Access to Funding

Successfully obtaining funds for your museum or gallery requires knowledge and creativity. Access to Funding is a workshop delivering specialist knowledge to make accessing funds a reality.

 This workshop by Museum & Galleries of NSW will provide you with a chance to talk about projects face to face with funding representatives and give you hints on writing winning grant applications.

For full details and registration form click here.

Regional Museum Networking Grants

Museums
& Galleries
NSW

Regional Museum Networking Grants fund one off projects that aim to enhance and develop networking relationships between regional volunteer managed museums and other key stakeholders. The project must include at least five volunteer managed museums.

It can be spread over 12 months and may involve partnerships with professionally managed museums, Regional Arts Development Officers and Regional Tourism Officers. Ideally, the project should lead to increased public access to collections, either real or virtual, through the identification of new or existing material for interpreting local themes. 

Closing: Friday 16 August 2013

Regional Museum Networking Grant Guidelines

If you are interested please email or call:

Tamara Lavrencic

Museum Programs and Collections Manager

TamaraL@mgnsw.org.au or 02 9339 9908 

This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program, administered by Museums & Galleries NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.

Arts NSW Cultural Grant Programme

About the Arts NSW Cultural Grant Programme

The Cultural Grants Programme is an Arts NSW devolved funding program administered by the Royal Australian Historical Society on behalf of the NSW Government.  This Cultural Grants programme assists historical research and publication of local, community and regional history projects.  Arts NSW funding priorities can be found on its website, together with a list of grants awarded each year – click here for more details.

The New South Wales Minister for the Arts, Hon George Souris, approved the allocation to the Royal Australian Historical Society of $45,000 per annum between 2012 and 2014. This is a very considerable increase from the $23,000 the Society received in 2011 and is much appreciated. The Society is working hard to ensure that it fully justifies the confidence placed in it.

 

2013 – Information and Application forms

Applicants should read the checklist and grants guidelines before submitting an application.  Applicants may also find it useful to review the list of 2012 grant recipients.  Grant applications open on 1 May 2013 and close at 5pm on 21 June 2013. Applications can be:

• emailed to grants@rahs.org.au
• posted to Attention: Grants Officer RAHS, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
• faxed to (02) 9247 7854

2013 Cultural grant checklist
2013 Cultural Grant guidelines
2013 cultural grants application form

2012 – Recipients

The 2012 Cultural Grants were awarded at the State History Conference, and details were published in History in December 2012 .

Read More about the 2012 recipients.

 Ref: Published on RAHS website.

$40,000 for science outreach projects in regional NSW - applications close 31 May 2013

There is $40,000 available for community groups in regional NSW to support science activities and events during National Science Week in August.

From citizen science projects to supermarket science shows, the funding is intended to support community partnerships which motivate and inspire locals to get involved with science and science-related issues.

Local scientists are encouraged to partner with arts and community organisations, local clubs and societies, business associations and local government. The aim is to create a network of enduring local partnerships throughout NSW which will deliver inspirational science initiatives throughout NSW during National Science Week and beyond.

Some of the successful community science initiatives already underway include:

• Radical Wine, a town hall event that explored the science of wine making
• Consumer Science, featuring experiments presented in local shopping malls by scientists from the University of New England
• The Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness project, which brings volunteers together with professional scientists to document the biodiversity of the southern NSW coast
• The Border Stargaze, an annual astronomy festival in Albury, with debates, interactive science activities and night-time sky tours

NSW Trade & Investment has joined forces with the Australian Government's Inspiring Australia initiative and the University of Sydney to provide the 2013 NSW Regional Science Grants.

Read more about the grants at: http://sydney.edu.au/science/outreach/inspiring/index.shtml

Isabelle Kingsley
Science Education Officer
Education Programs
T 92170381

Above email from: 
Rebecca Pinchin
Regional Services Coordinator,
Collections
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW 2007 Australia
T +61 2 92170220
W http://www.powerhousemuseum.com

Funding - NSW heritage grants

Caring for our heritage

The NSW Government has committed $5.96 million funding to the 2013-14 and 2014-15 NSW Heritage Grants programs.
Applications for funding over 2013-14 open in April 2013 as set out below. Successful projects will be announced in July 2013.
Applications for funding over 2014-15 will open in October 2013 as set out below. Successful projects will be announced in April 2014.

