2-Year Multi-year Funding

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Instructions for applicants

Handy hint - Save your application regularly as you progress through the form. We recommend that you record and save your responses to all questions in a separate word document for safe keeping. 
 
Before completing this application form,please carefully read the Program Guidelines, Frequently Asked Questions, First Nations NSW Confirmation & Connection and Aboriginal Arts and Culture Protocols available on the website.

Prepare your application with this checklist
All applicants must submit the following materials. All materials will form part of the assessment:
  • A completed online application form
  • Samples of work (eg. attach images, short video files, PDF, 25MB max)
  • A detailed artistic and/or service plan of activities in 2026 (template below)
  • Organisational structure (if confirmed)
  • Audited financial report or equivalent for 2024*
  • Projected budget for 2026, including a breakdown of funding sources (optional budget template provided).

*If you do not have your accounts audited, you can upload a Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss statement that has been certified or approved at your most recent AGM or Board meeting.

Create NSW may also use previously submitted acquittal and forward plan data and information to inform the decision making of this funding round.

Resources and templates

 

Privacy Notice

Create NSW, part of the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport (The Department) is collecting your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To assess your application against the eligibility criteria for this grant round of the Arts and Cultural Funding Program;
  • If your application is deemed eligible, for Create NSW to subsequently administer the Program;
  • For Create NSW to publish your personal information in a way it deems necessary in order to publicise your connection to the Program; and
  • For Create NSW to monitor and evaluate the Program.

Create NSW will not use your personal information for any other purposes. Providing your personal information to Create NSW is voluntary, however Create NSW may not be able to assess your suitability for the Program if you choose not to provide it.

Create NSW will not disclose your personal information to anybody else unless you have given your consent, or Create NSW is required or authorised to by law, such as by court order or under the Government Information Public Access Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act).

You have the right to access your personal information and/or correct your personal information held by Create NSW without excessive delay or expense.

If you would like to know more about how Create NSW meets its regulatory obligations in collecting, using, sharing, and storing personal information, you can read the Department’s complete Privacy Policy here.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, or you would like to access or correct your personal information, please contact the Department on the details below:

Legal Officer (Privacy)
Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
GPO Box 5341
Sydney NSW 2000
information@dciths.nsw.gov.au

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Disclaimer

The applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

  • Changes to the application and any additional materials cannot be submitted after the advertised closing date and time.
  • Create NSW has the right to investigate any information provided in this application and/or to request additional information where Create NSW deems it necessary for the purpose of assessing your application or administering the Program.
  • Create NSW may re-open an application after the closing date, provided it doesn’t give the applicant an advantage over other applicants.
  • Create NSW staff are not able to provide advice on content or choices required within an application.

Use of Information

The applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

  • Subject to privacy legislation, if Create NSW assesses your application as successful, the information contained in this application form may be used for media and communication purposes by Create NSW and/or the NSW Government.