey, starting with a wide doorway and narrow into deep, hands-on support for those ready to commit.

Key dates

• Phase 1 EOI's close: Sunday 19 July 2026, 11:59pm
• Phase 1: Founder Readiness runs: Tuesday 4 August to Tuesday 15 September 2026
• Phase 2 applications open: Monday 3 August 2026
• Phase 2 applications close: Sunday 20 September 2026
• Phase 2: Pre-Accelerator Intensive runs: Thursday 8 October to Thursday 3 December 2026.

Intellectual Property (IP)

The University of Newcastle makes no claim over the intellectual property (IP) generated by participants as part of FLIP (subject to the University’s IP Policy and Procedure) provided your use of the IP acknowledges that the IP was developed as part of FLIP (unless it is unreasonable to do so).

If a team member is an employee or student of the University of Newcastle, they agree and acknowledge that ownership of the IP will be in accordance with the University IP Policy and Procedure, as amended from time to time.

Content grants increase and diversify the voices heard in Australian media by supporting the creation of compelling content.

The objectives of Content grants are to support community media organisations to:

• Increase community participation and engagement in community media that is inclusive and accessible to all
• Amplify and reflect the voices, cultures and languages of Australia's diverse communities 
• Build audiences by supporting creativity, excellence and innovation in community media content production  
• Expand partnerships to explore new forms of storytelling across topics and platforms 

You can apply for a Content grant if you are a current or prospective community broadcaster who is producing content for broadcast by a recognised community media organisation.

This funding support is designed to encourage stations to carry specialist radio programming. It assists with the development, production and broadcast costs of specialist programming content to meet the needs of particular communities. Funding is available for Specialist Radio Programming as below:

• • *First Nations Australians programs, in accordance with the specific conditions outlined in section 3.
  • Radio reading (formerly RPH) programs to serve people with a print disability, in accordance with the specific conditions outlined in section 3.
  • *Ethnic programs to serve a defined local ethnic community, in accordance with the specific conditions outlined in section 3.

Development & Operations grants aim to support community media station resilience by strengthening governance, building community, sustainable operations and technical capacity.

Applications must clearly demonstrate how the proposed activities address one or more of the areas listed below:

• Governance – strategic planning, technology planning, developing open and transparent governance policies and procedures, recruiting and maintaining a governance team with diverse skills and experiences
• Sustainable operations – improving the financial sustainability, and/or reducing the environmental impact of community media
• Building community – engaging the diverse members of your community.

Grants for Development & Operations are distributed twice per year, with the greater portion allocated in Round 1.

Funding is available to support you to collaborate with survivors and descendants of the Stolen Generations in truth telling, preserving history and educating our communities.

The Healing Foundation and Community Broadcasting Foundation have partnered on a $200k fund to support projects for broadcast/publication on community radio, television and digital platforms.

Stories must be broadcast or published first on a community broadcasting station or digital platform and predominantly produced/led by First Nations people.