NAVA offers support and opportunities to artists through it's grant program.  The NAVA grant program offers the following grants, awards and scholarships:

• Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship
• Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists
• Art & Australia/Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Art Award
• Curator Development Initiative
• Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant
• Marketing Grant for NSW Artists
• Australian Visual Artists Benevolent Fund
• Ignition: NAVA Prize for Professional Practice

For more information about these opportunties please select from the green navigation menu on the left.

NAVA provides further information about opportunities through the Noticeboard, member opportunities listings, the publication Money for Visual Artists and the members' monthly e-bulletin.

NAVA also provides advice on what to consider when applying for competitions, grants and prizes.  This information is available through the publication The Australia Code of Practice for the Professional Visual Arts, Craft and Design Sector and through the Theory in Practice publication 'Revenue Raising'.  NAVA members can also access more information through the member only section of this site or through calling the NAVA office.

Tips on applying for grants is available through this site and if you wish for any further information on applying for a NAVA grant please so not hesitate to call the NAVA office on 02 9368 1900.

Grants applications will often require applicants to be aware of definitions of artistic practice, please see the advice section of this site for definitions of professional, emerging and hobbyist arts practice.  The factsheet on GST and grants may also be useful, see below.