Projects supported by the Creative Industries' Career Fund

As part of the Cultural Fund, CAL also allocates $100,000 a year to support individual Australian creators and those involved in the creative industries who wish to develop their skills and take their careers to the next level.

Applicants can apply for grants of up to $5,000 to undertake training, travel or other activities that will enhance their careers.

For more information contact CAL's Manager, Cultural Fund, Zoe Rodriguez by email zrodriguez@copyright.com.au or phone +61 2 9394 7600

Click here to view application guidelines.

Some of the projects supported by the Creative Industries’ Career Fund in 2009 include:

Attendance at international festivals
Funding has gone to a number of Australian authors and artists to help cover their travel costs to international festivals, such as the Bologna Book Fair, the Berlin Literature Festival, Japan’s Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, and Tokyo’s 6th International Tanka festival.


Attendance at national events
CAL funding has made it possible for a number of creators to travel to events around the country, such as the Romance Writers of Australia national conference in Brisbane, Newcastle’s arts festival This Is Not Art, and speculative fiction conventions – Continuum 5 and Conflux 6.


Training
Funding has also been allocated to creators taking up additional professional training, such as one Australian travel writer and photographer who is training in Dreamweaver software.