This grant provides artists and
creatives with small grants to initiate, explore or activate new ideas or new approaches
to their work.
Grant guidelines
To confirm the eligibility of your organisation and
activity, please read the grant guidelines before applying.
The 2025-26 guidelines will be available on 26 July 2025.
Who can apply?
This grant is suitable for emerging artists and creatives exploring, testing and developing a new creative arts project, as well as mid-career and established artists and creatives exploring a new direction or developing a new innovative or experimental project.
Applicants must reside or operate in Australia and deliver the proposed project or activity within the City of Greater Geelong’s municipal boundaries.
You must be one of the following applicant types:
- Not-for-profits - incorporated bodies, co-operatives or associations
- Registered charitable organisations – refer to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
- Unincorporated bodies with an auspice
- For-profits - commercial entities, businesses
- Individual/Sole Traders (entity type with Australian Business Register)
What can you apply for?
Artists/creatives fees, materials, venue hire, equipment purchase/hire, inclusion/access costs and documentation/evaluation.
How much can you apply for?
There is a total grant pool of $25,000 available.
Applicants may ask up to $2,500.
How to Apply
- Read the grant guidelines.
- Check you are an eligible applicant.
- Check your activity is eligible.
- Get in touch with us - please discuss your activity with us before
applying.
[email protected] or phone 03 5272 5560
- Collate your supporting documents.
- Answer the questions in the application form.
- Don't forget to hit the submit button.
We recommend you click Save Progress every 10 to 15 minutes when you are filling out a form. If you leave your computer idle for 20 minutes without saving your work, and then return, the session duration may have ended (or been timed-out).
Applications open/close
This grant is now closed.
Notification of outcomes
16 September 2024