NSW Heritage Grants program

NSW Heritage Grants aims to recognise and protect the state’s most significant heritage places and values to ensure future generations can enjoy them.

Applications now open

Aboriginal heritage projects
Applications for project funding in 2013–14 open on 15 April 2013 and close on 3 June 2013
Applications for project funding in 2014–15 open in October 2013
Community, youth and seniors heritage projectsApplications for project funding in 2014–15 open in October 2013
Major works projectsApplications for project funding in 2013–14 open on 15 April 2013 and close on 3 June 2013
Applications for project funding in 2014–15 open in October 2013
Heritage reports
Applications for project funding in 2013–14 open on 15 April 2013 and close on 3 June 2013
Applications for project funding in 2015–16 open in late 2014
Local heritage places grants
Applications for project funding in 2013–14 open on 15 April 2013 and close on 3 June 2013
Applications for project funding in 2014–15 open in October 2013
Local government heritage advisors
Applications for project funding in 2013–14 open on 15 April 2013 and close on 3 June 2013
Applications for project funding in 2014–15 open in October 2013
Local government heritage planning studies
Applications for project funding in 2013–14 open on 15 April 2013 and close on 3 June 2013
Applications for project funding in 2015–16 open in late 2014

Applications invited throughout 2013-14 and 2014-15

Emergency works projects

More information

Further information about the NSW Heritage Grants program and other heritage funding sources is available at:

• Program evaluations
• Annual Reports
• Assistance through other sources
• Local history and archives projects

For further assistance with your project, please contact Victoria Throp on phone 02 9873 8577 or email victoria.throp@heritage.nsw.gov.au

The Grants and Funding 2013 booklet is now available online from Museums & Galleries (NSW).

Museums & Galleries NSW - Funding & Prizes

Mentorship, Fellowship and Placements
2013 round now open!

 With a Mentorship or Fellowship, paid museum and gallery staff can travel interstate or overseas, get a fresh perspective and build new industry contacts. The grants cover costs associated with travel, accommodation and incidentals.

The Volunteer Placement provides volunteers with an opportunity to extend their knowledge, enhance their skills and increase their networks through access to the resources and staff of larger or specialised cultural organisations.

Closing: Friday 19 April 2013
More: mgnsw.org.au/grants/mentorships_fellowships_and_placements

This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.

Volunteer Initiated Museum grants (VIM)
Now open for 2013!

If your volunteer run museum requires funding for projects addressing skill development, operational planning and forward planning then consider applying for a VIM grant.

 
More: mgnsw.org.au/grants/museum_grants

 
This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.
 

Your Community Heritage grants
Now open for applications

 Grants up to $500,000 are available to help community groups to conserve and protect Australia’s nationally significant historic sites, undertake natural disaster recovery and mitigation activities relating to historic heritage places, honour eminent Australians who have made a significant contribution to our nation, assist communities tell their heritage stories and enhance community engagement in heritage through celebrations and events.

Closing: Thursday 21 March 2013
More: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/programs


Residency for artists living in regional NSW

Artspace is a leading international residency-based contemporary art centre, housed in the historic Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo fronting Sydney Harbour. Operating four on-site residential studios, six non-residential work spaces and an Open Studio program, as well as exhibition program Artspace is the key hub of the contemporary art community in Sydney, fostering dialogue between local artists, writers and curators and their national and international counterparts. This residency opportunity will provide an artist from regional NSW with a unique professional development opportunity.  The successful applicant will be provided with costs for return travel, residential studio accommodation, a living allowance and support towards production costs. The residency will take place October - December 2013. Applications are invited from professional visual artists resident in regional New South Wales and working in any medium.  

Closing: Friday 3 May 2013
More: www.artspace.org.au/about_news

Museums & Galleries NSW Collection Documentation and Significance Assessment Grants

Update: The Collection Documentation Grants deadline has been extended to 15 February 2013.

The Collection Documentation and Significance Assessment Grant Program is a new initiative commencing in 2013 to enable community museums and keeping places to bring in specialists to work with volunteers on documentation and or significance assessment of objects and collections.

