Creative Australia Four Year Investment 2029–32: Experimental Arts Groups Pre-Apply by 27 October
Creative Australia is accepting pre-applications for Four Year Investment for Organisations 2029–32. The programme supports established small and medium-sized Australian arts and cultural organisations over four years. Its arts-practice panels include Experimental and emerging arts, Multi arts and Visual arts, making it potentially relevant to organisations presenting digital installations, interactive art or other technology-based artistic programmes. It is not a digital-art-only grant.
First deadline: 27 October 2026
The current opportunity is a compulsory eligibility pre-application, not the final funding submission. Pre-applications close on Tuesday 27 October 2026 at 3:00 pm AEDT. New users must register for Creative Australia's application management system before 10:00 am AEDT on Monday 26 October. Eligible organisations will later receive access to the full application, expected by mid-November 2026; those applications close on 6 April 2027 at 3:00 pm AEST.
Who is eligible in Australia?
Applicants must be legally constituted organisations based in Australia. Individuals, informal groups, trusts and organisations not legally constituted in Australia cannot apply. The pre-application ordinarily requires evidence of at least two eligible Creative Australia project grants since January 2021, or qualifying multi-year investment in 2017–28. Creative Australia may consider other regular project or multi-year investment histories in limited circumstances.
Other core thresholds include average annual revenue of at least AUD 100,000 (excluding GST) over the previous three years, at least two years of legal incorporation and cultural programming, and a clear documented governance structure. Supporting materials include recent audited accounts or equivalent, a governance document and a recent programme of activities.
Funding scale and artistic practice
Successful organisations may be invited to apply for AUD 100,000–550,000 per year for activity across 1 January 2029 to 31 December 2032. These are the permissible request bounds, not guaranteed awards. Eligible organisations may nominate up to two arts-practice panels at pre-application stage, with Experimental and emerging arts among them.
Creative Australia's experimental arts guidance explicitly includes artistic projects that explore technology, science, collaboration, new methodologies and non-traditional materials. The programme assesses the organisation's broader artistic record and four-year vision, rather than accepting isolated artworks from individuals. Organisations working with interactive, generative or mixed-media art should therefore refer to both the investment eligibility and the relevant panel's practice guidance.
Official details and application
This article provides a summary. To avoid misunderstandings, please be sure to check the official page for full details. Information verified on 12 October 2026.
Our digital art competition
Aion Laboratory independently organises the Aion Digital Art Prize for individual and collaborative digital and media artworks, including eligible previously exhibited works. This competition is separate from Creative Australia's funding programme.