| Grant Name |
Summary |
Closing Date |
| Amrap grants - Live Music Recordings | Funds are available to support the recording of live music content by Australian artists in-studio or at a festival, concert or gig for airplay at community radio stations. This may be facilitated via national re-broadcast on the Community Radio Network (CRN) or the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS), or through provision of a master CD to Amrap. | Thursday 1 April 2010 |
| Amrap grants - Music Correspondents | Funds are available to support the production of short program content on aspects of contemporary Australian music for distribution to community radio stations for broadcast and publication on the Amrap website where appropriate. | Thursday 1 April 2010 |
| Amrap Grants - Program Promotion | Funds are available to increase the audience of Australian music programs on community radio stations in non-Metropolitan areas. Amrap grants contribute to the promotion and development of contemporary Australian music and musicians by facilitating airplay through the community broadcasting sector. | Thursday 1 April 2010 |
| Emergency Grants | In exceptional circumstances, funds may be available to assist community radio stations to restore basic transmission in times of crisis. | Applications welcome anytime |
| CBOnline Grants - Digital Delivery Network (DDN) Infrastructure | The Digital Delivery Network (DDN) uses a data stream linked to the Community Radio Network satellite channel to deliver data directly to station-based computer equipment via the station's satellite receiver. Funds are available to provide equipment (DDN Player package) for community radio stations to access the DDN. | Applications welcome anytime |
| Ethnic Program Grants | Funds are available to assist with production costs for Ethnic programs that are relevant to a defined local Ethnic community and are broadcast on a regular basis, such as weekly or every second week. | Friday 10 September 2010 |
| Ethnic Development Grants - Youth Participation | Funds are available to increase the participation of Ethnic young people in local ethnic community broadcasting. The grants assist with the maintenance and development of Ethnic community broadcasting throughout Australia. | Friday 10 September 2010 |
| Ethnic Development Grants - New Program Group | Funds are available to encourage new language/cultural groups to become involved in community broadcasting and to assist with start-up costs for new programs. | Friday 10 September 2010 |
| Ethnic Grants - Special Projects | Funds are available to support innovative projects within Ethnic community broadcasting with national or regional impact. | Friday 10 September 2010 |
| General Grants - Station | Funds are available to assist with establishment costs for new long-term licensed stations and sustaining funds for operation and development of community radio stations. | Friday 3 September 2010 |
| General Grants - Program Production | Funds are available to assist the ongoing development of Australian community broadcasting through grants to support the production of quality radio programs to serve national community broadcasting audiences. | Friday 3 September 2010 |
| General Grants - Sustainability and Development | Funds are available to assist with the sustainability and development of Australian community broadcasting beyond the individual station / organisation level through grants to support innovative capacity building projects outside the scope of other General Grant categories. | Friday 3 September 2010 |
| Indigenous Program Grants | Funds are available to assist with program production costs for regular (weekly) Indigenous programs that are broadcast on a community radio station. | Monday 6 September 2010 |
| Indigenous Equipment Grants | Funds are available to assist with establishing or upgrading Indigenous community radio production and/or broadcasting facilities. The grants assist with the maintenance and development of Indigenous community broadcasting throughout Australia. | Monday 6 September 2010 |
| Indigenous Special Projects Grants | Funds are available to support special one-off Indigenous radio programs (rather than regular programs) or radio program resource projects for regional or national use. The grants assist with the maintenance and development of Indigenous community broadcasting throughout Australia. | Monday 6 September 2010 |
| CBOnline Grants - Online Development | Online Development grants are available to assist the development of innovative online technologies and resources as a means of distributing and promoting digital community radio program content to audiences and other community radio stations. | Friday 3 September 2010 |
| Remote Indigenous Program Grants | Funds are available to assist with program production costs for regular remote Indigenous programs. | Monday 6 September 2010 |
| RPH Service Support Grants | Funds are available to support dedicated Radio for the Print Handicapped (RPH) community broadcasting services for the benefit of people with a print disability. | Monday 5 July 2010 |
| RPH Program Grants | Funds are available to provide support to licensed community radio stations producing weekly Radio for the Print Handicapped (RPH) programs for the benefit of people with a print disability. | Monday 5 July 2010 |
| CBOnline Grants - Satellite Reception Equipment | Funds are available for community radio stations to purchase satellite reception equipment to access the community broadcasting satellite program distribution channels: the Community Radio Network, National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS) and RPH Australia service. | Applications welcome anytime |
| Training Grants - Broadcast Training | Funds are available to assist community radio and television stations to provide accredited broadcast skills training for broadcasters, staff and volunteers, ensuring long term benefit to the station. | Monday 20 September 2010 |
| Training Grants - Training Innovation Projects | Funds are available to assist with the sustainability and development of Australian community broadcasting through grants to support innovative capacity building projects outside the scope of other Training grant categories that result in the effective delivery of broadcast and management training within the sector. | Monday 20 September 2010 |
| Transmission Support Grants - Equipment | Funds are available to assist the ongoing development of Australian community radio stations through grants to purchase and install essential transmission equipment or conduct activities that will improve their transmission facilities. | Friday 3 September 2010 |
| Transmission Support Grants - Operational Subsidy | Funds are available to subsidise community radio stations for transmission operational costs. | To be confirmed (March 2011) |
| Transmission Support Grants - Special Projects | Funds are available to provide support for projects and local partnerships that aim to increase the sustainability and self-sufficiency of community radio transmission infrastructure, and the development and trial of innovative solutions to community radio transmission issues, including the use of new technologies. | Friday 3 September 2010 |
