The NSW Government is seeking applications for its Small Project Grants (Quick Response) to support the creation, development and presentation of new work and professional development opportunities for NSW-based professional artists, groups and arts and cultural workers (including museum workers).
Create NSW is committed to ensuring better practice and ease of access to the Arts & Cultural Funding Program.
Aims
Small Project Grants (Quick Response) fun ding aims to:
Enable artists, groups, and arts/cultural workers (including museum workers) to participate in outstanding and relevant time-sensitive opportunities
Contribute to the creation, development and/or presentation of new work
Improve the capacity of professionals working in NSW to become arts and cultural leaders
Funding Information
You can apply for funding from $500 up to $5000.
Funding Restrictions
You cannot apply for the following items if you wish to use funds for:
TAFE or University fees and/or related research and development or other formal qualifications
Recovering costs of items and materials already purchased
Purchasing musical instruments, artworks, equipment, or vehicles
Capital works
Fundraising, awards, or competition prize money
Repayment of loans
Filmmaking, screen production, mainstream animation, or film festivals
Eligibility Criteria
You must be as an individual or group
an Australian citizen or permanent resident and
a residence of NSW or have resided in NSW over the last 12 months.
Your project must be a clearly defined arts and cultural project.
Examples of types of projects (but are not limited to):
Invitation to speak at a forum or performance opportunity nationally/internationally
Mentorship or residency opportunity
Creative Development of new work
Artform Performance opportunity.
Your project must be urgent or time-sensitive
Your project must be delivered within a 3-month period from the application start date.
Please note: Your project must commence three weeks after the date you submit your application.
Ineligible
You cannot apply if you:
Have submitted three Small Project Grants applications between the period 1 June 2022 and 22 May 2023.
You have been successful more than 2 times in Small Project Grants rounds per financial year
Have outstanding acquittal/s for previous grants from Arts NSW/Create NSW
Have received Create NSW funding for the same stage/phase of projects or for project top ups
Do not meet the ABN requirements
Funds being used for filmmaking, screen production, mainstream animation, or film festivals
Are a current employee of Create NSW (note in addition, Create NSW employees cannot benefit from this funding round)
Have been employed by Create NSW within the last 6 months.
