Eligibility requirements for the Arts Grants Program

The following general eligibility requirements apply to all Grants in  the Arts Development, Indigenous Arts and Young People and the Arts Programs only.

Please check the specific eligibility requirements for your category.

In addition, the following applications are ineligible:

• Projects that require total cost to be covered by the Department. Budgets must include in-kind or cash income from other sources. This may be a self contribution, sales, sponsorship or other funding
• Applications in film, television and radio. Please see Other Funding Sources. The Department recognises that video and new technologies offer artists tools for making, presenting, distributing or marketing work in a variety of art forms. The broader context of the intended activity and the applicant’s existing practice may inform eligibility. Please contact a Project Officer to discuss eligibility before preparing your application
• Activities where key creative and administrative personnel (as listed in Question 3 of the application form) have outstanding acquittals from previous funding from the Department
• Applications from an individual who is not an Australian citizen or does not have Australian permanent resident status
• Applications from an individual who has not resided in Western Australia for at least 12 months prior to making the application
• Where the applicant has no Australian Business Number (ABN) or no proof that the applicant is not subject to Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholding tax, in accordance with Australian Taxation Office requirements
• Where the applicant has submitted more than three applications to the Department in any 12-month period with the exception of Contemporary Music Grant Program applications and auspice organisations
• Applications received or postmarked after the deadline 
• Submissions via email or fax
• Where the activity starts before the stated commencement date
• Where the application seeks funding on a retrospective basis
• The restoration or conservation of cultural material (please contact Museums Australia for funding opportunities)
• The purchase of capital equipment, including instruments, equipment, computers, software or uniforms
• Capital works, such as the establishment of artists’ studios and gallery spaces (please see Other Funding Sources)
• Fundraising, competitions, prizes and trophies. Projects where there are significant strategic benefits to Western Australian artists may be eligible, however the Department will not contribute to expenditure toward prizes 
• The work of other State or Federal Government departments
• The work of other portfolio organisations (including organisations directly funded by the portfolio organisations) as well as staff of those portfolio organisations
• Activities that are curriculum linked or used for academic assessment. Childcare centres, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities must demonstrate how the proposal adds to, or differs from, the curriculum-based arts activity already being offered.  Access to the activity must not be restricted to the students of the institution (with the exception of the Young People and the Arts International Scholarship)
• Facsimiles, genealogical works and histories of Local Governments, clubs, districts or organisations.