The Professional Development stream of the Market and Travel Fund supports Queensland-based above-the-line screen practitioners and game developers travelling to take part in a broad range of professional development activities and opportunities.

Supports opportunities such as:  

• Writers travelling to take part in interstate or international writers' rooms and brainstorming sessions. 
• Directors and Producers travelling to take part in on-set shadowing opportunities and attachments. 
• Participation-by-invitation in significant national or international labs, workshops and masterclasses. 
• Funding to support travel to other significant professional development opportunities will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 

Applicants must be able to provide evidence that they will be actively involved participants in the opportunity for which they seek funding, which must entail clear and demonstrable career-escalation benefits.  

Funding will be capped and competitive.  

Funding amount

Travel for professional development opportunities will be capped at the following levels. Please note: this is a highly competitive fund; applications above the caps will not be accepted and all requests must be justified within your budget ask.  

Domestic: $1,000 

International, Asia-Pacific: $3,000 

International, Rest of World: $5,000 

Who can apply?

Eligible applicants are: 

• Queensland-based Above-the-line practitioners (writers, directors, producers) and game developers travelling to participate in professional development opportunities. 
• Opportunity must offer clear and meaningful career-escalation benefits. 
• Involvement in opportunity must be confirmed in writing. 
• Available to individual applicants only. Exceptions may be made at Screen Queensland’s discretion in the case of creative teams where all applicants are Queensland residents and the relevant opportunity is available to all applicants. 

Ineligible

Applicants please note, the following will not be funded under the Professional Development stream of the Market and Travel fund and applications seeking funding for the below will be considered uncompetitive or ineligible. 

• Attendance at film festivals, screenings, panels, workshops or conferences etc. solely as an audience member. 
• Attendance at invitation-only events (labs, workshops, writers’ rooms etc.) where invitation to participate is not confirmed in writing.  
• Internships, attachments, writers’ rooms and similar positions where the role is unpaid or paid below industry-standard minimums. 
• Internships, attachments, writers’ rooms and similar positions where the production concerned does not have a clear pathway to audience/marketplace. 

• Phone: (07) 3248 0500
• Email: content@screenqld.com.au