https://www.artificialnouveau.com/smalltools/grants/ Paid open calls, fellowships and residencies in AI, tech, research, and digital and mixed-media arts, sorted into the right pile. Updated as new calls land on the desk. Filtered to: Australia, weekly digest. Released weekly: the week's new grants arrive together on Sunday, one entry per grant plus a short roundup header, instead of trickling out daily. Each drop carries at most 10 grants, closest deadlines first; the rest follow the next Sunday. en 1440 weekly 1 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:27:41 +0000 https://www.artificialnouveau.com/smalltools/grants/feed-australia-weekly.xml#week-2026-08-10 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Helpmann Fellowships 2026
https://helpmannacademy.com.au/helpmann-fellowships/
Helpmann Academy · deadline Closed 31 Aug 2026 · Up to AUD 7,500 per fellowship, three fellowships available. Supported by the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation. No application fee.

Creative Australia: Arts Projects for Organisations (September 2026 round)
https://creative.gov.au/investments-opportunities/arts-projects-organisations
Creative Australia · deadline Closed 01 Sep 2026 · AUD 20,000 to 100,000. No matching or co-financing requirement. No application fee. Organisational administrative costs should generally not exceed 10 percent of the total project budget or the application becomes less competitive.

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Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival 2027 Submissions
https://queerscreen.org.au/submissions/
Queer Screen · deadline Rolling / undated · Screening at one of the world's biggest queer film festivals, with audience awards. Modest FilmFreeway fees.

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BigCi Environmental Awards 2026
https://bigci.org/awards/
Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives (BigCi) · deadline Closed 02 Aug 2026 · Two awards, each of AUD 5,000 prize money plus four weeks of free residency at BigCi, guided walks in the surrounding national parks and research assistance for the project. AUD 40 entry fee, non-refundable and payable with the submission.

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Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2026 Submissions
https://filmfreeway.com/MelbourneQueerFilmFestival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) · deadline Closed 03 Aug 2026 · Screening at Australia's largest queer film festival. Fees USD 30 shorts / USD 50 features (waivers for Australian and First Nations entrants only).

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Create NSW: Stories Matter NSW Literary Fellowships 2026
https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/stories-matter-nsw-literary-fellowships
Create NSW (administered by Writing NSW) · deadline Closed 27 Jul 2026 · AUD 50,000 per fellowship, 10 fellowships awarded (4 emerging, 3 mid-career, 3 established). No application fee.

Copyright Agency Cultural Fund: Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing 2026
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/fellowship/
Copyright Agency (Cultural Fund) · deadline Closed 17 Aug 2026 · AUD 80,000 (one fellowship). No application fee.

Copyright Agency Cultural Fund: Author Fellowship 2026
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/fellowship/
Copyright Agency (Cultural Fund) · deadline Closed 17 Aug 2026 · AUD 80,000 (one fellowship). No application fee.

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Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships - Class of 2027
https://samstag.adelaide.edu.au/scholarship/apply/
Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia · deadline Closed 30 Jun 2026 · AUD $75,000 tax-exempt stipend; institutional fees for one academic year of study (where applicable); return airfares; and travel and health insurance. No application fee.

The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers 2026
https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/richell-prize-2026/
Emerging Writers' Festival and Hachette Australia · deadline Closed 13 Jul 2026 · AUD $10,000 prize money (donated by Hachette Australia); 12-month mentorship with a Hachette Australia publisher; first option to consider finished work for publication. Long- and short-listed writers also eligible to apply for a Casa Morphosi Residency in Abruzzo, Italy. No application fee.

The Wheeler Centre: The Next Chapter 2027
https://www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-chapter
The Wheeler Centre · deadline Closed 31 Jul 2026 · AUD $15,000 stipend per fellow. No application fee.

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Canon Oceania: Grants Program 2026
https://www.canon.com.au/about-canon/community/grants
Canon Oceania · deadline Closed 14 Jun 2026 · Each grant worth 5,000 in local currency (AUD or NZD): 2,500 cash plus 2,500 in Canon product. Awarded across four categories: Education, Community, Environment, and First Nations/Cultural. More than 50,000 awarded across the region. No application fee.

Blackbird Foundation: Protostars Micro-Grant (Young People's Passion Projects)
https://www.blackbird.foundation/protostars
Blackbird Foundation · deadline Closed 21 Jun 2026 · AUD 1,000 micro-grant per recipient. No application fee.

Blackbird Foundation: Believers Fund III 2026
https://www.blackbird.foundation/projects
Blackbird Foundation · deadline 30 Jun 2027 · AUD 5,000 and AUD 10,000 grants. No application fee.

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Eloquence Art Prize 2026
https://powerinstitute.submittable.com/submit
Power Institute, University of Sydney (Culture+) · deadline Closed 31 May 2026 · National public speaking prize (award for the winning art talk on French and Australian cultural ties). No application fee.

Nicholas and Angela Curtis Cite Internationale des Arts Fellowships 2026 (Curtis Artist Fellowships)
https://powerinstitute.submittable.com/submit
Power Institute, University of Sydney · deadline Closed 30 Jun 2026 · $13,000 AUD towards travel and living costs, plus rent-free access to the Power Institute's living/working studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts for 3 months. Note: fellows pay a refundable bond deposit and utility costs. No application fee.

Virginia Spate Research Fellowships 2026
https://powerinstitute.submittable.com/submit
Power Institute, University of Sydney · deadline Closed 30 Jun 2026 · $20,000 AUD grant for travel and living expenses (including accommodation), plus support finding accommodation. No application fee.

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