Here are some options for how you might get some funding, support or recognition for a project and/or professional development.

Arts funding

• Arts Victoria
• Australia Council for the Arts
• City of Melbourne, Arts and Culture
• Regional Arts Victoria
• Victorian Multicultural Commission, Festival and Events

If you take your work interstate or collaborate with someone interstate, you might want to think about funding from the other state/territory bodies:
• Arts ACT
• Arts NSW
• Arts NT
• Arts Queensland
• Arts SA
• Arts Tasmania
• Arts WA

Philanthropic funding

• Besen Family Foundation
• Helen Macpherson Smith Trust
• Ian Potter Foundation
• Myer Foundation

Awards, competitions, fellowships and residencies

• Asialink arts residencies
• Green Room Awards
• Griffin Theatre Company Playwrights Award
• Inscription Playwrights Award
• Interplay
• Patrick White Playwrights Awards
• R E Ross Trust Script Development Award
• Realise Your Dream
• Spark Mentorships
• St Martins National Playwrights Competition
• State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowships
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
• Winston Churchill Fellowship