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New Music Single Funding

Up to $11,000 NZD

GrantNZFree to enter

Up to $11,000 NZD (including 10% Artist Creation Fee, plus GST if registered)

New Music Single Funding

NZ On Air2 days left

MusicFilm & Video

Up to $11,000 for NZ artists to professionally record, release and promote a new single, including visual content and marketing.

Expression of Interest: Call for Proposals

Up to $2,500 NZD

GrantNZFree to enter

Up to $2,500 NZD

Expression of Interest: Call for Proposals

Creative Puketāpapa6 days left

PaintingSculpture+5 more

Open call for local Puketāpapa artists and creatives to propose community-led, place-based art projects or events with budgets up to $2,500.

Creative Communities Scheme – Waitomo District

GrantNZFree to enter

Creative Communities Scheme – Waitomo District

Waitomo District Council / Creative New Zealand12 days left

Multidisciplinary

Twice-yearly community arts funding for projects that increase local participation in the arts within the Waitomo District.

Creative Communities Scheme – Upper Hutt

GrantNZFree to enter

Creative Communities Scheme – Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt City Council / Creative New Zealand13 days left

MultidisciplinaryMusic+3 more

Community arts funding for Upper Hutt projects that engage locals, celebrate cultural diversity, or support young people under 18 in the arts.

2025/26 Waiata Tūārea Round 1

$100,000 Funding Pool

GrantNZFree to enterProject Grant

$100,000 Funding Pool

2025/26 Waiata Tūārea Round 1

Te Māngai Pāho16 days left

Funding round supporting the creation and production of Māori music through Te Māngai Pāho's Waiata Tūārea programme.

Waiata Takitahi – New Music Funding

Up to $15,000 NZD

Up to $15,000 NZD

Waiata Takitahi – New Music Funding

NZ On Air / Te Māngai Pāho16 days left

Funding of up to $15,000 for NZ artists to record and release a bilingual single with a minimum of 25% te reo Māori in the lyrics.

Research Masters Scholarships – Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts

$15,000 – $22,500 NZD stipend

$15,000 – $22,500 NZD stipend (plus domestic tuition fees for some scholarships)

Research Masters Scholarships – Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts

Massey University – Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts21 days left

DesignFine Arts+2 more

Five funded Research Masters scholarships at Massey University Wellington across design, fine arts, Māori creative practice, and fibre innovation.

2027 Curatorial Research Fellowship

GrantGlobalFree to enter1 recipient

€20,000 EUR (€5,000 research phase + €15,000 production phase)

2027 Curatorial Research Fellowship

Les Rencontres d'Arles41 days left

PhotographyMixed Media+1 more

A €20,000 two-phase curatorial research grant for exhibition curators to develop an original photography or image-based exhibition project.

International Engagement Fund Round 2

Up to $25,000 NZD

GrantNZFree to enter

Up to $25,000 NZD

International Engagement Fund Round 2

Creative New Zealand44 days left

Multidisciplinary

Funding up to $25,000 for NZ artists, practitioners and organisations to participate in international engagement opportunities.

UXBRIDGE | Malcolm Smith Architecture Fellowship 2027

GrantNZFree to enter

UXBRIDGE | Malcolm Smith Architecture Fellowship 2027

UXBRIDGE Arts and Culture / Uxbridge Community Charitable Trust47 days left

A $5,000 fellowship supporting early-career architects, architectural students, or researchers with a connection to East Auckland.

UXBRIDGE Creative Fellowship

GrantNZFree to enter

UXBRIDGE Creative Fellowship

UXBRIDGE Arts and Culture47 days left

PaintingSculpture+21 more

Fellowship supporting emerging East Auckland artists across any creative discipline, funding project research, development, professional growth, or travel.

Up to $60,000 NZD + GST

GrantNZFree to enter

Up to $60,000 NZD + GST

International Placements Initiative

New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)71 days left

Rolling funded placements for NZ filmmakers to work with leading international film companies or shadow directors and producers on productions.

Awesome Foundation Monthly Micro-Grants

$1,000 USD or local equivalent

GrantGlobalFree to enter

$1,000 USD or local equivalent

Awesome Foundation Monthly Micro-Grants

Awesome Foundation71 days left

MultidisciplinaryDigital+3 more

Monthly $1,000 no-strings-attached micro-grants for awesome projects in arts, technology, community development and more — open to anyone globally.

Up to $60,000 NZD

GrantNZFree to enter

Up to $60,000 NZD

Feature Film Finishing Grant

New Zealand Film Commission (Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga)71 days left

Non-recoupable grant of up to $60,000 NZD to help NZ-based filmmakers complete independently made feature films with a distribution or festival pathway.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Visual Artists

Up to $50,000 USD

GrantGlobalFree to enter

Up to $50,000 USD

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Visual Artists

Pollock-Krasner Foundation72 days left

PaintingSculpture+4 more

Rolling grants of up to $50,000 USD for professional painters, sculptors, and works-on-paper artists worldwide, based on artistic merit.

Up to $35,000 NZD per tranche; up to $140,000 NZD cumulative per project

GrantNZFree to enter

Up to $35,000 NZD per tranche; up to $140,000 NZD cumulative per project

Feature Film Development Funding – Scripted

New Zealand Film Commission (Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga)72 days left

Film & VideoWriting

NZFC contestable funding for NZ screenwriters, directors and producers to develop feature film scripts towards production.

Creative Communities Scheme – Central Otago

GrantNZFree to enter

Creative Communities Scheme – Central Otago

Central Otago District Council (Creative New Zealand)115 days left

MultidisciplinaryPerformance+2 more

Community arts funding for Central Otago projects that make the arts accessible, support local creativity, and develop young people through arts participation.

Believers Fund III

$5,000 - $25,000 AUD

GrantAUSFree to enter

$5,000 - $25,000 AUD

Believers Fund III

Blackbird Foundation253 days left

MultidisciplinaryPerformance+4 more

Grants of $5k–$25k for people, projects and programmes unleashing creativity in young people across Australia and New Zealand.

Up to $2,500,000 NZD

GrantNZFree to enter

Up to $2,500,000 NZD (Production Investment); up to $1,500,000 NZD (Innovation ambition); up to $500,000 NZD (Post-Production Investment)

He Pounamu Te Reo Māori Feature Film Initiative

New Zealand Film Commission (Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga)Open

NZFC production investment fund for dramatic feature films in te reo Māori, led by Māori creatives, offering up to $2.5 million NZD.

Up to $6,500 NZD + GST per trip

GrantNZFree to enter

Up to $6,500 NZD + GST per trip

International Travel Grants for Filmmakers

New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)Open

Grants of up to NZ$6,500 for NZ directors and producers travelling to major international film festivals and markets.

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