International Travel Fund: Market Development

Funding to support travel to key international market development platforms and key gatherings.

Applications close: Tuesday 4 August 2026 at 3pm (AEST)

Notification date: early October 2026

Supported activity: Between 15 October 2026 – 30 June 2027

The next rounds will close on:

- Tuesday 10 November 2026 (AEDT)

Amount

You can apply for the following amounts only:

- $5,000
- $10,000
- $15,000
- $20,000.

Requests for other amounts will not be accepted.

Please note: Are you registering to use our Application Management System for the first time? Make sure you register well before the closing date. It can take up to two business days to process your registration.

About the grant

The International Travel Fund: Market Development supports international travel costs associated with Australian artists, authors,illustrators, creative workers and organisations attending significant market development platforms or key gatherings overseas. This includes attending First Nations gatherings, and festivals that have a market development and international networking focus or support the export of works within their program. Support also includes attending international performing arts markets, book fairs, career-defining solo exhibitions, biennials, major art institutions or contemporary art spaces, contemporary art and design fairs as well as the presentation of self-published artistic practices at art book fairs, and a targeted program of artistic or professional meetings with local partners.

Market development activities are those that enable applicants to attend events that promote, publish, market, pitch, sell or export works into international markets.



This program does not support touring, exhibition or presentation costs.

If you are undertaking other kinds of international activities that do not meet this definition, you should apply for another grant or opportunity .

The aims of the fund are to:

- support international travel costs for individuals, groups or organisations to attend market development platforms or key gatherings
- support Australian artists, authors, illustrators, creative workers and organisations to build and sustain international networks and connections.

You can apply for a flat amount of $5,000 or $10,000 or $15,000 or $20,000 only. Requests for other amounts will not be accepted.

Who can apply

- Australian individuals, groups and organisations (including small businesses).
This includes:
- Australian citizens or permanent residents, whether you are based in Australia or overseas
- Australian organisations working in the arts and culture sector
- Internationally based organisations. These applicants must demonstrate how the requested investment will benefit Australia artists
- Organisations receiving funding through Creative Australia’s Two-Year Investment for Organisations Pilots and Four-Year Investment for Organisations.
- You can only submit one (1) application per closing date.



Note you cannot submit an individual application as well as an application on behalf of a group or organisation.

Applicants working in the following arts practices:

- Individuals who are not Australian citizens or permanent residents
- You are an organisation receiving investment from Creative Australia through the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework
- You work in contemporary music (apply to Export Development Fund instead). Please note:If you work in contemporary music, you are not eligible to apply to this fund. Australian contemporary music, as defined by the Music Australia Council, is "any genre or subgenre of music currently composed, written, produced by Australians and licensed, recorded, presented, and distributed through commercial and non-commercial activity. This includes musical works that are new, original and relevant to contemporary Australia."
- You have already applied to this program in this closing date
- You have already applied to an Arts Projects grant category for the same activity
- You have an overdue grant report to Creative Australia
- You owe money to Creative Australia.

What can be applied for

Eligible costs include but are not limited to:

- Fees for your time to attend the chance (if wages are not covered by your organisation) - we strongly advise you refer to and pay at, or above, industry standard rates
- Flights, accommodation, per diems and ground transport costs
- Travel insurance
- Freight or baggage costs
- Marketing, promotion and project management costs
- Costs associated with attendance at international book fairs, art fairs, or performing arts markets such as tickets or registration costs
- Publicity and promotional costs associated

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📌 International Travel Fund: Market Development (City of Sydney)
🏢 Australia Council
📍 City of Sydney