Important notes

If you are experiencing access issues with this form, please contact the RADF liasion on radf@cairns.qld.gov.au or 4032 6603 for support. 

The first step in applying for this grant is to make contact with Council's RADF liaison officer to discuss your project. Please do this before you fill in the form, allowing time for the RADF liaison officer to provide advice and feedback.

Email radf@cairns.qld.gov.au 

Phone – 4032 6603

This form is for individual emerging or professional artists and arts workers to apply for up to $500 to access a wide range of resources to support their arts practice, such as: art materials, catalogues etc. Please note: Capital items are ineligible.

This is an Out of Round grant: complete applications must be submitted at least 10 business days prior to the activity start date. Applicants will be notified of funding decisions as soon as the submission has been processed.

Before completing your application, it is essential that you read the RADF Guidelines and the sections:

• Cairns Regional Council Assessment Criteria 

• Reporting and acquittal requirements 

• Capturing feedback with a public outcome.

Make sure you address the assessment criteria as your application will be assessed on how well it meets these criteria.

For enquiries, contact the RADF liaison officer (Council’s Arts and Cultural Grants Coordinator) on 07 4032 6603 or by email: radf@cairns.qld.gov.au 

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Cairns Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.  

First of all, let's check your eligibility to apply for this grant.

This checklist has been developed to ensure that the status of artists as ‘professional’ and ‘emerging professional’ is clearly identified.

Your responses to the questions below determine your status as an artist in regard to the RADF Program.

You need to tick any three or more of the artistic merits below to qualify as an artist with a professional or emerging professional status.

If you cannot select a minimum of three of the artistic merits, you do not meet the eligibility requirements as a professional or emerging artist who can be funded by the RADF program.

Artists and arts workers to be engaged in the RADF grant

You must demonstrate that award rates or industry recommended rates of pay will be made to arts and cultural workers involved in the project. If you are paying only a portion of the recommended rates of pay because the professionals involved in the project are contributing their time as an in-kind contribution, please list the total rate of pay in the table below and then note any in-kind contribution on the income section of the budget.

Each artist who will be paid through your grant must also:

• meet eligibility requirements, 

• provide a one-page CV, and 

• confirm their availability and payment agreement in writing.
  

Eligiblity Requirements Checklist

The artist must meet at least three of the requirements listed below.

The artist has:

1. A professional arts and/ or cultural qualification

2. An Australian Business Number (ABN)

3. Devoted significant time to arts practice

4. Been recognised as a professional by peers

5. Held public exhibitions or given public performances (not as part of a competition)

6. Work held in public collections

7. Won important national and/ or international prizes or awards

8. Held public discussions and/ or had articles written about my work

9. Been commissioned or employed on the basis of art skills and/ or earning income from sales of art work

10. Artistic or cultural knowledge has been recognised as professional by peers or the cultural community

11. Artistic or cultural knowledge has developed through oral traditions

12. Member of a professional association (or associations) as a professional artist.

Please note: You can save this form at any time to complete it later. The 'Save and complete later' option is at the very end of this electronic form. 

Note: If you are not responsible for the financial management of the grant, you will need to choose one of the following options:

• fill out a Statement of Supplier form from the Australian Taxation Office website

OR

• obtain the signature of an auspising body to adminster the grant on your behalf. This can be done online within this form.

Please account for all the costs associated with your activity in the project budget. 

• Place each individual item on a new line.

• Ensure that your budget estimates are as accurate as possible.

• Indicate how much of the RADF grant will be used for each relevant item in the RADF grant component column.

• Use whole dollar amounts.

• Provide written quotes for all items and services the grant will be used for. (You can upload these at the end of the form in Section 5)

About GST

• If you are not GST registered, amounts should include GST as this is part of the cost of the project.

• If you are GST registered, Council will pay the funds plus GST. Amounts should be exclusive of GST if you are registered  for GST.

*Please note: This section of the form can be completed on a mobile device, but it will be easier for you to calculate your totals if you use a computer or larger-screen device. 

Place each individual item on a new line. Use whole dollars.