This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program, administered by Museums & Galleries NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. The objective is to make the collections more accessible. Core projects include identifying significant objects, writing significance statements, cataloguing objects, digitally photographing objects and entering collection information into a database.
Priority is given to collaborative projects involving four or more museums/keeping places; however applications from single organisations will be considered where they can demonstrate a strong case for funding. Ideally, organisations applying for individual project funding will already have undertaken significance assessment of their collections.

Download the guidelines here

AMOUNT AVAILABLE: The amount that can be applied for under this program is a maximum of $7,500.

TIMEFRAME: One round of Collection Documentation and Significance Assessment Grants will be offered annually. No late applications will be accepted.

Applications for must be postmarked on or before Friday 15 February 2013.

Projects must have commenced no later than 31 August 2013 and be completed no later than 31 December 2013.

For further information:
Phoebe Arthur
Museum Sector Programs and Collections Coordinator
t: 02 9358 1760
freecall: 1800 114 311 (regional only)
e: phoebea@mgnsw.org.au

Museums & Galleries NSW - fellowship or mentorship in 2013

 9 January 2013

Opportunity Knocks
Mentorship and Fellowship

Are you interested in an Museums & Galleries NSW fellowship or mentorship in 2013? Then come along to a special presentation by the 2012 Fellowship & Mentorship recipients.

When: Tuesday 26 February 2012, 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Where: Museum & Galleries NSW, 43-51 Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo
More: www.mgnsw.org.au/sector_development/opportunity_knocks
 

2013 Arts Funding Program Guide

The Arts NSW 2013 Arts Funding Program Guide is now available online. Check this document out for all the information you will need about Arts NSW funding in 2013.

More: www.arts.nsw.gov.au

Funding for Hartley site

THE success of the inaugural Back to Hartley event in October was a sure sign the historic village’s revitalisation plans are moving along well.

With the $5100 raised from the celebration handed over to the designated three charities at the site on last week, Member for Calare Paul Toole kept the momentum going with an announcement of $452,000 of funding from the State Government to be spent on the second stage of plans.

While the Cancer Support Group Inc Lithgow and District, Lithgow Prostate Cancer Support Group and Lithgow Community Projects Incorporated were happy with their cheques, the Hartley Historic Site received a very healthy boost.

With the money, revitalisation works are planned to be done by the end of May next year.

Ref: Lithgow Mercury 28/12/12

Does your volunteer museum need funding?

If your volunteer run museum requires funding for projects addressing skill development or operational and forward planning then consider an M&G NSW VIM grant.

VIM Skills Initiatives Grants provide funding to volunteer museums, museum networks and keeping places for regional or state focused skill development training and networking events.

 VIM Skills Initiatives grants

Closing: Friday 28 September 2012

VIM Small Grants aim to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and keeping places. There are no set categories for funding, and applications for a broad range of projects will be considered.
 VIM Small grants

Closing: Friday 19 October 2012

VIM Development Projects Grants allow community museums and keeping places to carry out strategic and innovative projects with mid to long term outcomes. The grants can also provide an opportunity to work productively with an appropriate museums and/or arts consultant as a skill development opportunity.
 Development Project grant

Closing: Friday 19 October 2012

Ref: M&G NSW News 29 August 2012

Multicultural Advantage Grants Program

The Community Relations Commission (CRC) invites applications from not-for-profit organisations under the new Multicultural Advantage Grants Program. The program includes: 

Sponsorship Grants: to $2,000 to support events and activities, such as festivals that foster community cohesion and promote the benefits of a multicultural society.

Overview

The purpose of the Sponsorship Grants category is to support events and activities that foster community cohesion and promote the benefits of a multicultural society.  It provides public support by the New South Wales Government to multiculturalism and the value of cultural diversity.

Applications are not sought through public advertisement outside the Commission’s website.

Priority areas for Sponsorship Grants

Projects supported under this category are:

• the hosting of seminars and conferences
• multicultural, inter-community and inter-faith forums
• local festivals and major cultural events such as exhibitions and concerts
• teaching craft skills to target groups from culturally diverse backgrounds.

For more detail on Funding, Eligibility and How to Apply click here.

Apply now for 2013 Regional Services program

Applications are now open for individuals or organisations to receive project assistance, a regional internship or a movable heritage fellowship in 2013.

