Fellowships - Music

Closing date: 1 September 2010
Decisions advised: November 2010
For funding from: 1 January 2011

Two-year Fellowship grants provide outstanding artists with financial support to produce creative work or undertake professional development.

Fellowship applications are invited from artists with a record of outstanding achievement and who are well established in their field. They are worth $45,000 per year for two years.

Payments for Fellowship grants are made in three instalments over the two-year period. All fellowship recipients are required to submit interim reports at the end of the first year. On acceptance, another instalment will be paid less an amount of $10,000. This amount will be paid when a final acquittal report has been submitted and approved at the end of the two-year period.

This category is open to individuals only. To be eligible, you must meet the general eligibility requirements.

Fellowships are granted only once in an artist’s lifetime.

Fellowship recipients may apply for funding from other categories during the term of the Fellowship, with the exception of the Project Fellowship category.

Fellowship recipients may not apply for a Project Fellowship where the start date of the Project Fellowship is less than five years after the end date of their Fellowship.

Fellowship recipients must not undertake any work that prevents them from fulfilling the terms of their fellowship.

Selection criteria

Applications will be selected that best demonstrate:

• Outstanding professional achievement
• The potential of the proposal to contribute to both the artist’s professional development and music practice in Australia
• Good planning and effective use of resources.

You can apply online for all Australia Council grants. If you would like a hard copy application form, contact Australia Council staff on (02) 9215 9000 or 1800 226 912.

You must submit evidence of your eligibility and the required support material as part of the application.

Your support material should be your own work and the work of other key artists involved in the project. Support material should be recent and relevant to the project for which you are applying. All applicants are encouraged, where possible, to include Australian content in the support material submitted.

The Music Board will review no more than a total of 10 minutes of support material for each application submitted.

Examples of work

All applicants must submit up to three examples of their work and that of the key artists represented in a format listed below:

• Up to a total of 10 minutes of audio material, to be uploaded with your application, or submitted in hard copy as a single audio CD; or
• Up to a total of 10 minutes of audio visual material, to be submitted only in hard copyas three identical DVDs or data discs; or
  
• Up to three URLs linking to audio or visual material.

When uploading support material, please provide details of the contents of the uploaded material in the comments space provided. For audio material, this should include title, duration, composer/songwriter and performer details, and a brief explanation of the material’s relevance to the application.

Additional material to be provided with your application

The following additional material should be submitted with the audio or audio visual material and your application form by the closing date, as relevant to the project.

Please confirm the names and availability of key artists.

Applicants may provide up to three testimonials to be uploaded with the application or provided in hard copy.

For proposals that involve companies funded by the Major Performing Arts Board, a letter of agreement between the applicant and the MPAB-funded company must be provided to both the MPAB and the Music Board. For further details please contact MPAB staff directly.

In line with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts policy and its underpinning principles, the Australia Council requires that applications for projects containing representations of artistic/cultural practice or intended outcomes relating to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artists or communities must provide letters from relevant communities or artists. Letters must show clear evidence of support and agreement for the activities undertaken. In preparing your application, you may wish to consult the Indigenous protocol guides in song, performance, writing, new media and visual arts.

Any material supplied in addition to the required support material will not be considered in the assessment of your application.

Support material formats

Support materials can be submitted in the following digital formats:

• Audio files – .mp3 (192.1 kb/s)
• Documents – .pdf
• Video - must be submitted in hard copy format.

The Music Board does not accept notated scores or video cassettes and will not assess them if provided.

Please contact Music Board staff with any questions related to support material requirements.

Please submit any hard copy support material to:

Music Board

PO Box 788

Strawberry Hills NSW 2012

Please ensure the support material is clearly labelled, with the applicant’s name, application ID and the category. All hard copy support material must be postmarked no later than the closing date.