Back to Search ResultsCultural Fund Grants for Organisations - Round 2 - 2025
UpcomingGrant
Opens: 4th of August 2025
Closes: 15th of September 2025 - 1:00 pm
Value: $10,000 to $30,000 per project
Run By: Copyright Agency
Further Information: https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/grants-for-organisations/
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund supports leading Australian creative organisations and key industry stakeholders with grants to create and deliver exceptional opportunities for Australian writers, journalists, editors, publishers, English and literacy teachers, and visual artists, and especially for those from First Nations and diverse backgrounds.
The Cultural Fund’s priorities are:
- Commissions and paid opportunities for writers and visual artists through audience development projects
- Targeted leadership and sector development projects for the writing, publishing and visual arts sectors
- To complement Reading Australia, we are interested in supporting targeted writers-in-schools programs for Australian writers whose work is featured on Reading Australia or is used in the classroom
The Cultural Fund will consider applications for the following projects:
Audience Development
- Audience and reader development projects
- Payments to creative writers published in literary magazines and journals
- Reviews of new Australian books in national publications
- Projects connecting teachers with Australian Literature
- Writers/artists-in-residence/schools/universities
- Literacy-based projects for children involving professional writers
- Significant national writers’ awards for payments to writers (excluding prizes offered by publishers and literary journals)
- Publishing commissions to write new work by First Nations and culturally diverse authors
- Commissions for visual artists to create new work and whose work will be exhibited in galleries or institutions in Australia
Sector Development
- Publishing industry – leadership initiatives and opportunities for First Nations and diverse editors, publishers and journalists
- Visual arts sector – leadership and policy development and opportunities for First Nations and diverse curators at galleries and cultural institutions
This excludes visual arts publishing, mentorships and professional development.
Who can apply
- Legally constituted Australian organisations and incorporated associations may apply
- If applying as a University, only one application from the University may be submitted per round. You must confirm this before applying.
- Applicants may submit only one application per round to the Cultural Fund
- Applicants must have acquitted any overdue Cultural Fund grants to be eligible to apply for further funding
Last Updated: 30th of January 2025