Loading
Organisations may apply for development funding ($150,000–$250,000) or delivery funding ($250,000–$1,500,000) to create and present bold, new Australian stories across all art forms at next-level scale and ambition.
Does this fit your work? 5 questions score every call to your medium, location and budget. Free.
Get matched →The Creative Futures Fund invests in bold, new work across all art forms that tell Australian stories and strive for next-level scale, ambition, and impact. Applications are assessed in two streams: Development and Delivery. This is not a pipeline fund; support for the Development phase does not indicate or guarantee future support for Delivery in later rounds.
Open to organisations meeting eligibility criteria. Projects must tell Australian stories and utilise intellectual property that is majority Australian-owned. Applicants working with First Nations artists, communities, or subject matter must adhere to Creative Australia's First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property Protocols.
All applications must be submitted via Creative Australia's Application Management System. If registering for the first time, register well before the closing date as processing takes up to two business days. The application requires project title (max 100 characters), project summary (max 800 characters), organisation and lead artist description (max 2400 characters), creative concept explaining the distinctly Australian story (max 1500 characters), explanation of how funding enables next-level scale and ambition (max 1500 characters), details of previous developments (max 1500 characters), intellectual property ownership and agreements (max 1200 characters), and information about project partners.
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.
If you are a d/Deaf applicant, an applicant with disability, or are working with d/Deaf artists or artists with disability, you may apply for access costs associated with interpreters, translation services, specific technical equipment, carers, or support worker assistance. Contact Artists Services to discuss your specific needs.
If planning to complete any part of the application in a language other than English, contact Creative Australia at least four weeks before the closing date to discuss translation needs.
Applicants must comply with the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework and all Australian law relating to employing or engaging people who work or volunteers with children, including working with children checks and mandatory reporting. Successful organisations providing services directly to children or whose activities involve contact with children must implement the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.