First Nations Arts and Culture Business Innovation Award (Australia)

This new initiative is part of Creative Australia’s First Nations First industry development programs. The programs have been developed in response to extensive community consultation on priorities and needs of the sector in response to Pillar 1, First Nations First – Revive, the Australian Government’s shared vision for Australia: a place for every story and a story for every place. These new initiatives aim to elevate existing programs and deliver new funding that build on a 50-year legacy of First Nations leadership and investment at Creative Australia.

Award Information

• One award valued at $25,000 will be offered to one Australian First Nations led arts and culture business or community organisation (including Art Centers).

Eligibility Criteria

• This award is for small to medium First Nations Arts and Cultural Businesses.
• Innovation and Recognition:
  • contribution to Australian First Nations arts and culture
  • uniqueness and innovation in practice
  • leadership in bold ideas and new ways of doing business and collaborations
  • First Nations industry and peer recognition.
• Impact:
  • business activity directly benefits Australian First Nations communities
  • demonstration of business growth and achieving goals
  • best practice principles for business and governance have been applied and shared
  • contribution and expanding to areas of practice
  • evidence of promoting ethical and environmentally sustainable practices.

Ineligibility Criteria

• You are ineligible for this award if:
  • You are under 18 years of age
  • You do not identify as Australian first nations
  • You’re based outside of Australia
  • You have an overdue grant report for creative Australia
  • You owe money to Creative Australia.

Application Requirements

• You must submit a CV/extended bio for the nominee.
• You may submit up to four letters or statements of support.
• Types of support material they accept:
  • The preferred method of receiving support material is via urls
  • You can provide up to two URLs that link to content that is relevant to your nomination.
• Other accepted file formats
  • If you cannot supply support material via URLs, you may upload support material to your nomination in other formats, for example:
    • Video (MP4, QuickTime, and Windows Media)
    • Audio (MP3 and Windows Media)
    • Images (JPEG and PowerPoint)
    • Written material (Word and PDF).

For more information, visit Creative Australia.