CAL's Cultural Fund

CAL's Board is authorised by CAL's Constitution to allocate 1% of copyright licence fees collected to cultural development.

This is known as the Cultural Fund. The Cultural Fund supports a wide variety of projects which aim to encourage, and provide practical assistance to CAL's members and the Australian cultural community.

In 2009 the priority area of funding is ‘supporting innovation in the Australian creative industries to develop local and foreign markets for Australian works.’

The application deadline for the next round of funding is 5.00 pm Friday 4 June 2010.

Click here to download application guidelines and more information on the Cultural Fund.

Click here to view some of the more recent projects supported by the Cultural Fund.
 

Creative Industries' Career Fund

As part of the Cultural Fund, CAL also allocates $100,000 a year to support individual Australian creators and those involved in the creative industries who wish to develop their skills and take their careers to the next level. 

Applicants can apply for grants of up to $5,000 to undertake training, travel or other activities that will enhance their careers.

The Creative Industries' Career Fund combines CAL's previous, smaller funding pools - the Professional Development Fund and the Publishers' Career Development Fund. As a result, more people will now be eligible for funding.

The application deadline for the next round of funding is 5.00 pm Thursday 15 April 2010.

Click here to download application guidelines and information on the Creative Industries' Career Fund.

Click here to view some of the more recent projects supported by the Creative Industries' Career Fund.
 

Submitting your application

If you’re interested in applying for funding, please read through the application guidelines carefully to see if your creative project is a good fit for the Cultural Fund. We encourage you to submit your applications by email – just a simple word document or pdf will do. We also ask that applications are kept to three pages or less.  

For more information contact CAL's Manager, Cultural Fund, Zoe Rodriguez by email zrodriguez@copyright.com.au or phone +612 9394 7600.

Download CAL's Cultural Fund brochure here