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online funding guide

We have taken the online funding guide offline. We are working towards increased automation of our system to improve applicants’ experience in the future. Thank you to all our users for your feedback on the 2009 guide.
In the meantime, we have produced a few tools that you may wish to use in order to apply for funding in 2010. You can find these below.

resources for applying

Interactive Application form (pdf).

You can fill out the form electronically but you will need to save and print it and submit it in hard copy with your application. Please note the number of copies you need to submit with your application. Details can be found on page 110 of the whole 2010 Contestable Funding Guide Ngā Pūtea.

Templates for project proposals and budgets (Word)

Follow the templates to create your project proposal and budget. You will need to print it and submit the hard copy with your application. Please note the number of copies you need to submit with your application. Details can be found on page 110 of the whole 2010 Contestable Funding Guide Ngā Pūtea.

Quick links to information

Glossary - for a glossary of terms used in the Funding Guide 

Local authority and iwi maps

Overview of where funding goes

need help?

Our staff are available to help if you have any questions about whether you and your project are eligible for Contestable Funding, about how to apply, or about other support available to develop New Zealand artists and arts organisations. Contact details for staff here.

funding closing dates

Applications must arrive at Creative New Zealand's Wellington office by 5pm on the relevant closing date.

Late applications will be ineligible. View funding closing dates.

Check our postal and courier addresses here

Pacific languages

Translations of key information from the Pacific Arts section can be downloaded in Cook Islands Maori, Fijian, Niuean, Samoan, Tokelauan, Tongan and Tuvaluan. These need to be read in conjunction with the 2010 Contestable Funding Guide.

 

Cook Islands Maori

Fijian

Niuean

Samoan

Tokelauan

Tongan

Tuvaluan

How to apply for contestable funding

You can apply using the 2010 Contestable Funding Guide Ngā Pūtea which includes an application form. There are eight steps to work through when preparing an application. These are:

  • Checking that contestable funding is available for your project

Steps 1 to 5 involve checking that you and your proposed project are eligible for contestable funding, deciding what kind of grant to apply for, and deciding which Creative New Zealand funding body to apply to.

  • Completing and compiling your application

If you and your project are eligible and you want to apply, steps 6 to 8 will help you include the right information in the right format. You’ll need to submit the required number of hard copies of your application to our Wellington office by 5pm on the relevant closing date. This must include correct numbers of copies of: 

  • an application form
  • a project proposal (with a budget)
  • relevant support material. 

Late applications or applications without the correct number of copies will be ineligible.

 

how to get the funding guide and application form

Our 2010 Contestable Funding Guide details each step and contains the application form and templates for the project proposal and budget. It is available: 

  • in hard copy

  • as a pdf which you can download - see below
  • in abridged pdf versions specific to each artform - see below

downloadable guides and forms

Whole 2010 Contestable Funding Guide Ngā Pūtea (pdf 4MB)

 

  Craft/Object art 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2MB)

 

 Dance 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2.2MB)

 

 Film 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2MB) (Also see Independent Filmmakers Fund)

 

 Inter-arts 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 1.9MB)

 

 Literature 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2MB)

 

 Māori arts 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2.1MB)

 

 Music 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2MB)

 

 Pacific arts 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2MB). Pasifika language translations are downloadable from this page.

 

 Pan-artform festivals 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2MB)

 

 Theatre 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2.1MB)

 

 Visual arts 2010 Contestable Funding Guide (pdf 2.2MB) 

Forms

 Interactive Application form (pdf)

 

Templates for project proposals and budgets (Word)

 

Using these forms

To use either the interactive application form or the template for project proposals and budgets:

  1. click on the form/template
  2. download and save the file to your computer
  3. complete the form/template
  4. print off the form/template so you can submit your application in hard copy format.

Please note the number of copies you need to submit with your application. Details can be found on page 110 of the whole 2010 Contestable Funding Guide Ngā Pūtea.