CURRENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
*dates listed are the closing dates for applications
ONGOING:
REGIONAL ARTS NSW QUICK RESPONSE GRANTS
Quick Response Grants are available on a monthly basis from February to November, with all applications being competitively assessed at the end of each month. The grant amounts vary, with individuals able to apply for up to $3000 and organisations up to $5000, though there is no minimum grant amount. It’s important to note that there is a limited funding pool, so accurate budgeting is crucial to ensure you are only applying for the amount you truly need.
These grants are designed to assist with urgent needs that may arise unexpectedly and are not covered by other funding rounds. This includes opportunities such as professional development, skills development, and small projects that require immediate attention.
Projects funded by the Quick Response Grants must begin within 2–12 weeks of the closing date of the round in which the application is made. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications no later than 5 business days after the end of each month’s assessment.
April 2026
IP in Motion Fund - 2025-26
Up to $5,000 per application.
For: Business, Individual
Screen NSW, through this program, will wholly or partly reimburse, up to $5,000, a screen and digital games producers’ cost to option original intellectual property (IP) from NSW-based creators.
Status: Open | Closing 2 April 2026
Pathways Development Program 2025/26
Up to $30,000
For: Business, Individual
The Pathways Development Program is a competitive Screen NSW initiative that supports emerging writers with disability to develop original long-form screen projects to a pitch-ready stage.
Status: Open | Closing 2 April 2026
Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) Kickstart Grant Program Round 2
Individual grant amounts: from $20,000 to $250,000 (per council, excluding GST).
For: Local Government
The purpose of the Program is to encourage councils to take up and implement trial SEPs across NSW and integrate the Purple Flag principles for excellence in night-time precinct management into the creation of sustainable and successful SEPs.
Status: Open | Closing 13 April 2026
Crew Development Program 25/26 - Stream C: Costume & Art departments
Up to $500
For: Individual
The Crew Development Program offers intensive training and paid production placements (with mentorship) for NSW entry-level and mid-career crew from underrepresented backgrounds.
Status: Open | Closing 13 April 2026
NSW Social Cohesion Grants for Local Government Round 5 - Addressing Racism and Discrimination
From $10,000 to $100,000
For: Local Government
The overarching purpose of this grants program is to reduce racism and intersectional experiences of discrimination by building stronger, more resilient, and more cohesive communities.
Status: Open | Closing 23 April 2026
Touring and Travel Fund - International Touring
Up to $30,000 matched funding
For: Business, Individual
This funding program is designed to support established artists and acts to tour internationally.
Status: Open | Closing 24 April 2026
Touring and Travel Fund - Domestic Travel and International Professional Development
Up to $5,000 per person
For: Business, Individual
This quick response funding program is designed for domestic and international travel activity for NSW contemporary music artists, acts and music industry professionals.
Status: Open | Closing 24 April 2026
Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund 2025/26
Up to $500,000
For: Business
This program supports existing large-scale contemporary music festivals presented in NSW with a track record of delivering significant outcomes for contemporary music.
Status: Open | Closing 30 April 2026
May 2026
Regional NSW Community Bands Program
Up to $2,500
For: Not-for-profit
The Regional Community Bands Program supports the work of community bands in regional NSW through an annual program providing small grants to support their activities.
Status: Open | Closing 19 May 2026
Quick Response Fashion Grants
Up to $10,000 individual grants
For: Business, Individual
Quick Response Fashion Grants offer up to $10,000 for emerging designers, textile makers, and fashion businesses - prioritising First Nations, Western Sydney, and Regional NSW creatives.
Status: Open | Closing 29 May 2026
Strategic Opportunities Program 25/26
$5,000 -$50,000
For: Business
The Strategic Opportunities Program supports innovative projects designed to strengthen the NSW screen and digital games industries.
Status: Open | Closing 29 May 2026
June 2026
Round 29 - FRRR - The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Small & Vital stream
The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Small & Vital stream gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities. There are two tiers of Small & Vital funding available. Small grants up to $10,000 are available for a broad range of grassroots, community-led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities that strengthen local people, places and climate solutions, with a preference for smaller communities (populations less than15,000). The timeframe to deliver these projects is up to 12 months. Targeted larger leverage grants up to $50,000 are only available for projects that focus on strengthening the digital skills, confidence and safety of adults enabling them to get online, build social connections and access services, information, education and employment through training, as well as acquiring the digital and connectivity infrastructure where needed.
Opens: 25 March 2026
Closes: 24 June 2026
2025-26 Development Program
Up to $50,000 depending on the project type and level of market interest
For: Business, Individual
Screen NSW Development funding supports writers, directors and producers to develop fiction or unscripted (documentary) and online projects with distinctive ideas and ambitious stories.
Status: Open | Closing 30 June 2026
2025-26 International Travel Fund
Up to $5,000 for one Key Creative, or up to $6,000 for two or more Key Creatives per project
For: Business, Individual
The International Travel Fund supports NSW screen practitioners for travel related to significant international festivals, markets, awards, industry trade missions and financing projects.
Status: Open | Closing 30 June 2026
NSW Digital Games Rebate 2025
From $35,000 based on 10% of eligible Qualifying NSW Expenditure with a minimum spend of AU$350,000
For: Business
The NSW Government is offering a 10 per cent rebate for eligible digital games production. Games must have a Qualifying NSW Expenditure of at least AU$350,000 to be eligible.
Status: Open | Closing 30 June 2026
July 2026
FRRR - ANZ Seeds of Renewal
ANZ Seeds of Renewal is a small grants program designed to help build vibrant and sustainable rural communities, to ensure the ongoing prosperity of regional Australia.
The program demonstrates ANZ’s ongoing commitment to shape a world where people and communities thrive. It is built on two key tenets:
Vibrant communities are diverse and inclusive with strong social capital, where everyone can participate and build a better life; and
Sustainable communities innovate, expand, and create opportunities that will deliver demonstrable medium to long-term economic benefit to the community, contributing to economic sustainability.
Opens July 2026
ONGOING
Community Benefit Payments
Funding amounts vary
For: Not-for-profit
Community Benefit Payments fund not-for-profits and registered charities to support the local community when a local venue is approved by the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority to operate more gaming machines.
Status: Ongoing