• Regional Internships provide training and development opportunities for regional and rural cultural workers, including short courses and a project-based, four-week internship at the Powerhouse Museum. Financial assistance of up to $750 is available. Applications close 28 September 2012. Read more

• Project Assistance offers cultural heritage organisations across New South Wales advice and/or assistance to assist in recording, preserving and displaying their collections for the benefit of the community. Applications close 28 September 2012. Read more

• The Movable Heritage Fellowship invites tertiary students to undertake a research project on an object or group of objects in a community museum, historical society or other collecting institution. The Fellow will receive $5,000 and spend a minimum of one week at the Powerhouse Museum working with a supervisor. Applications close 1 February 2013. Read more

Any questions or need help with your application? Contact Rebecca Pinchin, Powerhouse Museum on freecall 1800 882 092, ph (02) 9217 0220 or email rebecca.pinchin@phm.gov.aurebecca.pinchin@phm.gov.au

Congratulations to the successful applicants for the 2012 Movable Heritage Fellowships! Well done to Rosemarie Strange, for her project on the Hamilton Hume Dress collection at the Boorowa Museum and Roslyn Carroll, for her project on the Sir William Hudson’s Treasures in the Adaminaby Snowy Scheme Museum.

Arts NSW 2012 Arts Funding Program

Guidelines for the 2013 Arts Funding Program (AFP) can be downloaded from the Arts NSW website.
 
Application forms will be progressively released on the Arts NSW online application system. You will be required to create a user account and (once you’ve received a verification email) login to submit an application.  Information on using the online application form is available from the FAQs page of the Arts NSW website.

To view the Arts NSW funding guide presentation from the Access to Funding workshop M&G NSW held in Bateman's Bay click here.

Free information sessions
Arts NSW have planned a series of free information sessions on the 2013 Arts Funding Program throughout May.
 
Sessions will cover:
     * What Arts NSW do/who they are
     * Type of grants available
     * Tips for a successful application
     * Question and answer time
 
Further information:  www.arts.nsw.gov.au

2012 M&G NSW Grants and Funding Booklet

The 2012 M&G NSW Grants and Funding Booklet is now available for download from the M&G NSW website.

Each year M&G NSW publishes this resource offering a summary of the diverse range of grants and funding sources available for public museums and galleries in NSW.  The booklet details federal, state and local government funding initiatives, as well as opportunities available from independent and philanthropic organisations, foundations, and the various grant programs administered by M&G NSW.

The document also includes hints and tips on successful grant application writing.

Download it now from the M&G NSW website.

The Volunteer-Initiated Museum (VIM) Grant Program is now open for 2012

Museums & Galleries NSW (M&G NSW) is pleased to announce that the Volunteer-Initiated Museum (VIM) Grant Program is now open for 2012. Applications are now invited for Leg Ups – Skill Development Grants (matched funding up to $500), VIM Small Grants (funding up to $2,000) and VIM Skills Initiatives Grants (funding up to $5,000).  Leg Up Grants can be applied for year round until all funds are expended.
 
The first round of Small Grants close: Friday 20 April 2012.
 
The Guidelines for all VIM Grants can be downloaded from Museums & Galleries NSW’s website.
Contact: Phoebe Arthur, Sector Development Coordinator on 02 9339 9913, free call 1800 114 311 or phoebea@mgnsw.org.au to organise an application form.

The M&G NSW VIM Grant Program is administered by Museums & Galleries NSW and is funded by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.

Heritage Grants Program

NSW Heritage Grants aim to improve the physical condition of NSW heritage items, assist communities to care for their heritage and supports local government in its role as manager of the majority of heritage items in NSW.

The new Heritage Grants webpage at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/02_subnav_07.htm provides a sample of interesting and innovative projects, including the restoration of the Millthorpe Newsagency and Store and the restoring of early buildings by Main Street Make-overs.

The site is worth visiting!

How to Search for Funding & Grants

Finding information on funding & grants is easy using these search options.

When using Search for Funding:
If you are not sure what Category or Funding Organisation option to select, leave these unselected, and select Open from the Status options, and click "browse".

If you wish to see all open grants at once, select "View All..."

You will be surprised at how many open funding and award opportunities are available. You can also enter a keyword in the search function in your browser (usually Control-F) to find keywords within the list of open grants.

Try it here.

If you are still unable to find what you are looking for you can search by entering your keyword(s) in the search box above the top menu.