The Screenrights Cultural Fund makes a difference by supporting people with exciting and innovative new initiatives that foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand. National (Australia and New Zealand).

The Screenrights Cultural Fund is now open for applications responding to the annual focus of CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

The Cultural Fund supports a wide range of activities, from small individual projects through to large-scale initiatives. For example: 

• projects that break down barriers to access, and bring the outside world into remote and isolated communities 
• workshops that foster inclusive collaboration 
• services that deliver content to users in innovative ways 
• start-ups that upend existing business models to support the creation, delivery and use of content 
• projects that create viable pathways for under-represented voices

Funding and expenses

Applicants may apply for any amount of funding up to A$50,000.

The value of individual grants will vary according to the needs of the proposed project.

A Cultural Fund grant is intended to contribute to realising the project, rather than cover the total cost. Applicants are therefore encouraged to incorporate other funding sources, both cash and in-kind. Applications must clearly identify their funding sources and which expenses that funding will cover. Only expenses directly related to the delivery of the proposed project will be considered eligible for the Cultural Fund.

Applicants must therefore submit a budget setting out: 

• How the Applicant intends to use the Screenrights Cultural Fund Grant, shown as specific, itemised expenses to be covered by the Grant; and, 
• Details of other sources of funding: who is providing funding, how much funding they will provide, and which expenses the funding will cover

Eligibility

The Applicant:

• must be an individual who is a resident of Australia or New Zealand for taxation purposes, or a company domiciled in Australia or New Zealand for taxation purposes
• cannot be a director or employee of Screenrights, or a member of a director or employee’s immediate family
• should have some experience relevant to the proposed project
• may only be involved in one application per funding round
• cannot have received a Grant from the Screenrights Cultural Fund within the last 3 years
  If successful, the Applicant:
• will be the recipient of the Grant funds and be accountable to Screenrights for the expenditure of Grant funds
• must take responsibility for successfully administering the relationships between all parties, the deliverables, and promotion throughout the project
• is not eligible to apply again to subsequent Cultural Fund rounds until their funded project has been acquitted
• is not eligible to directly benefit from subsequent Cultural Fund rounds – as, for example, a paid collaborator or employee of another Applicant – until their funded project has been acquitted. Any such involvement may cause the new Application to be ineligible

• Email: culturalfund@screenrights.org