Create NSW Cultural Grants Program

It is essential that applicants read the guidelines before applying to ensure that their project is eligible for funding.

Applicants will also need to refer to the guidelines while completing their application form, as it contains information that will assist with answering the required questions.

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Before starting your online application, we recommend that you discuss your project with RAHS Grants Officer Maryanne Byrne or RAHS General Manager Suzanne Holohan to ensure that it meets the eligibility criteria.

Please send your enquiries to grants@rahs.org.au and leave a phone number if you want a call back to discuss your project.

APPLICATION FORM

Assessment panel members are selected from the RAHS Affiliated Societies Committee, who have extensive experience in delivering local and community history projects. RAHS staff provide administrative support to this panel.

The 2023 Assessment Report provides helpful information to grant applicants, specifically the differences between successful and unsuccessful applications.

Newspapers provide unique insights into the past and remain an important historical research source. The Cultural Grants Program provides funding for digitising newspapers to make them available on Trove. The National Library of Australia (NLA) established the Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program in 2007, a project that has made over 20 million pages of digitised newspapers available online through Trove. The NLA has contributor guidelines and an outline of the workflow process that will be useful for applicants.

All recipients of cultural grant funding must publicly acknowledge the support of the NSW State Government and the RAHS by using the appropriate logos on publications, invitations, banners, any other printed or electronic material undertaken in relation to the funded activity, any products developed as a result of the funded activity, organisation websites (in a position appropriate to the level of support) and any other promotional material.

Failure to include this acknowledgement can result in the cancellation of your grant and the return of your grant funding. The acknowledgment must include the below wording and the logos of both Create NSW and the Royal Australian Historical Society:

This project is supported by the Create NSW Cultural Grants Program, a devolved funding program administered by the Royal Australian Historical Society on behalf of the NSW Government.

Please contact the RAHS for a soft copy of the relevant logos.