International Market and Audience Development

The program has been developed to support emerging, breakthrough and established acts and is made available to Australian citizens or permanent residents who are current practising music professionals. This includes solo artists, instrumentalists, bands, ensembles, DJ/producers and electronic artists, producers, songwriters and composers. 

The International Market and Audience Development fund (Category 3) is designed to support activity that includes international promotional and content creation activities with matched funding of $2,000 to $10,000.

Who can apply:

• open to Australian artists, composers and creators individually or in groups

• organisations and music businesses may apply on behalf of their artists  

• if you have been successful in a previous round of the Export Development Fund, you are eligible to apply again, however funding priority may be given to first time recipients

• First Nations applicants are encouraged to apply.  

Your activity must meet the following definition of contemporary music to be eligible:

“Australian contemporary music is any genre or subgenre of music currently composed, written, produced by Australians and licensed, recorded, presented, and distributed through commercial and non-commercial activity. For the purposes of Music Australia’s initial investments, the focus will be on musical works that are new, original and relevant to contemporary Australia”. 

• Activity must start between 1 July 2025 and 30 September 2025 and be completed within 12 months.  

• You can submit a maximum of one application to each category of the Music Australia Export Development Fund. Ensure each application is targeted to the individual category you are applying for.  

• The budget in your application must demonstrate matched funding (see ‘Budget & Matched Funding’ for more information), and evidence of this matched funding must be supplied in your support material.