Apply for International Travel Fund – Market Development

Deadline: 10-Nov-2026

Creative Australia offers the International Travel Fund: Market Development to support international travel costs for Australian artists, authors, illustrators, creative workers, and organisations attending significant market development platforms or key gatherings overseas. The application deadline is 10 November 2026 at 3pm (AEDT), and supported travel must occur between 25 January 2027 and 31 December 2027. Opportunity at a Glance

- Funding organization: Creative Australia

- Opportunity type: Grant

- Grant size (application amounts): $5,000, $10,000, $15,000, or $20,000 only (requests for other amounts will not be accepted)

- Eligible applicants: Australian individuals, groups, and organisations (including small businesses), plus internationally based organisations that can demonstrate benefit to Australia artists - Eligible locations: Not specified in the source (the source lists a broad set of countries/territories under “Latest Grants and Resources,” which may reflect the website’s location filter rather than the fund’s eligibility)

- Application deadline: Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 3pm (AEDT)

- Notification date: Week of 18 January 2027

- Supported activity period: 25 January 2027–31 December 2027 only

- Next round closing date (future): Tuesday 6 April 2027 (AEST)

About the Opportunity

The International Travel Fund: Market Development supports travel costs for applicants attending market development platforms or key gatherings overseas. This includes attending First Nations gatherings, and festivals with a market development and international networking focus or that support export of works within their program. The fund also supports travel to international performing arts markets, book fairs, career-defining solo exhibitions, biennials, major art institutions, contemporary art spaces, and contemporary art and design fairs. It may also support presenting 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 your international activity does not meet the market development definition, the source directs you to apply for another grant or opportunity. Funding and Benefits - You can apply for one flat amount only: $5,000, $10,000, $15,000, or $20,000. - Requests for other amounts will not be accepted. - The grant is intended to cover eligible international travel-related costs (examples listed below). Eligible costs include but are not limited to: - fees for your time to attend the opportunity (if wages are not covered by your organisation; Creative Australia advises paying at or above industry standard rates) - flights, accommodation, per diems, and ground transport - travel insurance - visas - freight or baggage costs - marketing, promotion, and project management costs - tickets or registration costs for international book fairs, art fairs, or performing arts markets - publicity and promotional costs associated with attendance - childcare, carer, and access costs - costs associated with reducing the environmental impact of your activity Access costs are legitimate expenses and may be included. The source encourages applicants to ensure their work is accessible to everyone, including costs such as Auslan, translation, captioning, audio description, temporary building adjustments, and materials in other formats. If working with d/Deaf people or people with disability, applicants may apply for access costs such as interpreter services, translation services, specific technical equipment, and carer/support worker assistance (including travel costs such as business class flights). The source advises contacting Artist Services to discuss specific needs. Who Is Eligible? Who can apply - Australian individuals, groups, and organisations (including small businesses).

- This includes:

- Australian citizens or permanent residents, whether 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 2025–2026 and Four-Year Investment for Organisations Application limits - You can submit only one (1) application per closing date. - You cannot submit an individual application as well as an application on behalf of a group or organisation. Eligible arts practices Applicants working in the following arts practices may apply: - community arts and cultural development - dance - emerging and experimental arts - First Nations arts and culture - literature (including authors and illustrators) - multi-art form - music, excluding contemporary music (see “Who can’t apply” below) - theatre - visual arts Who can’t apply The source states that you cannot apply if: - you are an individual who is not an Australian citizen or permanent resident - you are an organisation receiving investment from Creative Australia through the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework - you work in screen, feature film, television and/or documentary - you work in contemporary music (apply to the Export Development Fund instead) - you have already applied to this program in the same 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 Contemporary music definition (as provided in the source): Australian contemporary music is “any genre or subgenre of music currently composed, written, produced by Australians and licensed, recorded, presented, and distributed through commercia