Overview
Music Works Grants supports Victorian-based contemporary music industry artists or industry professionals across all genres and career stages to undertake projects with creative and/or commercial outcomes. Funding can be used for the creation of new works, collaboration and partnerships, professional development, marketing, tour support, and more.
Focus Areas
Uncovering Talent ($5,000) is for first-time grant recipients and encourages applications from early career artists. It is for music industry professionals to undertake creative projects and professional development opportunities.
Download guidelines here
Evolve and Export ($10,000-$20,000) encourages innovation in music creation and reaching new markets. It is for music industry professionals with a proven track record to undertake creative projects and professional development opportunities.
Download guidelines here
Streams
Each focus area has three streams:
- First Peoples Stream
Victorian First Peoples applications will be assessed in alignment with Aboriginal self-determination by a First Peoples assessment panel. - Deaf and Disabled Stream
Victorian deaf and disabled music industry professionals or music industry businesses or organisations will be assessed by a panel of music industry peers with lived experience of Deafness and Disability. - General Stream
All other applications will be assessed by a panel made up of a diverse range of music industry peers.
Music Works 2024 - Applicant drop-in session
Date: Thursday, 4 April 2024
Time: 1:00-1:45pm
This is a session with Creative Victoria program staff to run through the latest round of Music Works Grants, what’s new this round as well as answer your questions.
Event Information
- To submit any questions prior to the webinar, email artsdevelopment@creative.vic.gov.au (recommended for those joining via tablet/mobile)
- The session will begin at 1:00pm sharp to allow plenty of time for questions.
- It will be recorded and published on the Music Works page in the days following.
- There will be an Auslan interpreter.
- MS Teams Webinars work best on a laptop / computer, rather than a mobile/tablet.
- If you'd like to watch the sessions with Captions generated by MS Teams, this may not work on a mobile phone.
Funding available
Individuals or groups/organisation can apply for:
- Uncovering Talent - fixed grant of $5,000
- Evolve and Export - funding amounts between $10,000-$20,000
Access costs
- If you are applying for the Deaf and Disabled stream, you can apply for an additional amount of up to $1,500 (Uncovering Talent) or $3,000 (Evolve and Export) on top of your general project costs to cover additional specific access expenses that will help you reduce barriers for Deaf and Disabled artists/industry workers involved in your project.
Who can apply?
You can apply if you’re an individual or group/collective that meets Creative Victoria's general eligibility and the following program eligibility:
- You’re a Victorian based contemporary music industry professional (individuals, collectives/groups, or micro to small organisations), including artists/bands, managers, promoters, labels and other music industry business and organisations.
- You have an active ABN.
- Unincorporated associations and collectives will need to either apply under auspice, or have an individual apply on behalf of the group.
- You’re only submitting one application (including under auspice). Auspice bodies may apply on behalf of multiple applicants.
Note: The Uncovering Talent focus area is for applicants who have never received Creative Victoria funding before except for direct recipients of grants from the COVID support programs listed in the guidelines.
Please speak to program staff if you are unsure about your eligibility.
How can I apply?
General information on how to access the Grants Portal, including how to register and Grants Portal FAQs, can be found here.
You will need to determine which focus area and stream you are applying under.
For Uncovering Talent:
- First Peoples creatives stream: Click here to START your application
- Deaf and Disabled creatives stream: Click here to START your application
- General stream: Click here to START your application
To access and continue working on your saved applications, please click here to return to the Grants Portal directly.
For Evolve and Export:
- First Peoples creatives stream: Click here to START your application
- Deaf and Disabled creatives stream: Click here to START your application
- General stream: Click here to START your application
To access and continue working on your saved applications, please click here to return to the Grants Portal directly.
Music Works applications are submitted via the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions Grants Portal.
Who can I talk to?
Focus Area/Stream | Contact |
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First Peoples applicants (both focus areas) | Darcy Hytt firstpeoplesgrants@creative.vic.gov.au |
Deaf and Disabled applicants (both focus areas) | Lill Desormeaux lill.desormeaux@creative.vic.gov.au 03 9623 1412 Caitlin Kavanagh caitlin.kavanagh@creative.vic.gov.au 03 9623 1340 |
Uncovering Talent | Emily Dutton (Mon- Wed) emily.dutton@creative.vic.gov.au 03 9623 1278 Shaun Gillis (Thurs-Fri) shaun.gillis@creative.vic.gov.au 03 9623 1191 |
Evolve and Export | Haini Palu haini.palu@creative.vic.gov.au 03 9623 1115 Chloe Turner chloe.turner@creative.vic.gov.au 03 9623 1169 |
For help with translations please call the Translating and Interpreting Service
Guidelines and tools - Uncovering Talent
Guidelines and tools - Evolve and Export
After you apply
Once you submit your application on the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions Portal you’ll receive an email acknowledgment.
You’ll be notified by email of the outcome approximately 13 weeks after the published closing date.
See Information for applicants
Successful applications
If your funding application is successful, you’ll receive a funding agreement outlining the conditions for funding, payment information and reporting requirements.
See Information for current recipients
Notification of funding outcomes
There’s a high level of demand for Creative Victoria funding, so we recommend that you plan for contingencies if your application is unsuccessful (e.g. other funding sources). Please don’t make commitments based on the assumption that you’ll receive funding until you’ve received written confirmation of your final funding outcome.
Funding recommendations are subject to approval by the Minister for Creative Industries. Feedback on your application is provided at Creative Victoria’s discretion and may not be available when you receive notification of your funding outcome.
Payment of grants
Program funding payments are conditional on you meeting your obligations under your Funding Agreement with the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, including fulfilling any payment milestone outcomes or deliverables set out in the Funding Agreement.